Originally Posted by
thegeneral
I haven't seen any of the inconsistencies at all, but I'm pretty strict in my regimen, so I get through pretty quickly. It should be the front line management's fault if there are inconsistencies. The employees are just following lead. When I go to McDonald's and get a Big Mac, it's the same in every city. The rules, regardless of what people think of them, should be enforced in a uniform way.
That being said, it's another way that the TSA is damned either way. Half of the people on here want individual screeners to use common sense and the other half want them to just follow policy.
They can do both at the same time. Regarding plastic bags, if there is one item, who cares what size the plastic bag is or whether it is even in one as long as the item is the proper size? The bag is designed to limit the amount of liquids/gels a passenger can bring in. It is otherwise unimportant. A single 3oz bottle that is not in a bag should be cleared. That is common sense.
I've had things rejected that were okay according to all of the rules. These items had already passed through many TSA checkpoints including (on a prior trip) the one where I had a problem. Why did I have a problem? Because the TSA made up a new rule on his own. Thus, I have found that the rules are NOT uniformly enforced becuase they are, in fact, not all written down!