They may have looked more closely at those items because I thought it would be a "standard" screening again and left the pens and my money (which I had a small paperclip around since I'd left my money clip at home as it has a small knife on it) in my pockets on the assumption that they would not set off the magnetometer. They caused a beep (they were using the extra-sensitive wands with the O-shaped sensors), and besides then the guy could feel them when he ran his hands over me. They weren't entirely clear with their instructions to empty pockets 100% and they might have been irked that I didn't do so to begin with. My watch band is Velcro and almost 1.5 inches wide, so maybe that's why the guy wanted to run his finger between it and my arm.

And when I said they guy ran his hands over me, I mean he came within 2 inches of my pants crotch. Frankly I didn't object to it or anything else, because he was being so professional and quick and no-nonsense about it. (With TSA I've gotten to the point that I'm tired of being told about all the things they're going to do or not do and how they're not going to violate my rights, etc. and just want them to be done with it and let me go).

I guess the irony of it is that I imagine it's the German government and not UA (or BA) that brings all this on (again, probably still smarting from Pan Am 103) because if it was being done at UA's request I'd think that UA would do it everywhere. I mean, relatively speaking, if I wanted to cause trouble on a flight, I'd certainly not do it at FRA and would just try to beat the relatively weaker system somewhere in the US.