This is way off topic for me, but let’s consider this a public service announcement.

Please view exhibits A and B:

Exhibit A

Exhibit B

Entirely by accident, I was able to enter Atlanta Airpoirt, the business airport in the world, with these two knives in my carry-on baggage. I walked through the security line, had my stuff X-rayed, took my shoes off like everyone else, then took my bag and got on the plane.

I did not even know they were in my bag until my return flight where the security people did do their job. They did the X-ray, then someone said, “I need a bag check”. A supervisor came over, checked the screen, and I was pulled aside. When the guard went through the bag by hand and found the knives I was all kinds of worried. For one, I didn’t want to get some strip search treatment, unless maybe the guard was kinda cute. But the main reason was that the Gerber Multi-tool was a Christmas present and I didn’t want to give it up!

It turned out the guard was cool though. He just walked me back out of the secured area back to the ticketing area. I was then able to check my bag with knives intact and everything was present and accounted for when I picked up my stuff at baggage claim. Big relief for several reasons since I don’t trust the baggage handlers. But that’s another story.

(For the record I use Exhibit B all the time, Exhibit A much less so.)