Happy new year to all from frozen Montreal,

Have you endured such an unusual situation at an airport security check ?

Just before entering the Los Angeles airport United terminal for my Denver flight, an over-zealousness employee told me that
I had one excess cabin luggage (max 2 permitted). I was kilted as usual and the sporran and for her my sporran was the excess piece of
luggage.

I t was obvious for me that the young employee was totally illiterate in Celtic culture and knew nothing about kilts.

I politely protested saying that the sporran was an essential part of kilt wearing. She finished by accepting it and tell her that was the first time
in more than 30 years of travel that I met an employeee like her.

I know that I have to remove belt and other stuff before passing the gate but that situation was pretty unexpected.