The TSA is taking the show on the road and this time they have declared war on fancy soap. Specifically, the TSA's explosive detection machines are at the center of this. These are the pieces of hardware located in the security lines that a TSA officer feeds a piece of paper into, that has just been wiped over the luggage of randomly selected passengers. The machine sniffs the paper looking for trace elements of explosives, or the components of explosives. The TSA will now be putting this hardware on carts and roaming the airport with them. Random tests of people will be conducted at random locations within the airport. Boarding gates, concourses, waiting areas are all possible screening locations- although one can likely expect a higher incident of screenings around the Sbarro or Cinnabon.
So where is the fail?
Fancy soap is made with glycerin. Explosives are also made with glycerin. Not many people wash their luggage with fancy soap. Many people do wash their hands with fancy soap.
The TSA is now about to go roaming airports, testing peoples hands for explosives and/or soap.
That is a clean, delicately scented, moisturizing fail.
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
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