Security Panic Attack over Spare Batteries in Jacket
I picked up a bunch of AAA batteries for a good price, tied them into a baggie and dumped them into a jacket pocket against future need.
Some time later I had to fly YYZ-DEN and endured the lineups for checkin, US Immigration/Customs and then Security. After the usual belt buckle undoing and wanding, spent several minutes waiting for my stuff which was held up at the X-ray station while several personnel were called over to have a gander. During all this time, nobody thought to ask me to take out and show them the contents. At long last the offending tray came down the conveyor, I took the items out of the pocket, showed them to the security person and was promptly sent on my way.
Returning via DEN, I put the batteries in the tray and -- after the usual 20 minutes in queue -- zipped through.