What the hell?
So, it's obscenely early and I'm getting ready to head home (I was in San Francisco for work, for the 99.9% of you that didn't know) and I'm watching the news while I wait for the shower and limo service back in CT to open so I can confirm things.
They're doing a snippet on the new travel restrictions on CNN, and it's basically lots of people taking their banned items - mostly women and their makeup - and throwing it out.
WTF? If I know that something is banned from travel in the cabin - like, say, makeup - and I know I'm going to be traveling, then..... Why not just put the banned item into my checked bag?
Sure, not everyone ends up taking a checked bag, but if you have one, then why not USE IT?
Additionally, why do you actively take something you know you can't bring past the security checkpoint? These women are complaining about having to throw out hundreds of dollars of makeup when they're the ones who decided to throw them out!
I myself plan on finishing my bottle of water in the terminal before security, then buying more on the other side (where I'll have to finish it before I get on the plane, of course).
I'm also a little unclear: we've got info on a plot to blow up a plane from the UK traveling to the US - so why are we making all the people traveling inside the US dump their precious liquids? And how funny is it to say that they're dumping their liquids?
More updates on the other side. Maybe.
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