Just travelled through 5 EU airports and everyone ignores the “no phones” “no laptops” rules

MAFIAA is right, it makes no sense and it’s impossible to enforce.<br><br>* Everyone around me had their phone out and nothing happened. Travel to the US and they’ll humiliate you.<br><br>* None of the airport staff care, and just say “you’re not allowed to take your phone out” because it’s protocol, but they don’t actually care.<br><br>* I had to open my bag because it had a metal thing in it, and I told the staff I had a laptop in it and they just said “ok, no problem”. And the x Ray machines also saw it but nothing happened.<br><br>* When my bag went through the x Ray machine, it started beeping like crazy, but not a single thing happened.<br><br>* I walked through the metal detector and it beeped like crazy but the staff didn’t even look at me.<br><br>* There’s just no consistency between airports. I went through 5 airports and the rules were different at each one. Some allowed phones and laptops, some didn’t. Some stopped you if your metal detector beeped, some didn’t.<br><br>* The only thing they do care about is making sure your water bottle is 100ml or less. I travelled with a full 1L bottle and no one cared, but the airport staff were very strict about emptying large bottles of water. <br><br>The EU airport security system is broken and inconsistent, and no one actually cares about the rules. And just to reiterate, when I travelled to the US the security was much stricter and they actually cared about the rules.