Not only do I think that the guy does not deserve the peace of mind knowing that some security staffer got to keep the bottle, but I'm also glad that the security staff isn't stupid enough to just start pouring out bottles of stuff.
Just an out to lunch example here, but I used to work in a coatings factory with some pretty bad chemicals. Ammonia (the hardcore industrial stuff, not Windex) is absolutely brutal. Just a tiny whiff of the stuff and it feels like your lungs are melting. If airport staff were to go around satiating every desire to see containers opened and dumped out (into what? The garbage can?), it wouldn't be long before some a-hole showed up with a "bottle of Tequila" full of ammonia or something.
This guy is stupid enough to think that the rules don't apply to him. I agree with FurnaceFace... Consider it a stupid tax.
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