Funny I travelled with a pretty sharp steak knifed that I accidentally left in my laptop bag for 3 trips to the west coast and back over a couple months. Finally realized it was there when I was digging for something in the bag and cut my finger.
OT TSA and sexual assault, of me!!!....my story
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Was thinking the same thing.
Ok let me hijack for a second besides its kind of funny
My buddy and I went to Tucson for a Vacation and went to St. Xavier Mission.
He wanted to get his mom and sister those candles that they place and light. (forgive me I'm not catholic and I don't know what they're called). Anyway they had a nice photo of the Mission on one and I think the Virgin Mary on the other.
So he packs them away and I'm not paying any attention, well he packed them in his carry on so when went through security it looked like a long cylinder with a wick.
They pulled him out of line pretty quick. LOL.
Fortunately it was Tucson's airport and it wasn't very busy and the TSA agents just laughed.
After the 5th time I just walked up to the front of the line and told them I was a quad S so rally the troops. 7 blue shirts, a supervisor and a uniformed cop. I got the skip to the front of the security line each stop AND have everyone afraid of me for the rest of that leg.
I found a box cutter in the bottom of one of my backpacks while rummaging once.
flipside- TSA at Midway found my long lost leatherman for me and kindly disposed of it after lecturing me.
25 years before 9/11, myself and a co-worker were flying to Philly for a one day job of weighing an electric overhead travelling crane in a steel mill We each drove to Pittsburgh Airport separately, me from the south hills and my associate from the east end of town.
My associate was an Indian and was as smart as anybody I ever met, but had the common sense of a garden rake. I told him that we needed to be through security at the airport at least a half hour before departure - security back then was not the TSA nightmare of this century, but could still be a hassle.
Naturally, Jitendra runs late and he gets to the airport about 10 minutes before departure - he's got all the equipment for our next day's task. Four heavy metal cylinders with a bunch of wires all stuffed into an old ammo can and a separate control box with a battery power source.
So Dibbs (who is rather disturbed over his associate's lack of timeliness knowing that there could be an issue with security), and his Indian friend run up to the screening facility, in a rush, and these folks just have a cow with all this metal. Listening to us trying to explain what was in the ammo can must have been pretty funny.
I finally offered to weigh the guy if he would be so kind as to balance himself on one of the load cells. At that point, they just said go catch your flight.
This would have never happened today. I would have driven the 270 miles.
My associate was an Indian and was as smart as anybody I ever met, but had the common sense of a garden rake. I told him that we needed to be through security at the airport at least a half hour before departure - security back then was not the TSA nightmare of this century, but could still be a hassle.
Naturally, Jitendra runs late and he gets to the airport about 10 minutes before departure - he's got all the equipment for our next day's task. Four heavy metal cylinders with a bunch of wires all stuffed into an old ammo can and a separate control box with a battery power source.
So Dibbs (who is rather disturbed over his associate's lack of timeliness knowing that there could be an issue with security), and his Indian friend run up to the screening facility, in a rush, and these folks just have a cow with all this metal. Listening to us trying to explain what was in the ammo can must have been pretty funny.
I finally offered to weigh the guy if he would be so kind as to balance himself on one of the load cells. At that point, they just said go catch your flight.
This would have never happened today. I would have driven the 270 miles.
It's security theater. They fail tests of their processes routinely. Passengers with guns and weapons get past security on occasion because TSA agents are wildly inconsistent in terms of their ability to follow consistent protocols. Other countries without the security protocols of the USA and without TSA aren't facing terrorist attacks and hijacks anymore than we do here, it's still an incredibly rare occurrence. Just use a metal detector, scanner and luggage x-ray machine and call it a day. The groping policies and "random" checks don't catch much, if anything.
If your wearing some kind of boxers just drop your pants next time and say see nothing there. Better than having some guy say. Can I put my hands down your pants. Nfw!!!!!
I believe it’s called humor...or at least it used to be back when there was humor.
Yeah, but try getting on with some deodorant...or heaven forbid a bottle of mouthwash. Now that’s where you can do some damage.
I know you knew the difference, I was just fooling around. At least it is only your spelling, for me I had to remove it and then wait six months to see if I beat cancer. I hope no one on the thread ever has to go through that.
I flew months ago without my drivers license and experienced it but it was no biggie! So the dude had to check my back belt line. Nothing weird about it.
P.S. I did use my VA Photo ID with Purple Heart on it so maybe they cut me some slack!
P.S. I did use my VA Photo ID with Purple Heart on it so maybe they cut me some slack!
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Oddly enough I have had the opposite happen. I have had three butter knives confiscated out of my backpack. Brought them in to butter up my english muffins in the morning at work and each time forgot to take them out before the flights. The wife was not pleased this kept on happening and that she married a dolt. Also I get patted down every time I go through security because I am a diabetic with a pump. I always trigger the body scan machine and have to do the bomb swab. Nothing I would ever even compare to being close to a sexual assault but maybe my experiences differ.
Are you a chef or just a run of the mill serial killer?
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