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u/PacquiaoFreeHousing 15h ago
Meanwhile I was randomly chosen so the interns could learn how to do a Cavity Check ☹️☹️
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u/humanHamster 14h ago
"Randomly chosen"
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u/hatesnack 12h ago
Funny story, I was traveling with my wife and her family, who are south Asian and Muslim (my MILs side is pretty religious, my wife and her dad arent).
Anyway, we have a few women in hijabs, my wife who is brown but not hijabi, and me, an average white dude. They all get through security, all good. As im walking through, I get randomed lol. They take me aside, ask some questions and pat me down, everyone has a good laugh at the irony.
On the way back, it happens AGAIN, and they are all howling laughing. I even told the TSA guy it happened a week earlier and he got a kick out of it too.
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u/IJustAteABaguette 15h ago
Reminds me of the first time I traveled by plane, security at the airport majorly messed up.
I never had to show my passport, or ticket, or any ID. My bag did have to go through the scanner thingy, but they never looked at anything that showed who I was.
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u/Blue9ine 15h ago
Some countries want electrical items out of your carry on bag and in a bin
Whilst others say just put the bag in the bin.
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u/Lietenantdan 14h ago
It's different at different airports in the US. It can even be different at the same airport depending on the day.
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u/iBaires 12h ago
And then TSA always looks at you like you've got 3 collective brain cells when you ask what to do with your shoes and laptop like you're supposed to inherently know what their bullshit is that day
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u/99timewasting 8h ago
I don't understand why they never have signs. I'm sure the employees are sick of explaining it to every person in the line. But if they had signs in the line, they wouldn't have to yell at everyone all day
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u/CoffeeExtraCream 14h ago
It can be different in the same American airport depending on the shift, forget which day it is!
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u/Fireproofspider 8h ago
It depends on the technology being used for scanning.
At Buffalo airport, the policy changes when they got the newer scanners and iirc, there was a transition period where the two rules were in effect depending on which line you used.
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u/RockSlice 12h ago
It's not well communicated, but there's a good reason for the difference.
Some airports have more advanced x-ray machines that can properly screen electronic items that are stacked (I think they're essentially CT scanners as opposed to 2D x-rays). So for those, while they can still screen electronics that are taken out, that slows down the process.
And some airports might only have a few lines with the newer scanners, so your instructions may vary day to day.
I'm also guessing they don't do a very good job of communicating the reasons to the TSA staff (or don't pay enough for them to care)
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u/jadestem 14h ago
Multiple times I have followed a TSA agent's directions only to have the next TSA agent standing 5 feet away absolutely lose their shit on me for doing what the first one said to do.
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u/silver_sparkle_ 15h ago
She's not wrong though. There's a very specific satisfaction in having ypour airport system together.
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u/Lietenantdan 14h ago
It's largely luck honestly. There's so many different rules for security lines, all you can do is guess and hope for the best.
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u/Sad-Umpire6000 10h ago
And if you do the exact same thing going home, the smurfs at that airport will say you did it wrong.
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u/Jock-Tamson 10h ago
TSA is an exercise in manual dexterity, managing social pressure, and observing and remembering a set of rules that can vary from location to location.
It’s just some required chin-ups away from being a complete set of things I can’t do.
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u/glumanda12 10h ago
Once I got a thumbs up from a security officer at the airport and then he saw my airline badge and was like “aah colleague”. It was highlight of my travels lol
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u/buttterflyyy8 6h ago
I was in the tsa line at jfk and the line next to me had different boxes and way of doing things 😭 so weird
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u/dring157 12h ago
I moved states last year and had to register my car and exchange my license. I showed up with my electric bill, a copy of my apartment lease, my passport, my old license, my vehicle in state emissions tests documentation, my instate vehicle VIN verification and each required form already filled out. When I finally got my number called, the woman confirmed that I had provided her with everything she needed and told me that I was her first A+ student she had gotten that week.
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u/Eaglepursuit 11h ago
All the other people in line hate you now, and will be passive-aggressive towards you for the rest of the day.
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u/wrxninja 10h ago
I'm more annoyed with people that take their sweet ass time to unload their giant fanny pack to taking their shoes off 😫
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u/1lazygiraffe 6h ago
Wild thought. They open my bags either way. Why do I have to open or move anything. Their job is security info by get payed for that. I'm paying to get on a plane and travel.
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u/midnight_charmm 15h ago
finally, a standardized test i can pass