Take it from someone who worked the x-ray machine: there are too many convoluted rules and senseless restrictions for anything but dangerous chaosEvery November around the least wonderful time of the year, government higher-ups at airport security checkpoints around the world like to start passing down memos: it’s the holidays, which means the annual increased risk of terrorist attacks; officers must be extra vigilant and take their time screening passengers and their belongings – just not too much time.