travelandleisure.com
It’s interesting how we as Americans, on the whole, desire the utmost safety from potential terroristic threats, but at the same time do NOT want to be the ones searched or looked sideways at by a TSA official. Apparently, TSA agents have been asking folks to remove their books from luggage and people are either upset or confused by this. I’m putting myself in this position as best as I can. I don’t think I would be surprised or upset.
The only time I was a little upset by a TSA agent going “too far” was when a female agent removed my “sticky bra” (I called them chicken cutlets at the time, but imagine a bra with no straps that just sticks to your ta-ta’s and is joined by one snap closure in the middle.). She took them out and examined them with scrutiny and confusion. “It’s a sticky bra,” I said. Duh. And it’s made of silicone and adhesive. She was trying to imply it was a liquid because it was squishy. She ultimately relented and placed it back in my bag and I walked off only moderately embarrassed.
But I digress…..The book thing does seem to have some merit to it, and not all that unusual either. Here’s the explanation behind it:
The controversial practice reportedly required passengers to place their reading material — as well any food on their person — into security bins while passing through airport security. The idea, per TSA officials, was to declutter bags that might be too difficult for scanning machines to appropriately examine.
