Going through airport security is one of those strange, shared experiences that most people go through, regardless of status. Add in the many, somewhat bizarre safety rules and it’s no wonder people start to get a little bit crazy right before traveling by air.
So we’ve gathered some of the funniest, most relatable, and downright amusing posts people have made about their experiences at the airport. Get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and, if you yourself are just hanging out at the airport, be sure to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.
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I did this! Before I had a proper cooling system for my injections, I froze probably only slightly more than 100ml water in a flask and put my medication on the top of it. I said why would I want the ice to melt as I need to keep my meds cold? They let me through, probably begrudgingly!
Actually, I had a ice pack with about 30 individual bubbles of fluid. It was not frozen, so the security person said I could not take it on as it was in a liquid form. Ended up just throwing it out but I thought that was an interesting policy. Oh, and I had bone on bone knees with just recently having had knee surgery on one of my legs
TSA took my yogurt. I said, "It's not liquid!" and she said, "It's spreadable." I was so mad I mouthed off: "Well, I guess it's YOUR lunch now!"
I think this should absolutely be allowed. IF it's frozen and in something to keep it a solid until through security. That's just smart.
No liquid can become gas or frozen once it does it is no longer liquid idiot
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The official rule is that it has to be frozen *solid*. If there's any liquid in the container it has to meet the rules for liquids. Some of it is going to melt by the time you get to the screener, so if you don't drain all of the liquid out just beforehand the rules say it should be confiscated. TSA gents are generally aware of this, so if they wanted to take it I'd guess there was some liquid in the container.
This is actually a thing. One time, I was trying to bring some camembert through as a Christmas gift. The agents debated whether it was a liquid or not. Then they told me if I had frozen the cheese, it wouldn't be an issue. Not sure if it would work for things like water, though.
Well, she's not wrong.. "Frozen liquid items are allowed through the checkpoint as long as they are frozen solid when presented for screening. If frozen liquid items are partially melted, slushy, or have any liquid at the bottom of the container, they must meet 3-1-1 liquids requirements." -www.tsa.gov
This is one of the greatest pictures ever taken. His face says it all.
Ah, Florida.. love this place. //btw, this isn’t ment to hate on Florida, I live there and I’m saying it’s amusing as hell and I love it xd//
In no universe would I ever call that place, “zen.” LAX is my airport.
I once took a bag of corn meal with me on carry-on (the weight was too much for the checked baggage). I got pulled aside after the x-ray and a guy looked through my carry-on. He unwrapped my carefully bubble-wrapped bag of corn meal and started laughing. I said, "You aren't going to take this away, are you? I live in Europe. I can't make decent cornbread without proper corn meal!" He laughed some more and said, "Take it, hon. Make some fried chicken for me." Needless to say, this was an airport in the US South, where I grew up. Not all TSA agents are jerks.
Or lube. Not that im talking from experience though hahahaaaa...
Unless they've never traveled to the US or other country that makes you take off your shoes. I've only had to take my shoes off to go to the US
It distracts dogs from smelling the drugs you obviously have up..your self?
Accurate. Then you look at all the other poor souls
they must run out of f***s 5 minutes into their first day of work, so my money will be on the agent
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Ok I tried to ignore it... But can the " bored panda recommends" adds after the every and be before the first reply please please please just stop? How do I make it stop? It's useless for me, most likely I jave read that post...
100% agree....I notice being allowed to vote (down) on articles that were really just Amazon ads has been removed. BP need to please stop trying to ruin things.
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Tim Vine: I went up to the desk and went "Bwark!" and flapped my elbows like wings. The person at the counter said "No, sir, this is the CHECK-IN desk..."
My great grandma who’s 80 gets a pay down every time she goes through security bc she has a titanium rod in her leg and they don’t believe an 80 year old woman when she says it so she’ll either get a pay down or strip searched
I just wish TSA agents were consistent. I'd be fine with consistency in the same airport. I was going through TSA & 1 was telling people to take out all electronics larger than a cellphone. The next one was saying everything stays in the bag. Another was saying laptops out. ;-;
I once witnessed something extremely interesting at check in, not security check though. The guy at the counter next to mine was carrying 2 small briefcases made from sort sort of sturdy plastic, with 2 locks on either them. He asked to check them in, had to show his documentation for the very obviously heavily locked briefcases, and then everything halted. Airport police were even called. I really wonder what he was carrying. Probably firearms? I thought it was extremely interesting. I didn't get to find out, because my check-in was a lot faster than his.
He was checking two handguns. Locked cases are required, as well as unloaded, no ammo with them, etc. Sounds like he didn't notify the airline ahead of time, and the counter agent gave him a rough time for it. The airport police just did the safety check, maybe ran the serial numbers. On landing, you have to pick them up from the office next to the luggage conveyors. I know of people who need to fly with very expensive equipment that will declare it a firearm just to get the added security. :)
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Once I accidentally smuggled a 5 inch knife through TSA on an international flight
Dunno if this helps but I kept getting searched. I discovered my ticket had SSS on it which is apparently a marker indiciating you are going to get searched.
After a pat down, I said to the security guy " is that all " ?" I really could do with a good massage" ! Luckily he had a good sense of humour.
I had to spend a couple of days in Hong Kong, so I only had a carry on. The goons x-ray my bag, then one of them flips out and yells "WHY DO YOU HAVE A KNIFE?" I told him I don't, then he ignorantly yelled at me again, demanding I take it out. The idiot had never seen a fountain pen in his life, stood they like a dimwit as I start writing with it.
Some friends went to the US a few years back and one of the TSA agents asked one of them to take of his belt. He said "I'm not wearing one". The guy just kept asking more and more aggressively to remove his belt and of course my friend keeps replying "I... Am... Not... Wearing... A... Belt..." After the third or fourth time the TSA guy literally has his hand on his weapon and asks again so my friend lifts his shirt and does a little spin "See no belt".
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Moaning about TSA, you've obviously never been through Gatwick. "You need to put your ipad in a separate tray". "I don't have an ipad". "What's this then?". "It's a Samsung Galaxy tablet". "No, it's an ipad!"..."you can't take this It's a liquid". "What part of my toothPASTE is liquid?" "All of it!"
I get the iPad one, they just mean "tablet". If someone said that to me I wouldn't complain I'd just put my galaxy tab in the tray. The toothpaste one is dumb though, surely it's a small enough volume that it'd be allowed (whether they think it's liquid or not)?
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I once went through the back and forth line up to security, and saw a Green Bag Packers theme bag on the floor under the divider strip. I thought nothing of it, until it was under the next strip when I'd rounded the corner. And again, and again, moving closer to the security. Then an agent pops up, yells for the bag owner...turns out, this man was just kicking the bag along as he went each time he caught up to it, to not have to carry it, and the agent rearmed him out for that, that you MUST MAINTAIN POSSESSION OF YOUR ITEMS! Someone up the line calls out "Tase him! Make him learn a lesson!"
Over 90% of the people who pass through the TSA checkpoints don't really need to get on an airplane nayway.
Ok I tried to ignore it... But can the " bored panda recommends" adds after the every and be before the first reply please please please just stop? How do I make it stop? It's useless for me, most likely I jave read that post...
100% agree....I notice being allowed to vote (down) on articles that were really just Amazon ads has been removed. BP need to please stop trying to ruin things.
Load More Replies... Tim Vine: I went up to the desk and went "Bwark!" and flapped my elbows like wings. The person at the counter said "No, sir, this is the CHECK-IN desk..."
My great grandma who’s 80 gets a pay down every time she goes through security bc she has a titanium rod in her leg and they don’t believe an 80 year old woman when she says it so she’ll either get a pay down or strip searched
I just wish TSA agents were consistent. I'd be fine with consistency in the same airport. I was going through TSA & 1 was telling people to take out all electronics larger than a cellphone. The next one was saying everything stays in the bag. Another was saying laptops out. ;-;
I once witnessed something extremely interesting at check in, not security check though. The guy at the counter next to mine was carrying 2 small briefcases made from sort sort of sturdy plastic, with 2 locks on either them. He asked to check them in, had to show his documentation for the very obviously heavily locked briefcases, and then everything halted. Airport police were even called. I really wonder what he was carrying. Probably firearms? I thought it was extremely interesting. I didn't get to find out, because my check-in was a lot faster than his.
He was checking two handguns. Locked cases are required, as well as unloaded, no ammo with them, etc. Sounds like he didn't notify the airline ahead of time, and the counter agent gave him a rough time for it. The airport police just did the safety check, maybe ran the serial numbers. On landing, you have to pick them up from the office next to the luggage conveyors. I know of people who need to fly with very expensive equipment that will declare it a firearm just to get the added security. :)
Load More Replies... Once I accidentally smuggled a 5 inch knife through TSA on an international flight
Dunno if this helps but I kept getting searched. I discovered my ticket had SSS on it which is apparently a marker indiciating you are going to get searched.
After a pat down, I said to the security guy " is that all " ?" I really could do with a good massage" ! Luckily he had a good sense of humour.
I had to spend a couple of days in Hong Kong, so I only had a carry on. The goons x-ray my bag, then one of them flips out and yells "WHY DO YOU HAVE A KNIFE?" I told him I don't, then he ignorantly yelled at me again, demanding I take it out. The idiot had never seen a fountain pen in his life, stood they like a dimwit as I start writing with it.
Some friends went to the US a few years back and one of the TSA agents asked one of them to take of his belt. He said "I'm not wearing one". The guy just kept asking more and more aggressively to remove his belt and of course my friend keeps replying "I... Am... Not... Wearing... A... Belt..." After the third or fourth time the TSA guy literally has his hand on his weapon and asks again so my friend lifts his shirt and does a little spin "See no belt".
Load More Replies... Moaning about TSA, you've obviously never been through Gatwick. "You need to put your ipad in a separate tray". "I don't have an ipad". "What's this then?". "It's a Samsung Galaxy tablet". "No, it's an ipad!"..."you can't take this It's a liquid". "What part of my toothPASTE is liquid?" "All of it!"
I get the iPad one, they just mean "tablet". If someone said that to me I wouldn't complain I'd just put my galaxy tab in the tray. The toothpaste one is dumb though, surely it's a small enough volume that it'd be allowed (whether they think it's liquid or not)?
Load More Replies... I once went through the back and forth line up to security, and saw a Green Bag Packers theme bag on the floor under the divider strip. I thought nothing of it, until it was under the next strip when I'd rounded the corner. And again, and again, moving closer to the security. Then an agent pops up, yells for the bag owner...turns out, this man was just kicking the bag along as he went each time he caught up to it, to not have to carry it, and the agent rearmed him out for that, that you MUST MAINTAIN POSSESSION OF YOUR ITEMS! Someone up the line calls out "Tase him! Make him learn a lesson!"
Over 90% of the people who pass through the TSA checkpoints don't really need to get on an airplane nayway.
