Laptops to Stay in Bags as TSA Brings New Technology to Airports

Post by Zak » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 3:48 AM UTC

mevile wrote: post #39

seandougall wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's always up to the whims of the underpaid TSA agent who happens to be there that day. Back when iPads were new, I got scolded for taking it out of my bag, and scolded for leaving it in my bag, by agents at the same airport on two trips a few weeks apart.

> I got scolded for taking it out of my bag, and scolded for leaving it in my bag, by agents at the same airport on two trips a few weeks apart. You are describing the the usual daily cluster-fuck of life in the military, and in fact, government service in general. I don't know why it is that way, but it is. I have not experienced it in my now 20 years of life in the private sector, but back when I was in the militar…

Post by Godel_unicode » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 3:50 AM UTC

mevile wrote: post #39

seandougall wrote: post #24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, it's always up to the whims of the underpaid TSA agent who happens to be there that day. Back when iPads were new, I got scolded for taking it out of my bag, and scolded for leaving it in my bag, by agents at the same airport on two trips a few weeks apart.

> I got scolded for taking it out of my bag, and scolded for leaving it in my bag, by agents at the same airport on two trips a few weeks apart. You are describing the the usual daily cluster-fuck of life in the military, and in fact, government service in general. I don't know why it is that way, but it is. I have not experienced it in my now 20 years of life in the private sector, but back when I was in the militar…

Post by scarcely » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 3:50 AM UTC

eddiezane wrote: post #28

SallySwanSmith wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Explosives usually look similar to organic matter on xrays

Can confirm. I often travel with a big Ziploc bag of stickers (life of a Developer Evangelist). Have started removing it from my bag for security because it usually triggers a search.

Post by scarcely » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 3:52 AM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #4

And it only took 17 years for them to figure out a way to make it happen! Who says America can’t get things done anymore.

Post by hopler » Sun, Mar 31, 2019, 3:54 AM UTC

Zak wrote: post #61

mevile wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I got scolded for taking it out of my bag, and scolded for leaving it in my bag, by agents at the same airport on two trips a few weeks apart. You are describing the the usual daily cluster-fuck of life in the military, and in fact, government service in general. I don't know why it is that way, but it is. I have not experienced it in my now 20 years of life in the private sector, but back when I was in the militar…

If I had to guess about the military, it would be a combination of the fact that doing it wrong gets people killed, a constant need to optimize, improve, or respond to changing conditions, and a lack of sophistication to tell the two apart.