Reminds me of the time I forgot to remove a pocket knife from my keys before going through airport security…
Staff member holds it up, I notice it and am like “oh no, that’s not allowed, right? oh well, then throw it away, I forgot about it…” - staff proceeds to measure the blade length and tell me “no, it’s ok, that’s allowed” and hands it back to me. I still have that pocket knife now, but don’t intend to try that again.
I have this thing called a utili-key, which is a 6-in-1 multitool that folds up into the shape of a key. I’ve flown with it numerous times, TSA never even had a clue it was on my keyring. I went to one fucking Philadelphia 76ers game and they confiscated it. Perfectly encapsulates TSA.
The TSA was once tested by sending 100 people through with guns, knives, and simulated explosives.
95 of them got through the TSA security checks with no problems.
Damn fuckers are so busy fondling balls and looking for shampoo bottles, they’ve forgotten what they’re actually supposed to be doing there.
Oh, and another fun fact: The TSA has never once stopped an actual terrorist. There have been several terrorist attacks attempted at airports since then which were caught and stopped, but they were all caught and stopped by other airport or airline staff, or by other passengers. The TSA didn’t catch a single one, not even one in their entire history as an organization.
I looked it up today and it seems that at a lot of airports in Europe (where this happened), the limit is 6 cm. My pocket knife is slightly below that.
best part is that somehow my boss went through the same security screenings as me but he had a 3-4in folding knife in his pocket that somehow wasn’t confiscated until the return journey
I’m not 100% sure it was in his pocket on the way there, but he claims it was. in any case, it wasn’t in checked baggage.
I had an Indian friend who flew from Florida home to Bombay, via Heathrow and New Delhi. As he was waiting there for his luggage he glanced down at his shirt pocket and noticed part of a joint sticking out.
I’ve snuck knives through security multiple times, and it has always been an accident. I’ll usually get through security and then as I’m putting everything back in my pockets, I realize that there is a keychain knife on my keys, or that I forgot about a folding blade in my wallet.
I work in an industry where I sometimes have to cut a lot of rope. And I don’t want to waste time tracking down a knife every time I need one. So I’m in the habit of always keeping a knife (honestly, multiple knives) somewhere on my person. Even if I left my regular knife, and my multitool, and my keys (with my keychain knife) at my desk, I still probably have a knife somewhere weird like in my wallet. But that means I also have a bunch of random blades that I tend to forget about until I actively need them.
Technically it’s the law a lot of places, surprisingly one of the only places I’ve actually seen it applied as written was at the State Capital, specially listed knives under 3.5" as allowed
Reminds me of the time I forgot to remove a pocket knife from my keys before going through airport security…
Staff member holds it up, I notice it and am like “oh no, that’s not allowed, right? oh well, then throw it away, I forgot about it…” - staff proceeds to measure the blade length and tell me “no, it’s ok, that’s allowed” and hands it back to me. I still have that pocket knife now, but don’t intend to try that again.
If AI is so great and TSA so necessary why haven’t they replaced TSA with AI yet?
Because you need a place to stick all the assholes with a control complex that didn’t even cut it by police standards.
I have this thing called a utili-key, which is a 6-in-1 multitool that folds up into the shape of a key. I’ve flown with it numerous times, TSA never even had a clue it was on my keyring. I went to one fucking Philadelphia 76ers game and they confiscated it. Perfectly encapsulates TSA.
The TSA was once tested by sending 100 people through with guns, knives, and simulated explosives.
95 of them got through the TSA security checks with no problems.
Damn fuckers are so busy fondling balls and looking for shampoo bottles, they’ve forgotten what they’re actually supposed to be doing there.
Oh, and another fun fact: The TSA has never once stopped an actual terrorist. There have been several terrorist attacks attempted at airports since then which were caught and stopped, but they were all caught and stopped by other airport or airline staff, or by other passengers. The TSA didn’t catch a single one, not even one in their entire history as an organization.
Was this before or after 2001?
in 2024
wild. I had a tiny multi-tool with a less than 1-in blade confiscated. The tool was so small that I had forgotten about it inside my notepad
I had a pair of tweezers confiscated. It’s all arbitrary, and everyone who has ever worked airport security is a wanker
I looked it up today and it seems that at a lot of airports in Europe (where this happened), the limit is 6 cm. My pocket knife is slightly below that.
best part is that somehow my boss went through the same security screenings as me but he had a 3-4in folding knife in his pocket that somehow wasn’t confiscated until the return journey
I’m not 100% sure it was in his pocket on the way there, but he claims it was. in any case, it wasn’t in checked baggage.
I had an Indian friend who flew from Florida home to Bombay, via Heathrow and New Delhi. As he was waiting there for his luggage he glanced down at his shirt pocket and noticed part of a joint sticking out.
I’ve snuck knives through security multiple times, and it has always been an accident. I’ll usually get through security and then as I’m putting everything back in my pockets, I realize that there is a keychain knife on my keys, or that I forgot about a folding blade in my wallet.
I work in an industry where I sometimes have to cut a lot of rope. And I don’t want to waste time tracking down a knife every time I need one. So I’m in the habit of always keeping a knife (honestly, multiple knives) somewhere on my person. Even if I left my regular knife, and my multitool, and my keys (with my keychain knife) at my desk, I still probably have a knife somewhere weird like in my wallet. But that means I also have a bunch of random blades that I tend to forget about until I actively need them.
The TSA has like a 30% track record of noticing my wife forgot to take the pepper spray off her keys
Technically it’s the law a lot of places, surprisingly one of the only places I’ve actually seen it applied as written was at the State Capital, specially listed knives under 3.5" as allowed