"Enhanced" security at LHR/T5
I went through the security check at LHR T5 yesterday while en route to DUS. My hand baggage containing my working tools, together with my top coat and jacket, all went through the X-ray machine without any quibbles. I had divested myself of all metallic substances prior to passing through the arch with no problems whatsoever.
Fifty metres further on, beyond the security check, I was pounced upon by three young security lads, who told me I had been "selected for a random check" in the new super 3-D scanner device.
They were almost orgasmic in their excitement when they discovered that my watch, change purse, belt buckle and so forth showed up on their screen, and they demanded an explanation from me.
They could not understand that the first thing that most passengers - having passed through the main security check - will naturally do is to restore their personal comforts!
All joking aside, I despair at the idiocy exhibited by these so-called security "officers".