You know its arbitrary when…
Upon arriving at the airport I was stopped before customs and informed I was only allowed 1 carry on item. As I was being told this I was standing in front of a sign saying that one carry on and one personal item were allowed.
I politely informed the man that my backpack was my personal item and contained my laptop and accessories.
Here’s where it gets surreal…
Officer: “Do you have any paper in there?”
Me: “Yes”
Officer: “Then you’ll need to check one of them”
Me: dumbstruck stare
Now, in the man’s defense he then told me I could just move the paper from bag A(with laptop) to bag B (without laptop), but really. Suddenly paper is the defining line between personal and non-personal items?
What security measures can justify determining bag type by paper content????
I’ll be kind and not submit readers to my furious thoughts about seeing the full body scanner in action.
NAPP
