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Swizec an hour ago

> When I pointed to the other agent and said “your friend over there told me to do the opposite, that’s why it’s in there!” they just sort of scowled at me.

Recent fun experience in Amsterdam:

security line was moving veeeery slowly. Almost every bag got flagged for inspection. As I’m waiting for my bag to get checked, I see two agents briefly mutter in each others ears. One of them walks up to the lady manning the xray machine, taps her on the shoulder, says something in her ear and they swap places. He goes on xray machine, she start checking bags.

Almost every bag after that passed the xray test. Line started moving quickly

lifestyleguru an hour ago | parent [-]

My personal positive experience in English speaking country (but not US or UK obviously) was the staff said that passengers don't need to take out stuff from hand luggage for security scanning because they have "the new kind of machines" although the machines didn't look exactly new.

cmiles8 an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The “new” machines are more like a CAT scanner vs just a 2D x-ray so they allow for easier examination of bag contents and more insight on the composition of materials.

BenjiWiebe an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

Perhaps it's newer software, better at flagging and identifying things?

lifestyleguru an hour ago | parent [-]

Seriously though they likely profiled the shit out of everyone and the system said that there are no terrorists or drug dealers in the bunch.