God Bless The TSA

[Slant Eyed Polack]

Piss off nutter. You're Ranting about something complete dead and buried.

You've probably got some ratbag conspiracy about it also.

Catching some flak. Must be over the target. Sayonara!

 

[Boris Norris]

Catching some flak. Must be over the target. Sayonara!

You're a big mouth narcissistic dickhead.

 

[Tripoli]

What a thoughtful, cogent reply! Dumping you into the "ignore" sewer now, with the rest of the sh!tstains. Sayonara!

Says the dog eating chink

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

I doubt that TSA has a policy of confiscating chopsticks. I find it rather difficult to believe that they did so in this case.

 

[pjmret]

I doubt that TSA has a policy of confiscating chopsticks. I find it rather difficult to believe that they did so in this case.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/chopsticks

Legal in carryon and checked

Maybe an overzealous agent made a mistake... as private contractors could also do

 

[Gabriel_Bell]

Mr Miyagi was adept at catching flies with chopsticks, as I recall. A sharpened 4H pencil could do as much damage as a chopstick, perhaps more.

 

[Slant Eyed Polack]

I remember my 1st flight after 9/11. It was summer, and I tan easily. My hair was jet black & I had a full beard. It would have not been unreasonable to have pegged me as Middle Eastern. I was honestly expecting to be taken aside. At the time I would have been encouraged, that they were taking things seriously. Nobody gave me a second glance. It was kind of jaw dropping to watch them put a frail, elderly man on a walker thru the wringer. He was accompanied by his adult daughter, who was a little upset about it. One of the agents shouted at her "BACK OFF RIGHT NOW MA'AM!" I was incredulous and said "Seriously, bro?"

"That goes for you too, Sport!"

He called me Sport.

Nearly a quarter century later, TSA is just another sprawling bureaucracy. At best. At worst, it's a joke. And not one that makes anyone laugh. Let's see how private contractors do.

"The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help."
~ Ronaldus Magnus