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"We're trying to figure out what changes we can make, short of putting up signs saying, 'Don't put your baby through the X-ray machine,' " Melendez said. "We're trying to determine how we can make this not happen again."
put the damn sign up already.
From the article: "Officials, who declined to release the 56-year-old woman's name, said she spoke Spanish and apparently did not understand English." Don't think that's going to solve the problem.
There is no way to solve this - you simply cannot make things idiot-proof enough for some people.
How about a graphical sign? Something that indicates 'Weapons, Explosives, and Lighters here' and a big circle with a line through it over pictures of film and babies.
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