Originally Posted by
martzipan
Can confirm, LHR security was the most obnoxiously strict of the many airports I’ve traveled through this year (including in the US, EU, non-EU Europe, Southeast Asia, Oceania). They threw out my mostly empty 113 ml tube of toothpaste, and made me unpack the whole bag because I forgot that weeks ago at the beginning of the trip I placed a small bottle with liquid in it.
if it’s important to make it quick, pre-pack your liquids ahead of time so they are easy to remove.
Obnoxiously strict? AKA doing their job correctly.
We don’t have to agree with the rules, but it’s our responsibility to follow them.