A Place for all our important stuff

Cruise Pt 5

{S I D E B A R on N A T I O N A L S E C U R I T Y}

The BAG

I use a messenger bag at work. Mine is just like this one. I carry notebooks, pens, pencils, business cards, etc. We brought it on the cruise as our carry-on for plane travel. We take it to the pool and keep Suzanne’s novel in it, sun block, etc. I’m rummaging around in the bottom when suddenly I find

3 individually wrapped single-edge razor blades.

Suzanne and I stare at each other as I show her what’s in my hand.

As a designer, normally I use an Exacto-knife with a number 11 blade. It’s what I’ve used for years. Occasionally I need to cut something heavy, so I keep some razor blades to do that.

However.

This bag got X-rayed in Rochester. In Philly. In Fort Myers. Again in Miami. I carried these razor blades on the plane everywhere I went. None of the security measures found them.

I thought I had emptied everything out before the trip, but I obviously missed these.

Yow.

November 21st, 2007 at 12:08 pm


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