Originally Posted by Scoop

No,

This is a great procedure - think about it for a second. Just suppose someone with ill intent was already through security. Surely a requirement that said person exit and screen themselves would change their mind for the following reasons:

1. It is basically the honor system once you are through security, and so if you re-screen yourself you are by definition honorable.
2. If someone did actually have contraband surely would exit with it and hope to "sneak" it through security vice just leaving it in the lounge etc.

Bureaucracies at work are truly amazing to observe.

Scoop