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Old Jun 2, 2008 | 11:22 am
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helping those less educated* is a good thing. i always carry an extra freedom baggie or two just in case of breakage/tearage and at fll while putting my stuff back together at the end of the belt, a hispanic woman was being told in spanish that she needed to have her liquids in a 1qt baggie and that she would need to surrender them or go back outside security.

i asked the tso standing next to me if it would be ok if i gave the woman one of my extra baggies as by eyeballing her stuff, it looked like her stuff would all fit in the baggie. he said yes and explained to the woman where she smiled and said thank you. i also asked the tso if i could show the woman "how to properly pack the baggie to keep it neat and slim" and he said yes so all in all a happy result wall around-pax got to keep her stuff and the tsa was ^ in being pro-active

*i don't like to use the word clueless in these types of situations. i prefer to save that for the woman in front of me at the x-ray machine at mia where she just dumps her bag on the belt, keeps her shoes on and alarms.

a-shoes
b-enough jewelry to weigh down a bull elephant
c-laptop still in the bag

clueless pax: "i don't understand this-i fly all the time and never have to take all my jewelry off and my laptop out"
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