Originally Posted by
thegeneral
Doing things in such a way delays the line VERY little. The delays are caused when people leave things in their bag causing a secondary search to be needed, or when people use bags that violate the rules by being larger than one ounce and not easily resealable. The rules seem arbitrary, but they're actually all setup to make things flow quickly.
To nobody's surprise, everything is so perfect in your world. Congratulations. You really are perfect. Most of us can only wish to be a fraction of you.
But the reality is that people still don't know about the ever-changing rules. Kip Hawley and his troopers can say it's designed to keep terrorists off-track, whatever.
But the fact of the matter is that 80% of the people in an average plane's load are Ma and Pa Kettle....the folks that can't or don't keep up with the TSA rhetoric.
Some TSAers like to point out signs informing them of procedure. Last week, I decided to count how many signs there were at DEN. From the entrance of the priority security line, to where the ID checker is, about 250 feet of walking, there were 22 signs. Ranging from "don't cut under the rope" to the liquid nonsense rules.
Rather than being informative and proactive, the TSA has mastered the "CYA" and "Baffle them with BS" mantras.
Again, congratulations on your pristine existence.