Originally Posted by
PHLJJS
I understand that most of you loathe the TSA and perhaps the whole idea of airport screening in general, but have we reached a point where your feelings have clouded your judgement and abilility to identify a helpful, courteous and good intentioned gesture by the screener? He gave the woman a bag and took a moment to educate her about the rules so she wouldn't have any problems with future travel. What's so bad about that? He doesn't make up these rules. He just enforces them. I guess it just goes to show that your damned if you do and damned if you don't.
These people reached that point LONG LONG ago. Maybe, since you were departing STL and THEN RETURNING, he realized that you would need the baggie a few days from now, and was actually trying to HELP YOU OUT. Is that so difficult to comprehend? I guess so, for some of you folks.