Recently I was taken aside by security at a major US airport and asked some pointed questions about something I was attempting to take aboard a plane in my carry on bag. It was a Gillette Slim, with no blade in it. None of the security officers at this particular station had any idea what it was. (Ironically, later I discovered I had also left an Astra SP blade in my carry on bag, completely missed both by the officers and by me.)
I suppose I'm most depressed and annoyed by the fact the security people didn't even know what a Slim was. My father, their grandfathers and nearly every other man would have had something similar, if not exactly the same, when they boarded planes in the 1960s and well into the 1970s. Life generally and air travel in particular are simply not as classy as they once were. I'll still use DE razors exclusively at home, of course, but I'll travel with plastic disposables. Though, my travel Tech in its cute little original case likely would have aroused less suspicion.
I suppose I'm most depressed and annoyed by the fact the security people didn't even know what a Slim was. My father, their grandfathers and nearly every other man would have had something similar, if not exactly the same, when they boarded planes in the 1960s and well into the 1970s. Life generally and air travel in particular are simply not as classy as they once were. I'll still use DE razors exclusively at home, of course, but I'll travel with plastic disposables. Though, my travel Tech in its cute little original case likely would have aroused less suspicion.
