When flying, you’re asked if your checked bags have anything fragile. If you answer yes then they put a fragile sticker or tag on the bag, but they also make you sign a liability waiver.
It seems to me that the minimal benefit of the fragile tag (see What do "Fragile" stickers on checked baggage do?) does not outweigh the liability waiver if something gets broken.
Is there really a good reason to answer in the affirmative?
Let's put it this way: it doesn't hurt. The terms & conditions of any airline will already disclaim as much responsibility as possible for any luggage damaged in transit, the waiver is just an extra bit of legal ass-covering with the helpful side effect of (hopefully) making it clear to the passenger that the "fragile" tag is best effort, not a guarantee.
Also, while your mileage obviously may vary, many airports genuinely do handle fragile items differently: for example, in Sydney they're carted over to a separate corral by hand instead of being thrown on to the conveyor belt to play demolition derby with everybody else's suitcases. I quite regularly bring along cardboard boxes containing (well-padded) bottles, which get slapped with Fragile tags, and to date they've always come through with no visible damage.
