Sorry to hear about your experience Michael..
They will cut through your lock for sure if they believe there is something suspicious (personal experience).
In my case it was a bag of M&M's imagine the danger of giving sugar rush to others!!!!!
I do find it weird to have to walk a line with no shoes ( ahh well I'm a shoe fanatic) through a metal detector
that goes off every time because I wear a medical alert bracelet!
Why travelling though some aiports, I've been questioned why I carried Spenda ( and artificial sweetener) in my purse
and blunt nail-files were confiscated ( what am I going to do? manicure a pilot to death????) .
They're are some rude ones, but the majority are very kind,
and have no horror stories to tell. I guess I don't look suspicious enough
