Airplane passengers rant about TSA airport checks as they share VERY weird tales about which gadgets did and did not make it on board

Have you ever ever had one thing confiscated by TSA on the airport that is made you aggravated?

Nicely, in a Reddit thread, a fleet of vacationers have been venting their frustrations about safety checks by revealing a few of the most ridiculous gadgets they have been pressured to half methods with and a few of the extra suspicious issues that made it by. 

One lady detailed how her husband flew a ‘few instances’ with a big knife by accident secreted in his carryon bag and ‘not too long ago with a small one in his pocket.’

In the meantime, when she went by the scanner with Pop Tarts they have been confiscated and a ‘scent sachet factor like individuals use in drawers’ was minimize open as a result of the contents have been ‘suspected explosives.’

In a Reddit thread, a fleet of vacationers have been venting their frustrations about safety checks by revealing a few of the most ridiculous gadgets they have been pressured to half methods with and a few of the extra suspicious issues that made it by (inventory picture)

One Redditor famous that it is not simply TSA that has various guidelines for America, and safety checks are equally random everywhere in the world.

They wrote: ‘My pal by some means bought a folding knife by US customs, then China customs, and eventually Japan customs… apparently worldwide TSA is simply as ineffective because the US ones. ‘

Knives apart, many vacationers revealed within the thread that digital camera lenses usually current an issue with safety officers.

One commenter mentioned: ‘We’re photographers who journey rather a lot and 90 per cent of the time our digital camera luggage get pulled and checked for gunpowder. 

‘I am so used to it by now that we get to the airport an additional half-hour on high of the 2 hours as a result of this all the time occurs.’

One other Redditor shared an analogous story, writing: ‘My husband introduced knowledgeable digital camera with many lenses they usually have been VERY eager on testing these Mysterious Metallic Objects. They even checked them for (gunpowder?) residue.’ 

Different commenters vented about milk in child bottles. 

One mother, who had not too long ago flown from Denver, mentioned the TSA they made a ‘huuuuuuuge a** stink’ about her breastmilk in bottles. 

She defined: ‘[At] our dwelling airport San Francisco, the TSA are a**holes however the breastmilk wasn’t an enormous deal (they checked it and it was all finished). 

‘At Denver they held my milk hostage performing like they did not know what to do with it however on the identical time, performing prefer it was an enormous menace. 

‘I hovered over these TSA line a hawk whereas they held my milk watching one another. 

‘Ultimately the pinnacle TSA [officer] was like “yeah, it isn’t an enormous deal simply give it again to them.” All that for nothing.’

Many vacationers reveal within the thread that digital camera lenses usually current an issue when they’re getting checked by safety officers (inventory picture)

After studying the thread, one Redditor urged that the largest difficulty with TSA is that ‘each airport does issues a little bit bit in another way’ (inventory picture) 

One other testing TSA encounter, noticed one traveler held up over a packet of custard.  

Detailing the incident, they wrote: ‘I used to be made to attend for one hour by an airport safety agent after I had a pack of custard in my bag for a extremely lengthy worldwide flight. 

‘On the time I had a well being situation the place I couldn’t eat anything and it was going to be the one factor I used to be going to eat in 24 hours – if I did not eat it I’d have ended up getting sicker. 

‘They needed their supervisor to speak to me and put me in a separate room. After 45 minutes I ventured out of the room (nervous about my flight departure) they usually had fully forgotten about me. 

‘Their supervisor got here and inside 30 seconds was like “WTF in fact you’ll be able to hold your custard,” and let me go.’

After studying the thread, one Redditor urged that the largest difficulty with TSA is that ‘each airport does issues a little bit bit in another way.’

They famous that at some airport safety checks they ask you to stack the bins whereas at others they do not, and a few TSA officers require vacationers to ‘stand in line vs discover a place within the row.’

The Redditor then criticized the TSA officers for his or her manners.

They wrote: ‘However they act such as you’re an fool for getting one thing barely unsuitable or hesitating momentarily. 

‘Why they cannot put up a little bit little bit of clarifying signage is past me. However they’re tremendous aggro and I might pay further too simply to keep away from them.’ 

One other Redditor who works within the aviation trade agreed with the difficulty round various guidelines. 

They mentioned: ‘I work within the aviation trade and TSA is such a joke. Considered one of my greatest complaints is that all of them do not display the identical method! 

‘Flew out of Minneapolis airport on Mom’s Day, we have been allowed to maintain our sneakers on AND hold electronics in backpacks. Flew out of Orlando every week later, sneakers off, iPads out, and so forth.’