Airport employees: Is there a "list" of words you cannot say at an airport?

[KidAtHeart1]

I was just wondering if there is an "official" or "unofficial" list of words that you cannot say at an airport. What would happen if someone was just having a casual conversation and used the words: gun, bomb, knife, explosion, terrorists, hijacking etc. loud enough for others to hear?
I don't know if anyone would be foolish enough to do this, but what if you joked saying "Gosh hun, I hope you kept the guns at home and not in your bag" while going through security.
Is there some sort of list of "bad" words at an airport?

 

[Robinrs]

I think "kill the infidels" and "Long Live Al Qaeda" would be on the list...

 

[GoodFairies]

It is best not to have those conversations at the airport. Jokes with the security agents are another story. I'm certain they won't think they are funny.

 

[Maleficent13]

One of the airports in my area has a sign up that says, "NO JOKING". I am not kidding; it's on the same sign listed the banned carry-on items.

I equate it with the "specifically for morons" safety tags...like the ones that say, "Do not use hairdryer in shower" and "Cape does not enable wearer to fly." If you actually need the tag, well...

 

[Kim&Chris]

I would think that simple common sense would play a big role in regards to your question.

 

[budbeerlady]

If you are someone like my mother in law, such a list might superceed common sense. I have a real fear of going through an airport with her. I love her dearly but this is what she did that makes me want to fly out of a diff airport than her for our trip, some days her mouth goes before her brain catches up!

At the casino up north of us. She has a loaf of Panera bread she bought as a hostess gift for a family friend. The friend has just hit on a slot machine and is waiting for verification and her money. So M-L deciedes this will take awhile, she will go and get the bread out of her car and bring it to friend as she is heading back home now. M-L tries to bring bag (of bread) into the casino. Security guard stops her and says sorry no packages. M-L explains it is for friend right over there and steps forward to bring it to her. Security guard stops her again, M-L says "It's not like I have a bomb in here!" Oh yes, she was quickly escorted out after they took her bread bag!

Someone asks her something indepth or anything she thinks is personal she says "Its not like I have a bomb in here, or It's not like I am going to bomb the place!" I am 90% sure she will say this at the airport, she just cannot keep that mouth quiet and she doesnt think first.

 

[Cool-Beans]

Reminds me of that scene in "Meet the Parents" when he says he doesn't have a bomb and they all go crazy.

 

[TurboKitty]

Way back when dinosaurs still roamed the earth, my friends and I used to get water guns and sneak around the airport, looking to shoot water on each other. This was back before the heavy duty security gates and we could get right up to the boarding areas. Silly fun for us then, but can you imagine how much trouble we'd be in trying to do that now?

 

[rayelias]

Waving frantically to your friend across the way, "Hi, Jack!"

 

[simba928]

As far as I know, there is no "official list" of "bad words". Just use common sense. For example, don't lean over to your friend and say "Gee, I hope these x-ray machines aren't sensitive enough to pick up that gun I have hidden at the bottom of my bag" just as you are getting to the security checkpoint with a TSA agent standing next to you. It depends on the context the words are used in, too. If you say "bomb sniffing dog" that would be fine, but if you say "Good thing I didn't bring that bomb today", you might get into a bit of trouble.

 

[lindakmonty]

Waving frantically to your friend across the way, "Hi, Jack!"

That is exactly what I was thinking

 

[DisMN]

Waving frantically to your friend across the way, "Hi, Jack!"

I worry a LOT that I'm gonna say something by accident.


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[Conservative Hippie]

For a quick weekend trip to visit my brother in AL, DH and I only packed a carry on. When it was my turn to wheel it through the airport, DH got very upset when I commented to him, "was this suitcase always this heavy?"

 

[The Mayor]

If you have a friend named Jack and you see him at the airport I would not yell Hi Jack to him

 

[DisneyGirl4188]

A few years ago we drove up to Niagara Falls. The border official asked DH if he had a gun and DH started laughing. The officer was not happy.

I try to be quiet, because I have no common sense. Sometimes I will blurt out things without thinking and I just know they are going to haul me away.

 

[olena]

My Dad worked for Northwest Airlines and he was dropping me off at the ticket counter about 10 years ago. He said something about my carry-on and I said it wasn't like I was carrying a bomb or anything. His face got real serious and he said not to joke about that at the airport, since any airline employee could deny me boarding. Talk about mood-killer. Two minutes later, he leans over and whispers,"Northwest Airlines is paging D.B. Cooper. Northwest Airlines is paging D.B. Cooper." I lost it and so did the guy next to us.

 

[Sandy51]

I swear a true story:

My late father worked for an airline. This happened years ago, when you walked up the stairs to get on the plane. (My dad retired in 1982). My dad was out by the stairs of the plane and someone he knew hollered hi to him. Yes, my dad's name was Jack, and the guy was pulled down off the steps and questioned. He was allowed to get on the flight after he was questioned.


Sandy

 

[Sparx]

"Hi Jack!!"

 

[bopper]

Waving frantically to your friend across the way, "Hi, Jack!"

I was going to say this one if somebody else didn't!

 

[sameyeyam]

Apparently the Official List of Bad Airport Security Words has been updated this week. Now the absolute worst thing you could say is not a joke about a bomb or gun, it's:

"I've got Hair Gel and Bottled Water and I'm Not Afraid to Use It".

By the way I've noticed that fruit juice is now banned, but fruit & paper cups are not! Has anyone considered taking a bag of oranges or apples through security and then selling fresh squeezed juice midflight??? Might be a good way to pay for that Disney trip!