My TSA experience

[wilkeliza]

The "hot spots" are set off by any difference. Unfortunately if you are a bigger person it is very easy to set these machines off (not saying the OP is bigger just the general you). Also for me it is my shoulder blades. Every single time the middle of my back sets off. The reason being when I put my hands over my head like they require my shoulder blades don't sit flat like they should. I try to adjust but 99% of the time when I go through TSA I forget to adjust to better posture and so they poke out a little setting off the machine.

 

[Carriemel]

. Usually it's DH. We think it's because he packs his laptop in his checked bag

Bad idea to pack a laptop in checked luggage. If it should somehow go missing, the airline is not responsible for it. Unless you have no choice and must gate check a bag with a laptop, you really should keep it with you as a carry-on bag. You'd be surprised at how many laptops arrive at our bag check location with a broken screen because of the rough ride down the conveyor system.

I work for TSA.

 

[scdak]

I am a Pooh sized woman and my right sided abdominal fat roll sets it off LOL...don't ask me why the left or the middle of my belly doesn't do it .......its all the same! I just laugh and go on my merry way after my patdown every month, its actually comical at times!

 

[AngiTN]

Bad idea to pack a laptop in checked luggage. If it should somehow go missing, the airline is not responsible for it. Unless you have no choice and must gate check a bag with a laptop, you really should keep it with you as a carry-on bag. You'd be surprised at how many laptops arrive at our bag check location with a broken screen because of the rough ride down the conveyor system.

I work for TSA.

You try to tell a man anything

 

[Carriemel]

You try to tell a man anything

You have to make it seem like it's HIS idea before he does what you want him to do.

 

[AngiTN]

You have to make it seem like it's HIS idea before he does what you want him to do.

Nah, he's all grown up and gets to make (and live with) his own choices. He ain't mine to raise

 

[OrangeCountyCommuter]

We always have at least one bag with one of those notes in it. This trip it was DGD again. Usually it's DH. We think it's because he packs his laptop in his checked bag


That's it! Thanks, I knew someone with better memory than me would know what it was

It's not my laptop, it's DH's. He gets to do with it as he wishes.

Do you and DH understand that when the TSA and/or the baggage handlers help themselves to your laptop that it's gone and the airline could care less. They specifically exclude electronics from any baggage coverage. Not to mention that this person now has any personal info you stored on there (Tax returns?) You attitude might change when your identity is stolen due to his stupid move of the day. (And seriously putting a laptop in checked luggage is just stupid!)

 

[AngiTN]

Do you and DH understand that when the TSA and/or the baggage handlers help themselves to your laptop that it's gone and the airline could care less. They specifically exclude electronics from any baggage coverage. Not to mention that this person now has any personal info you stored on there (Tax returns?) You attitude might change when your identity is stolen due to his stupid move of the day. (And seriously putting a laptop in checked luggage is just stupid!)

DH doesn't have any financial info on his laptop.
And again, I do not control his actions. He's a grown man. I do not believe it's my job to make him do anything.
Good for you that do try to control the actions of your husbands (or wives). I don't and won't.

 

[ah10is]

My 72 yr old mother who can barely walk, tested positive for explosives going through security on our trip in Dec. That was fun! Not!!! Between a new medication she takes and lathering herself up in lotion she lite up like a Christmas Tree!!! Took 45 min. to get her cleared! Needless to say, I made her scrub all the lotion off before we left the hotel room for our return flight! But her meds she takes still set the system off!

 

[Unas]

My 72 yr old mother who can barely walk, tested positive for explosives going through security on our trip in Dec. That was fun! Not!!! Between a new medication she takes and lathering herself up in lotion she lite up like a Christmas Tree!!! Took 45 min. to get her cleared! Needless to say, I made her scrub all the lotion off before we left the hotel room for our return flight! But her meds she takes still set the system off!

She gets swabbed every time she travels?

 

[ah10is]

She gets swabbed every time she travels?

Yep! Every time!!!