Our crack TSA

[kwk285]

I fly to Portland every week for work. I use carry on luggage and recently purchased a TSA friendly laptop briefcase( I don't need to take my laptop out of the bag)

I put my toothpaste and aftershave lotion in a quart bag in a separate dish to go through the Xray machine. After my suitcase went through the machine I was informed that there was liquid in my bag.

The attendent went to my dopp kit pulled out my shave brush and lectured me that all liquids have to go in my quart bag. I informed her it was a shave brush and unscrewed it to show her. My bag went through second time with out issue.

As I was sitting at the gate I grabbed a book out of my briefcase and noticed that I forgot to take out my pocket knife last night when I was packing.

 

[Leche]

forgot to take out my pocket knife last night when I was packing.

Ops! Just out of curiosity what size of knife are we talking?

 

[RichGem]

I fly to Portland every week for work. I use carry on luggage and recently purchased a TSA friendly laptop briefcase( I don't need to take my laptop out of the bag)

I put my toothpaste and aftershave lotion in a quart bag in a separate dish to go through the Xray machine. After my suitcase went through the machine I was informed that there was liquid in my bag.

The attendent went to my dopp kit pulled out my shave brush and lectured me that all liquids have to go in my quart bag. I informed her it was a shave brush and unscrewed it to show her. My bag went through second time with out issue.

As I was sitting at the gate I grabbed a book out of my briefcase and noticed that I forgot to take out my pocket knife last night when I was packing.

I had a somewhat similar experience about a year after 9/11... I forgot to take a penknife off my key ring. I turned myself in and all I got were "you can't take that with you"s. But, no help as to whom to turn the knife in to or what to do with it. I ended up giving it to the TSA screener and telling her "not my problem any more."

 

[Robxcarlson]

I had a somewhat similar experience about a year after 9/11... I forgot to take a penknife off my key ring. I turned myself in and all I got were "you can't take that with you"s. But, no help as to whom to turn the knife in to or what to do with it. I ended up giving it to the TSA screener and telling her "not my problem any more."

The TSA can't confiscate items. If they won't allow something through, then they are supposed to either let you return it to your vehicle or give it to a friend or family member if you happen to have one in the airport, or you can go back to the ticket counter and put the item in your checked baggage. If none of that works, then they dispose of it for you.

Last year my wife and I flew with our infant and when the bag went through the x-ray the screener saw something and said "Oh, you forgot to get your diaper creme out of your bag" and I said, "No, we don't have any diaper creme." My wife is nudging me to shut the hell up and say yes, but I said, "no" again and the screener said, "Nope, it's diaper creme" and waived us through without checking the bag... I don't even know what he saw in there because there were no tubes of any kind of creme in the bag.

 

[TimmyBoston]

The TSA can't confiscate items. If they won't allow something through, then they are supposed to either let you return it to your vehicle or give it to a friend or family member if you happen to have one in the airport, or you can go back to the ticket counter and put the item in your checked baggage. If none of that works, then they dispose of it for you.

Last year my wife and I flew with our infant and when the bag went through the x-ray the screener saw something and said "Oh, you forgot to get your diaper creme out of your bag" and I said, "No, we don't have any diaper creme." My wife is nudging me to shut the hell up and say yes, but I said, "no" again and the screener said, "Nope, it's diaper creme" and waived us through without checking the bag... I don't even know what he saw in there because there were no tubes of any kind of creme in the bag.

Translation: Sell it on Ebay.

 

[Icemanxxxv]

Thousands Standing Around

Enough said

 

[AndrewWiggin]

Government entity. With the exception of the military, anything run by the government is either going to make you miserable, make things more expensive, or both.

You know the Israeli airlines use a form of behavioral profiling that works wonderfully, and the airline provides the service, rather than have a government agency do it. Israel faces much more in terms of security threats, and they've got a better track record than we do.

 

[Bertilak]

The Austin airport has automated kiosks that let you package and mail small items. Once I forgot I had a small knife in my pocket and used the kiosk to mai it home. They *really* soak you on the envelope and postage.

Another time it was pretty much the same thing but this was before those kiosks. The nice airline people gave me a cardboard box I could put the knife in and check it with the rest of the baggage. At the other end the box had been ripped open (it was well taped) and the knife was gone. I filled out a report and they eventually sent me a check for $35, just what the knife cost (and what I claimed on the report).

 

[kwk285]

Ops! Just out of curiosity what size of knife are we talking?

It was a small knife. Maybe 2.5 inches.

 

[Doc4]

The most amusing episode I ever had with (the Canadian equivalent of) the TSA was one short day-trip flight I went on with only a carry-on bag ... I had a toothbrush and toothpaste. So going through security I get the lecture about liquids (toothpaste) needing to all be in a plastic bag yada yada yada.

The funny thing was, the toothpaste was the only liquid I had! Oh well, into the plastic bag it goes!

 

[xpavar]

Thousands Standing Around

Enough said

Tub Stacking Agency

 

[_JP_]

Thousands Standing Around

Enough said

You're close. As with any entity, when there are thousands of people involved and constantly being replaced, mistakes will happen.

 

[Wendy]

As I was sitting at the gate I grabbed a book out of my briefcase and noticed that I forgot to take out my pocket knife last night when I was packing.

The TSA agents were too busy looking at the bottom of your feet to notice the knife.