The timing of my picture was a little delayed, so you can't see it explicitly, BUT this photo captures maybe the most absurd thing I've ever seen in an airport:
What you can't see in the TSA guy's hand is the SNOWGLOBE THAT HE FORCED THIS WOMAN TO EMPTY OUT. I don't blame the people at TSA for this, they are only doing what they are told to do. In fact, I sympathize, because I'm sure they get yelled at all day long by people who don't want to follow regulations they feel are "stupid" or "pointless" and lay the blame at the feet of the federal employees; I don't.
That said, the emptying of liquids at the gate is a total charade. If they were truly concerned about the mix of liquids being carried-onto airplanes being dangerous, would they have passengers empty them all into one large trash can (ie a big fucking mix vat)? I get that there was a terrorist plot to blow up airplanes out of Heathrow using liquids a few years ago, but is making people put their liquids in a separate plastic bag going to somehow prevent that from happening? Was it really necessary to make this lady empty her souvenir snow globe? Why is it that the Europeans can travel between countries (granted it's one "economic zone") without making fools of themselves at the airport, but we have to hop through pointless hoops?
No comments:
Post a Comment