I agree. I go out of my way to be as quick as possible and have all my crap ready once I get to the head of the line, but there is always some asshole who is running late and being pushy. If they are that late, that's their problem, not mine, and it's likely they have to do the same thing I do, and there are people behind them too. Over time I've learned to ignore them, and on the rare occasion that one of them gets too pushy, I'm ready with an f-bomb and a middle finger. I generally travel with an SLR and a laptop, so this is always a big pain in the ass.
Its the TSA....the words streamline and process does not have anything to do with that gestapo like agency. Someone needs to gut that pile of shit. When your prerequisite for working there is a HS diploma there are going to end up being assholes who get a power trip off of the authority.
lol i know what you mean. I have so many electronics like phone, laptop, psp, ds, etc. and all the chargers. So when i take my cables out, it looks like i can rewire the whole plane and there are people starring at me at amazement that i have so many electronics i am get embarrassed. I still don't know why i get "randomly searched every time"? lol On a note. I have NEVER seen anyone NOT take there laptop out at the airport.
erhan, you are only required to remove your laptop, not all of your cables and other electronics. I have traveled with all kinds of electronic crap in my carry-on bags before, but because they only say to remove your laptop, that's all I remove, and I have never had a problem.
Dare I say... (@ erhan) "I have NEVER seen anyone NOT take there laptop out at the airport." ... umm... you wouldn't see it if they left it in the bag... nice one.
I had this problem because I have a neoprene sleeve that fits tightly on my 17" notebook but today I only had to take the sleeve with the laptop out of my bag and it went right back in no problem when I got to the other side. Of course there was nobody else around so I could have taken my time anyway (it was a small airport) but it's nice to know that they got the message already and let me through with no trouble. Of course that was the ONLY good thing about my trip today, but that's another story.
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you know, i don't mind taking my laptop out, I merely hate the pressure to put it back with 20 other people pushing me away.
...and that's ironic is that their article's first sentence, "To help streamline the security process..."
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I agree. I go out of my way to be as quick as possible and have all my crap ready once I get to the head of the line, but there is always some asshole who is running late and being pushy. If they are that late, that's their problem, not mine, and it's likely they have to do the same thing I do, and there are people behind them too. Over time I've learned to ignore them, and on the rare occasion that one of them gets too pushy, I'm ready with an f-bomb and a middle finger. I generally travel with an SLR and a laptop, so this is always a big pain in the ass.
I check my laptop everytime. I had found that the amout of time I actaully used the laptop on a journey was minimal (read = nothing).
after watching the bag handlers there is no way I'd ever check my laptop...
Its the TSA....the words streamline and process does not have anything to do with that gestapo like agency. Someone needs to gut that pile of shit. When your prerequisite for working there is a HS diploma there are going to end up being assholes who get a power trip off of the authority.
lol i know what you mean. I have so many electronics like phone, laptop, psp, ds, etc. and all the chargers. So when i take my cables out, it looks like i can rewire the whole plane and there are people starring at me at amazement that i have so many electronics i am get embarrassed. I still don't know why i get "randomly searched every time"? lol
On a note. I have NEVER seen anyone NOT take there laptop out at the airport.
Seriously, what's so hard about removing ones laptop? I have spent enough green on my current bag, screw buying another one just for the TSA.
erhan, you are only required to remove your laptop, not all of your cables and other electronics. I have traveled with all kinds of electronic crap in my carry-on bags before, but because they only say to remove your laptop, that's all I remove, and I have never had a problem.
Dare I say... (@ erhan) "I have NEVER seen anyone NOT take there laptop out at the airport." ... umm... you wouldn't see it if they left it in the bag... nice one.
I had this problem because I have a neoprene sleeve that fits tightly on my 17" notebook but today I only had to take the sleeve with the laptop out of my bag and it went right back in no problem when I got to the other side. Of course there was nobody else around so I could have taken my time anyway (it was a small airport) but it's nice to know that they got the message already and let me through with no trouble. Of course that was the ONLY good thing about my trip today, but that's another story.
@Jon Doe.: And those with college diplomas, don't get power trips from authority?
if you had a see through case would you still have to take it out?