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The Seven Bin Hipster
Last week I was going through security at ORD and this hipster was in front of me as we were preparing to place our items through the security scanner. This guy had a suitcase, a duffle bag, a laptop bag, and a backpack. He put his coat in the first bin. He took some sweatshirts out of the duffle bag and placed them in a bin, as if he had been wearing them as outer garments. The then took four plastic bags of toiletries and placed them in a bin. In the fourth bin he placed his Kindle. The fifth bin was for his belt and jewelry. He put his shoes in the sixth bin and somehow did not get scolded. Then he realized he hadn't cleared his pockets and put the cell phone and change in the seventh bin.
He rolled up the duffle bag and put it into his suitcase, and then placed the suitcase, laptop bag, and backpack through the scanner. As I was watching this unfold I was thinking it was amateur hour, but it became clear to me this was his routine because he did it so quickly and repacked swiftly on the other side of the scanner. |
Sounds like SMF
Originally Posted by evilroot
(Post 9786590)
I had a TSA screener all but yell at me in front of the rest of the line, as to "whether or not I had understood their simple instructions" to take computers out of bags. I responded that I had . . . my laptop was by itself in a bin. I had a smallish video game console in my carry-on bag (didn't trust it in checked), and apparently they felt it qualified as a computer.
I spent the next 20 minutes sitting there while they pulled every single item out of my bags, inspected them, and then repacked them badly and let me go on my way. Like most things TSA related, it just all depends on who's doing the screening and their mood at the time. If you can take it out and put it in a separate bin easily, its better to be safe. Usually SMF isn't that bad, but they do have a few that give the rest a bad name. They don't seem to cope well with busy days. |
Originally Posted by bbeeman
(Post 13284032)
Usually my Kindle DX has sailed through without issue, but last time through I got the full scream treatment for leaving it in the bag. This was immediately followed by a demand to put your "damn Ipod" there too. When I attempted to explain that the "Ipod" was an insulin pump the screamer insisted there is no such thing. I got pulled out for the full paw through for all my carryon stuff.
Usually SMF isn't that bad, but they do have a few that give the rest a bad name. They don't seem to cope well with busy days. |
Originally Posted by bbeeman
(Post 13284032)
Usually my Kindle DX has sailed through without issue, but last time through I got the full scream treatment for leaving it in the bag. This was immediately followed by a demand to put your "damn Ipod" there too. When I attempted to explain that the "Ipod" was an insulin pump the screamer insisted there is no such thing. I got pulled out for the full paw through for all my carryon stuff.
Usually SMF isn't that bad, but they do have a few that give the rest a bad name. They don't seem to cope well with busy days. Kindle <> XBox, ok? They aren't anywhere close to each other in size. |
Originally Posted by MsTravelBug
(Post 13215337)
Went through LAX today with a colleague. We both had Kindles in our bags and neither one of us removed them. My colleague went through first, the screener saw the Kindle on the screen, knew what it was, and called out "Kindle." Another screener responded to the call, collected my colleague's bag, removed the Kindle, searched the bag by hand, and ran it through again.
My bag was already on its way through when this happened, so I was sure I would be next. But no, I got lucky. Either the screener didn't see mine or decided to let it go. The woman immediately behind me also had a Kindle that she didn't remove from her bag. She got the same treatment as my colleague. |
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