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April 10, 2007
Ziploc must be making a killing
I'm all for airline safety. I happily wear slip-on shoes, even though it seems ridiculous to check every pair of shoes because one fool tried to blow his up. I have removed all sharp objects from my purse, even though I bet I could kill someone faster with a mechanical pencil, or even just a sharp wooden pencil, a lot faster than I could with nail clippers. If I have to check luggage anyway, I put everything I can in the suitcase so I have less to put through security.
Then they took my sample size lotion, one of maybe six things I had in my purse. Now I'm mad.
The lotion was basically worthless, a free sample from somewhere, I think. I almost never use it, I just keep it in my purse for the odd instances of super itchy dry skin. I only packed it in the purse I took because I figured the drying effects of sunburn and airplanes might trigger a case.
Anyway, I made it through security in Dallas/Ft. Worth. I used to get searched about every time I traveled, including when I was 6 months pregnant. I guess I've been looking more trustworthy lately, because I haven't had anyone riffle through my dirty underwear in a while. We were surprised by security in Cozumel, though. They x-rayed bags like usual, but we got to keep our shoes on! I got wanded, and that was it. It wasn't until we went to board the plane that my purse got searched. And not just mine, they searched everyone's bags.
The chick next to me was given a baggie to put all her makeup in. When the security guy found the lotion in my bag, he asked if I had a baggie to put it in. Then he asked me if it was important. When I said no, he took it.
I'm peeved for a number of reasons. It was wasteful to throw it away. Putting it in a baggie would be pointless. I have one thing, it would obviously fit in. As far as I know, there's no rule that says the items have to stay bagged on the plane, so the instant I left him I would have taken it back out.
So what was the point of confiscating it?
Posted by me at April 10, 2007 8:56 PM