Playing Good Cop
Heather was stunned by shock. She stammered excuses, pleading for the TSA agents to believe her while they donned gloves and asked her for her consent to be patted down. One TSA agent explained that they get false positives every once in a while and that if there was nothing dangerous about the bottle, there was absolutely nothing to worry about. They even offered to hold her plane until they were finished with their procedure.
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