TSA can kiss my ass

[OregonNative]

Just spent 45 minutes going through security in New Jersey.

These people are f$$king stupid. I brought €150 worth of alcohol from duty free shops in Bulgaria, they took it from me, wouldn't let me check it, and made me buy a $30 box for the bottles... I needed 2.

After going through security again, they noticed my tin of snuff (thanks for the snuff Skell) and spent literally 25 minutes questioning me about it and verifying that it was a legal substance. I had to explain what it was while some hate filled lady said "but.. You don't put tobacco in your nose.." And looking at me like I'm the idiot.

F$$KING idiots I swear. I've never had this happen in my life and I've had snuff going into Europe and coming back.

TSA can suck one nut and New Jersey can have the other.

/rant

[Mdisch]

I honestly think the last thing New Jersey wants is your nut - They have problems enough as it is;
I say you just ask the TSA to suck both of 'em - they have nothing better to do.

[Skell18]

Knobs, I had to take some snuff once to prove what it was, not objections though lol. Never had that problem coming back into the UK, if its not smokeable they really don't care here.

[lxskllr]

I've pretty much decided I'll never get on a plane again, so I'll likely never get out of the country unless it's on a ship. I couldn't subject myself to that crap. If I did it often enough, I'd end up attacking someone. Land of the free my ass. The world's bad joke is more like it...

[Skell18]

Just spent 45 minutes going through security in New Jersey.

These people are f$$king stupid. I brought €150 worth of alcohol from duty free shops in Bulgaria, they took it from me, wouldn't let me check it, and made me buy a $30 box for the bottles... I needed 2.

After going through security again, they noticed my tin of snuff (thanks for the snuff Skell) and spent literally 25 minutes questioning me about it and verifying that it was a legal substance. I had to explain what it was while some hate filled lady said "but.. You don't put tobacco in your nose.." And looking at me like I'm the idiot.

F$$KING idiots I swear. I've never had this happen in my life and I've had snuff going into Europe and coming back.

TSA can suck one nut and New Jersey can have the other.

/rant

Did the duty free shop not put it in one of those clear sealed bags? Thats what they do here and in Europe for any liquids so you don't need a box. They are prob just "using their power" as their lives have no meaning so they pick on air passengers to make themselves feel good.

[halocog]

To be fair, I would have raised an eyebrow at snuff if I hadn't seen it before. Most Americans haven't. But they didn't have to be twats about it. A quick google search would have informed them lol. They're dicks. Most of the people in those jobs get a major hard on from their "power" over people. I worked in security until my recent layoff (not TSA thankfully) and I've worked with a few dickheads that liked to boss people around. I can't stand that.

[Levinz11]

I had to fly recently. They took a $20 bottle of hair product because it was in a 3.7 oz bottle. They allow 3.6, but took it anyway despite it being half empty. I didn't even bring my los. Didn't want to have to explain my IceTool to them.

[OregonNative]

Did the duty free shop not put it in one of those clear sealed bags? Thats what they do here and in Europe for any liquids so you don't need a box. They are prob just "using their power" as their lives have no meaning so they pick on air passengers to make themselves feel good.

They did mate. Clear plastic bags, receipt inside, sealed. They still did this to me.

I'm actually taxiing in right now. Lets see if one of these twats dropped my box. :-/

[BadAxe]

To show just how stupid they are, My wife and I went to Vegas in 03, to get married. During the stop over (I forget exactly where) we went outwide to have a smoke. (Lighters were still allowed at this point). On the way back in, when checking our bags and stuff, one of the security ladies takes interest in something in my wife's purse. She pulls out a fancy lighter my wife had. Silver thing that did not exaclty look like a lighter. She asked what it was, and we told her. So to confirm that it was in fact, not a bomb, what does the lady do? She LIGHTS the lighter. Real bright there lady. If it was a bomb, well damn, you busted us by killing everyone in the area. Freaking morons.

[Sweet-N-Salty]

I haven't been on a plane since 2000, and now there's no chance in hell I'm going to let one of those pervs feel up my wife and 2 daughters.

[OregonNative]

Awesome trip.. my bag has been sent to Liberia instead of Louisville. I'm not sure how that's even possible, but I'm going out on a limb here and will say that all my stuff will be missing permanently or return with 1/2 of it gone.

All of this sounds like a joke, seriously. This return trip has been a nightmare to a level that makes it almost funny. Strip searched in Zurich, harrassed in Newark, and bag sent to west Africa. Awsome.

Cheers United Airlines.

[halocog]

I assume someone mistook Louisville for Liberia in your luggage paperwork or something lol. You should write a book about that journey! Or are they all like that? I've never flown.

[OregonNative]

I assume someone mistook Louisville for Liberia in your luggage paperwork or something lol. You should write a book about that journey! Or are they all like that? I've never flown.

I've flown a lot bro. Business & living overseas. This is the worst it's ever been. I can understand baggage delays, but I've never had luggage shipped to another country.

I'm sure United is going to blame Austrian airlines (checked in with them in Varna, Bulgaria), but I've always had reliable service from them.

[Valknut]

what a shitstorm

tsa: minimal pay, minimal skill set, maximum attitude...all that and bad pants!

you sound like you need some odens extreme

hang in there!

[OregonNative]

Haha I hear ya bro! I wish I had some Odens here.

I've got a full upper lip of Thunder Frosted lös. That'll have to do for now.