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Old Jun 25, 2008 | 1:50 pm
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Originally Posted by oneofthosepeopleyouloveto hate
Just wanted to add ... I flew out of my old airport last year and they actually followed the SOP on this! If your items were small, but weren't in a baggie, you either had to surrender them, or go back out to the landside gift shop, buy a baggie for 50 cents, and go back through the line.

And no, my former co-workers didn't cut me any slack!
How very, very sad. This has what it has come to. I can't imagine the justification if someone asked how that makes us any safer.

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