George Hobica interviewing a former TSA agent:
>Q: What was one of the least enjoyable parts of your job?
>A: Having to take away bottled drinks, expensive perfumes and lotions, homemade food items, and other personal belongings and throw them in the trash (usually in front of the passenger) while they wondered what it was all about. The liquid ban really consumes much of our screening activity, and perhaps sometimes, to the detriment of our efforts to search for other dangerous items.
[via reader Bill T.]