Irrational things that annoy you (and non irrational things too come to think of it)

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Originally Posted by Burble

Airports. Particular the jobsworth security people and the retarded passengers who are incapable of not taking an age to put their bags and stuff into a little plastic tray and then onto a conveyor belt.

Every time I go home to Shetland to visit and fly back out of Sumburgh airport, I get called to the hold baggage security desk as they want to check something in my suitcase. Last time, it was my thermos (I took it for the train journey to Aberdeen) - "The scanner showed a thermos in your suitcase Mr Johnson and there appears to be liquid in it. Can you open it to let me look in it please?" My Mam had made me some lentil soup to have in the hotel that night.
The time before that it was a bottle of whisky.

FFS, I'm going on a SAAB 340 which never has any more than 30 passengers and couldn't knock down a garden shed if you flew into one. No self-respecting terrorist would even consider that blowing one up could be worthwhile

As for the retarded passengers. There are signs all over the place telling you how to prepare for going through security to keep the time down. Why do people still have to be told everything when they get there. I'm always standing in the queue, tapping my foot as the security person has to tell them to put their mobile phone, keys, change etc. in their hand luggage; remove their outside coat, remove laptop from bag (except Heathrow, obviously) etc.
I get to the belt, bung my bag on, with everything in it and walk through the scanner thing, pick up bag and bugger off for a beer - why can't everybody else?