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Pay the TSA $100 and Bypass Airport Security
An anonymous reader writes "Catching a flight in the U.S. isn't a great experience anymore due to the security checks involved. You have to remove your shoes, your belt, get your laptop out, be scanned and subjected to radiation in the process. Hundreds of other people are doing the same thing, meaning it takes 40 minutes instead of four. Now, the TSA has come up with a clever, money-making alternative. Instead of scaling back security or speeding it up, you can instead pay $100 and bypass it completely!"
Hey moron: I spent a *year* overseas. I had already mailed home BOXES FULL OF SHIT. The only stuff I took with me on the plane was stuff that was either too valuable to ship, or I found out too late COULD NOT BE shipped for various stupid reasons.
And no, I don't fly that often, so no, I really don't know all the little ins and outs of "proper airplane packing", but thanks for asking before calling me "greedy." I'm used to flying on aircraft stuffed full of dudes with three duffle bags + body armor + weapons, in half the seating area, so I guess that's why it didn't occur to me this guy having to step over one little bag would be a big fucking deal.