Post 9/11 Airport Security: here's a true story that should make you feel better than ever about your safety--
I don't know if y'all know about those CD wrapper openers that they give you at music conferences like the Folk Alliance, but inside of every one of them is a single-edged razor blade. Please, heed this warning: if you have one of these handy-dandy tools, whatever you do, DON'T just forget about it and end up leaving it in your carryon luggage.
I found this out yesterday at BWI Airport (Baltimore), where security personnel made me crack open my favorite hot pink CD wrapper opener (which unbeknownst to me, was hiding inside my backpack), and where, upon finding the razor blade, they immediately took it.
That should make us all breathe easier, right?
Well, not only did this item get past airport security in New Orleans, but security at both airports let me keep my flathead screwdriver, which was also hidden inside my backpack.
Now, far be it from me to give the terrorists ideas, it does occur to me that I could threaten somebody just as easily with a screwdriver as I could a plastic CD opener with a razor blade in it--which I didn't even know or care was in there till yesterday. I guess I should have figured out that those tools have to get those CDs open some kinda way. Duh. Go figure.
Well, they took out the blade, but they let me keep the hot pink plastic shell. Maybe I'll try putting another razor blade in it at some point, and see if I can accidentally sneak it past security again.
Posted by gina at June 17, 2002 07:54 PM