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I thought I would be arrested at the airport

Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:31 pm
Posted by PalletJack
LA by birth, TX by choice
Member since Oct 2024
430 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:31 pm
I had a Phillips head screwdriver in my laptop bag. I didn’t even get stopped on the outbound flight from Austin but on my return flight my bag got searched. When she pulled it out my heart dropped but apparently a pointed tool is not considered to be dangerous. I need to remember to search my bag before I fly next time
Posted by Costanza
Member since May 2011
3255 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:34 pm to
Thanks for letting us know
Posted by JetsetNuggs
Member since Jun 2014
14931 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:36 pm to
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in my laptop bag. I didn’t even get stopped on the outbound flight from Austin


You probably look like a barista so they saw no threat
Posted by sqerty
AP
Member since May 2022
7223 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:37 pm to
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This post was edited on 11/10/24 at 9:28 am
Posted by PalletJack
LA by birth, TX by choice
Member since Oct 2024
430 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:38 pm to
I have pink hair, gauges and doodle tattoos. Is that the barista look?
This post was edited on 11/9/24 at 11:43 pm
Posted by GeorgeTheGreek
Sparta, Greece
Member since Mar 2008
67851 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:40 pm to
I accidentally left a box cutter in my bag and it made it through multiple flights. You’d think after 9/11 that’s one they’d pay attention to.
Posted by BayouBandit24
Member since Aug 2010
16799 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:45 pm to
I think they audited TSA a few years ago and multiple firearms made it through. They aren’t that good. Despite how it seems.
Posted by Kraut Dawg
Member since Sep 2012
4657 posts
Posted on 11/9/24 at 11:49 pm to
This post was edited on 11/21/24 at 12:18 am
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10122 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 12:01 am to
Try being a geologist and traveling with a rock hammer. Houston air port didn't see it as a problem, other airports did.
Posted by Passing Wind
Dutchtown
Member since Apr 2015
4386 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 12:15 am to
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I think they audited TSA a few years ago and multiple firearms made it through. They aren’t that good. Despite how it seems.
the way they act they think they are tier 1 operators.
Posted by Passing Wind
Dutchtown
Member since Apr 2015
4386 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 12:16 am to
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I guess the angry, lower class ATL TSA "agents" were more focused on yelling at people than doing their jobs.
not just Atlanta. Seems to be a requirement for hire
Posted by kook
Berrytown
Member since Sep 2013
1994 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 6:39 am to
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Try being a geologist and traveling with a rock hammer.
Hey, Andy!!!
Posted by Jcorye1
Tom Brady = GoAT
Member since Dec 2007
74929 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 6:42 am to
I've accidentally had knives make it through TSA on my hiking bag, shite happens.
Posted by taylork37
Member since Mar 2010
15521 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 6:56 am to
My buddy accidentally brought two Leatherman style foldable knives with box cutter blades through TSA on his carry on. All they did was confiscate them and actually offered to mail them anywhere he wanted for $25 a piece.

We definitely expected a lot worse of a reaction and consequences from TSA. This was a couple months ago.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
39762 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 6:57 am to
I flew twice to Adu Dhabi and once into Europe with a pocket knife in my backpack. Had no idea it was there. They finally found it when I was flying through Europe this year. They take that shite a little more serious in Europe.
Posted by Joshjrn
Baton Rouge
Member since Dec 2008
29864 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 7:23 am to
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I guess the angry, lower class ATL TSA "agents" were more focused on yelling at people than doing their jobs.

It could just be confirmation bias, or that I’m simply a goddamned delight, but one of my favorite things about having Precheck is that it seems we get a more reasonable class of agent while the plebs get stuck with the dregs.
This post was edited on 11/10/24 at 7:25 am
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
18130 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 7:26 am to
I flew one time about a moth or so after Sept 11th. flew from Nashville - massive security at TSA, roaming military with dogs in the terminal. additional searches getting on the plane. 1/2 way to Hartford, a woman sitting 2 rows up on the aisle breaks out the knitting needles and starts knitting.

that was when i realized it is all bullshite. hell a coworker about 12 years ago flew to Albuquerque with a pocket knife in his laptop bag to and from, and it was never seen.

George Carlin said it best - Airport security is a joke, it is only there to make white people feel safe
Posted by HattiesburgTiger5439
Hattiesburg ms
Member since Sep 2023
664 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 7:29 am to
Really? You thought you would be arrested? Why? Did ya try and stab someone with it?
Posted by LA Lightning
Member since Jun 2023
493 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 7:29 am to
I went into the local courthouse to see a clerk while carrying a briefcase that contained a secretarial kit with a small stapler, notepad etc. A couple minutes after going through the scanner a deputy rushed up to me and demanded the briefcase. I was in possession of this bad baby. As he was confiscating it, I pointed at the large sharp pointed scissors on the clerk's desk in front of me, which could be used as a legit murder weapon. I also knew that the clerk behind the desk had a purse containing a fully-loaded .38, as the employees were allowed to simply walk past security. One day someone there could go postal, and not with kindergarten scissors.

Posted by IT_Dawg
Georgia
Member since Oct 2012
24294 posts
Posted on 11/10/24 at 7:35 am to
If you had 2-3 carry-ons, what are the odds their screening machine could tell if you had a gun that you took apart and put into 2-3 different bags
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