One time I chugged my water at the Charlotte airport because the security guy said the line was only gonna take 15 min. When I tell you I was pouring sweat and praying to the sphincter gods…
I got here three hours early because recently security lines have been as long as 3-4 hours and of course it was like. No wait at all this time. Fortunately I love wandering around airports
That happened to me once when the airport first opened in the morning (there were 4 flights leaving within 10 minutes of each other, all international, all about 60 minutes after airport security opened so I was prepared for A NIGHTMARE).
Got through security in about 5 minutes, and of course nothing was open on the other side so I was cranky, tired, thirsty, and hungry all at once. lol.