What an idiot!

[EsmeraldaX]

LOL.

When we were little kids, way pre-911 , my brother, then about 7 years old, got stopped at security on a trip home from Las Vegas with our parents.

Turned out, my dad had packed the small, plastic, flimsy "cowboy" handcuffs that had come with his "I wanna be a cowboy" toy set in his carryon.

ANY grown adult with a pulse could have easily snapped these things off. They didn't even lock! They actually made my father leave them behind, they refused to allow them on the flight.

 

[luvmydogs]

Last year, ds and I were visiting relatives in Allentown, PA. Just before our flight departed for home, MIL gave ds a big cookie. Security made him put it on a tissue and send it through Xray. They sort of laughed, but said they had to. Whatever it takes...

 

[Jeanny]

Originally posted by luvmydogs
Last year, ds and I were visiting relatives in Allentown, PA. Just before our flight departed for home, MIL gave ds a big cookie. Security made him put it on a tissue and send it through Xray. They sort of laughed, but said they had to. Whatever it takes...

and that reminds me of when my daughter was leaving for her first cruise, right after 9-11 with my niece and my niece's 5 year old son, they stopped at Dunkin Donuts counter right outside of security... and it wasn't busy.... Now, everyone knows how hot hot coffee can be right? The agents, seeing them buy the coffee and juice for my nephew at the counter wouldn't let them carry their drinks through the detector!!!! They had to drink their really hot coffee before they'd let them go through! I'm sorry, but how fast can a 5 year old drink juice??

I totally understand security issues, but come on...they saw them buy the drinks! and the girls even asked Dunkin's if they could take it through...

Now if the airport thought about it, they'd put the securty dectectors on the OTHER side of Dunkin Donuts... Dunkins doesn't care where they are, they get your money wether you drink your coffee or not.

 

[CaseyJr]

This was about 12 or 13 yrs. ago. My GM died, and my Dad & I flew to L.A. for her funeral. While there, I was given GM's old cuckoo clock. I packed it carefully in a box as a carry-on for the flight home (the airlines weren't as restrictive about limiting carry-on stuff back then).

As you probably know, cuckoo clocks have those pine-cone shaped weights, so guess what my package looked like when it went through the x-ray? Of course, I knew exactly what was going on, and had no problem at all with them inspecting the box, but for some reason my Dad freaked! He didn't want them to open the box and go through it, and was really upset at what I guess he saw as a personal violation. I was trying to console him and help him understand that the airline employees were only doing their job and that it was OK, etc.

To this day, I've never known WHY Dad was so upset. My guess is that it had something to do with his grief over loosing his Mom (either that, or he'd secretly hidden something in that clock that I didn't know about. Hmmm. )

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Originally posted by Pugdog007
A guy in front of me at security in the Nashville airport today had a boxcutter confiscated.

How stupid can someone be? They asked him, "Is this yours?" He said, "yep."

They sat him down and I left. I hope he was arrested, seeing as how a lady was arrested in Tampa recently with a weighted bookmark they thought was a weapon.

I was pulled aside with him initially because of a matchbox car in my briefcase.

Sorry, but what actually is a boxcutter? I've never heard of one before!

 

[Talking Hands]

I have been stopped for my leg. I have 16 pins and 2 plates holding my left leg together and it sets the sensors off everytime. I have to lift up my pants and show them the scars.
At DCL, my husband put my carryone through since I was whisked away to be wanded since I was in my wheelchair. They freaked out when the scanner showed my canes which were folded up in the carryon. They looked like 2 guns. DH quickly removed them and showed them to security and we all had a good laugh. Good thing I packed them at the top and they were easy to remove and show.

 

[petula]

I've had scissors (for cross-stitch) confiscated, and I was advised to get some safety scissors. On my next flight, I learned that those look the same as regular scissors on the x-ray, so taking the advice I received that day, I've since always taken the kiddie scissors out of my bag and put them into one of the little trays to be screened. Some inspectors have told me that was a good thing to do; others look at me as if I'm about to attack with my rounded plastic safety scissors.

My parents recently went through with two larger-than-Barbie-sized Twlilight Zone action figures that we had given my dad for father's day. As they were stopped and searched, the inspector pulled one of the boxes out, looked at it, and said, "Oh, the only episode I've ever seen of this show was the one on the plane!" My mother told him to open the lid, and there in the display box was the plane gremlin from that episode.

Then there was the time we had just visited a Halloween superstore and my mom tried to get through with a huge mechanical eyeball in a slimy hand...

 

[teachingmyown]

Originally posted by ~*Belle 2003*~
Sorry, but what actually is a boxcutter? I've never heard of one before!

It's a small sharp razor-type blade encased in a metal or plastic case with a retractable feed. It's very handy for cutting open boxes in just a few quick swipes. Same concept as a mechanical pencil, but with a blade instead.

The biggest problem with having one in an airport is they were the weapon of choice for the hijackers responsible for 9-11.

 

[~*Belle 2003*~]

Originally posted by teachingmyown
It's a small sharp razor-type blade encased in a metal or plastic case with a retractable feed. It's very handy for cutting open boxes in just a few quick swipes. Same concept as a mechanical pencil, but with a blade instead.

The biggest problem with having one in an airport is they were the weapon of choice for the hijackers responsible for 9-11.

Thanks for explaination, teachingmyown.

 

[Wish I lived in Fl]

Now imagine being a flight crew member and going through security mulitple times a day.

DH bought new shoes- w/o metal shank
new belt-plastic circle fastener

Sometimes he has to decide if he is hungry enough or wants that starbucks coffee enough to go through security yet again that day.


His funniest time was when there was a new security agent who didn't speak English well. She demanded to see his ticket before letting him through to security.
He says' I don't have a ticket. I fly the plane"
She demands a ticket again.
He says 'I don't have a ticket. I fly the plane" and adds driving hand action!
This repeats 3 times more at louder volume until the supervisor comes over and says" He doesn't have a ticket. He flys the plane." Complete with hand action.


From the Flight attendants he has heard that a lot of times female personal items start vibrating in luggage. Now that must be embarassing!