Never forget to change before going through airport security...
So, in the dozens of flights I have taken, I have never had an issue. Usually, there's no issue, the machine rarely picks up a diaper when I step into the scanner. But today was different. My nighttime diaper was not wet (I had changed in the middle of the night), so I thought I could get by without changing until after I got through security... Instead, I got the TSA agent who was annoyed at all the pat-downs he had to do. He asked me repeatedly if I had anything in my pockets. I said, "No, I am wearing protection." He didn't seem to get it as he asked again why there was padding on my backside. Quietly I repeated with the clarifier, "I am wearing incontinence protection." Again, he didn't get it, so despite the fact that I passed the residue test, I was told I have to go to a private room screening. He asks me again, "What do you mean 'protection?'" Exasperated, I whisper, "a diaper. I am wearing a diaper due to incontinence."
So he brings a second screener who says he also has to pat me down. He asks if this has ever happened to me before, and I say no. He asks if I am wearing shorts, and I said, "No... No I am not." He then asks if I have any diapers in my bag so he can gauge what it is under my pants... I produce one of my betterdrys. Again, I get patted down, again I pass the residue test. I think they were as embarrassed as I was.
So, my being stingy cost me twenty minutes and a lot of embarrassment. I am guessing, my sweat caused enough liquid to set off the screener. Lesson learned. Always change just before security.
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