Originally Posted by
studentff
= The vast majority of the times a checkpoint discovers a harmless but prohibited item (liquid, cosmetics, food, tiny pen knive whatever), it is in fact confiscated. 1) Most times it is unrealistic for the pax to do anything with the item--parked car is 20 minutes away, bag is already checked, etc. 2) There are multiple reports on FT of screeners refusing to return non-dangerous-weapon prohibited items to passengers.
Vast majority? Most times? Where do you get your information? Of course there are multiple reports on FT. This is where people come to vent about security. However, a "vast majority" of the people I deal with choose to check-in their bag or ship the item to themselves .