Bottle of Water after security in Zurich Airport

Complaints Corner
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Maybe so, but if you have a cast iron gut like mine (and now it seems my son has inherited it) a dead pigeon in the water tank is neither here nor there...

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Simple - it's still within the building and not open to the elements.

There's usually a lot of space up in the top rafters.

[did you ever see Towering Inferno?]

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The dead pigeons stop it from freezing over. A bit like a tennis ball in the fish pond. Obviously.

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It damn well is....adds flavour

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Just because you bring an empty bottle through, it doesn't mean you're in the clear (in the U.S.):

See here and here .

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As you could have deduced from those saying they ask the cabin staff to fill it up, it's for when I'm *ON* the plane, not walking to it. When I'm sleeping on a long flight, I often half wake up feeling thirsty (cabin air is very dry). Rather than get up and go to the galley, or attempt to get a cabin crew member to bring me a stupid little cup of water, I just take a sip from the bottle I have next to me and go back to sleep.

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Tune in to tomorrow's episode: How Adrian takes his own bathroom tissue with him on flights to Singapore and how to save getting up for a mere number two.

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I'm going to invent a camelfront. It looks like a fanny pack or a backpack, is filled with water and has a long tube to drink out of. No need to juggle around looking for a bottle of water. It's always in front of you, ready to sip.

29
Diapers? Or for you English folk: adult-sized nappies.

30
You might need a different name. Sounds a bit too close to camel toe for my liking.

Hell, if you're going to invent it, it might as well have two sections - one in and one out. Just make sure you can't get the tubes mixed up...

31
I read that all wrong...

32
There's some poor confused soul on an oral sex advice site wondering why they're getting bad information about fluids .....

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UPDATE:

I spoke with a friend who works at thiefrow.... the security manager has confirmed empty bottles ARE ALLOWED through security check without restriction.

As in my case they were not allowing bottles through, the passenger is advised to request contact is made with a supervisor to clarify the current policy.

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Kiosk sells water behind the security for 1.50, it is the weird budget brand (forget the name, maybe "ok!", the bottles are maybe white and black) but it tastes fine.

35
You are late to the game. Check out the Beer Belly and the Wine Rack .

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Not after sweating buckets going through security control.

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You do know that Evian spelt backwards is Naive don't you? :-) Why buy bottled water when tap water will do. Just carry an empty water bottle around with you and fill it from a tap or water fountain when necessary.

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What??? There is no prohibition on carrying empty bottles into the secure area of any airport. The prohibition is on liquids above 100ml. An empty 5L plastic bottle is acceptable. As is an empty stainless steel bottle.

I think it is only in the UK they do silly things like put water tanks in the roof, even there the cold tap in kitchens are connected directly to the mains.

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Also, the limitation seems to be purely on liquids in bottles or other man-made packages.

There seems to be no limit tom the number oif say, oranges, you can take through security. Eat them straight or press your own juice.

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I always keep the plastic bottle of water up until the minute they tell me I'm not allowed to take it through security. Then, I immediately drink it all, right in front of them. I am usually allowed to keep the empty bottle.

Even so, sometimes the newly empty bottle has been confiscated as has, on two occasions, a completely empty plastic bottle found in my hand-luggage.