When I was at MLI, the prissy-prissy lady in front of me apparently had her head in the sand since August and had no idea about the Freedom Bags. She had some unbagged expensive perfume with her. When the TSA told her it needed to be in either a bag or she would have to throw it away. She said "I am not throwing this away!". This went on and on for a couple minutes with the TSA telling her the nearby gift shop had baggies and they would be opening shortly (well before the flight). I finally butted in (to speed things up) and asked the same TSA "Can I put it in my bag, have it screened, then return it to her?". She said that was not acceptable. She finally got car keys from hubby on the other side and took it back to her car.

My reward for trying to be nice? A secondary inspection.

BTW...is it SOP during a secondary to take my wallet to be rescreened (and also out of view)? Good thing I don't carry cash in my wallet and my wife watched my wallet the whole time.

Flying sucks sometimes.