Originally Posted by wahooflyer
The official rule is just nothing on top or nothing under the computer, so it's fine to place small items such as keys on the side in the bin, next to your laptop.
Tell that to the geniuses at EWR, who were instructing people to put shoes, coats, hats, etc. in ON TOP of their laptops in the bins.
They wouldn't give me a second bin for anything, even though there were tons sitting sideways on the weird little belt behind them.