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    darlingdalilaTracie Egan Morrissey
    6/16/14 1:42pm

    I'll use this as a writing prompt to complain about the TSA.

    I just flew over the weekend. I had to get the pat-down, but there weren't any available agents to do the pat-down. So I had to wait. Fine. I wanted to grab my purse off the conveyor belt, which was literally right next to me. I tried to do just this, and a woman flew over and started screaming at me to stop moving at all costs. Ok. Then she gave me a pretty rough pat down that included a slap to my inner thigh and told me next time I should know better than to wear a maxi dress to the airport.

    I've learned my lesson. This is by no means a horror story, but I was pissed. I feel you, Verne.

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      fortheloveofbeetsdarlingdalila
      6/16/14 2:57pm

      AAAAGH, I also had a bullshit TSA experience while wearing a maxi dress (well, a long skirt, actually). I was going through security, an agent asked me to step forward, and then, without telling me what she was about to do, started to run her hands all up the insides of my legs. I was like WHAT THE FUCK, LADY. You don't just reach out and grope someone's inner thigh without even telling them you're going to give them a pat-down. I was so angry. I should have asked for her supervisor, but I was so shocked, I could barely compose myself enough to grab all my shit and go find my gate.

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      RegalAliendarlingdalila
      6/16/14 6:26pm

      I had the exact same experience when I tried to stop an old lady from walking off with my laptop. I'm not sure if she was actually intending to rob me or just confused, but she was trying to shove my computer into her bag and the TSA agent lost it when I took a step toward her while saying "Excuse me, er, that's mine."

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    GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the BarneyTracie Egan Morrissey
    6/16/14 1:38pm

    This is run-of-the-mill shitty TSA policy, unfortunately. If you can't walk through the scanning machines unassisted or are in a wheelchair, you get a full-body pat-down. Yes, it's totally invasive and miserable. As for the gloves, TSA agents always wear gloves.

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      blackcatcrossesGinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barney
      6/16/14 3:39pm

      Maybe I'm just out of it, but why is Troyer in a wheelchair? Has something happened to him?

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      GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barneyblackcatcrosses
      6/16/14 3:48pm

      From what I gather, he has a musculoskeletal disorder related to his dwarfism.

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    ZhiBaChu: Awkward DetectiveTracie Egan Morrissey
    6/16/14 2:07pm

    I suggest the Known Traveler/Precheck to everyone. Best $100 I've spent in awhile. I can leave my damn shoes on and avoid most of the TSA shitshow.

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      kindergoth sissygeekZhiBaChu: Awkward Detective
      6/16/14 2:50pm

      "Known Traveler/Precheck" sounds somewhat more professional than "Bribing the TSA Agents."

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      ZhiBaChu: Awkward Detectivekindergoth sissygeek
      6/16/14 3:15pm

      OR I'm using a paid government service. But do continue being condescending.

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    sheilamTracie Egan Morrissey
    6/16/14 2:32pm

    This is actually one of the many indignities people with disabilities often endure when they fly. They are looking for anything under his chair/seat. My brother is a wheelchair user and has been prodded and groped around like this many times. So, cheap laughs, Jez over something that is pretty douchey and obnoxious for disabled people to deal with.

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      GinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barneysheilam
      6/16/14 3:50pm

      I didn't get the sense that this was put up here for cheap laughs, or any laughs, actually. And Verne Troyer posted the photo on Twitter.

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      sheilamGinAndTonic Got Stuck in the Barney
      6/16/14 4:09pm

      Yeah..you're likely right. Touched a nerve and I probably over-reacted. Either way, no one's inviting the TSA to prom any time soon :)

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    ....Tracie Egan Morrissey
    6/16/14 1:44pm

    standard TSA actions you say ?????

    hmmm.

    1 question though, if i come in my Underoos after their prostate

    check, do i have to tip them ?

    and how much ?

    * makes note to change out twenties for wads of singles before tomorrows flight *

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      towelieTracie Egan Morrissey
      6/16/14 4:02pm

      Am I the only one that had to google "I thought Verne Troyer was dead" only to find out that I confused him with Joe C?

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        ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ : Riot GRRR is RUNNING WILDTracie Egan Morrissey
        6/16/14 1:43pm
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          GameOfHousewivesTracie Egan Morrissey
          6/16/14 1:30pm

          Hilarious TSA. What is this - 1999?

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            ziggybloodlustTracie Egan Morrissey
            6/16/14 3:29pm

            I required "additional screening" yesterday and had my completely bare arms patted down after walking through the scanner. That's obviously not a horror story, I just don't know what they could possibly hope to find by patting down two completely bare arms...

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