When I got to California, I discovered I had a couple of forks in my purse (I had brought them home from work to wash them, then tossed them in my purse to take back). I put them in my checked bag for the return trip. I only discovered this morning while rummaging around for my keys on the way to shuttle parking that a steak knife was in there, too. It had slipped through two security scans.
Gee, I'm glad I didn't have to deal with whatever hassle might have ensued had airport security found it. But it doesn't say much for air safety now, does it?
Boy, that makes me feel sick to my stomach. They let a knife by, but they still make us take off our shoes!
ReplyDeleteYet they look suspiciously at my TSA-approved knitting needles and "airplane safe" scissors EVERY TIME I fly.
ReplyDeleteI think they are a joke and take themselves way too seriously. They took my plastic knife, but left my leatherman. OOOKKKKAAAAAYYYY.....
ReplyDeleteyou! wielding your steak knife without any frites!
ReplyDeleteYes...but a bottle of water, now that's another story.
ReplyDeleteUnbelievable! You get through with that, but they check my husband's laptop to make sure it's not loaded with plastic explosives and confiscate my potentially deadly hand sanitizer.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you didn't get taken out back for a body cavity search.
That happened a couple years ago to me going from San Diego to Seattle, and back again. I had 4" knife at the bottom of my purse, made it thru security at both airports. The kicker? They took my lighter.
ReplyDeleteIt really is amazing what gets flagged as "dangerous." A bag of beach rocks in my carryon, for example, nearly had to be abandoned once, while a cast-iron simmer plate elicited only queries about what it might be. What really bums me out is the ban on wine. Can't pick up a few bottles in wine country to bring back.
ReplyDeleteWow, how safe is flying nowadays? I wonder...
ReplyDeleteOne of those hotel sewing kits that I had in my carry-on a few years ago contained a pair of scissors with one-inch blunt-tipped blades (like kiddies' starter scissors). The were good for nothing except cutting thread. The TSA confiscated them!
ReplyDeleteI have written about so many "issues" with this dreadful agency that I have a "Transportation Security Agency" label on my travel blog (http://travel-babel.blogspot.com).