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- mach4x0r, on 11/01/2007, -1/+114I had a powerbook with a custom casing back in 2003.
TSA couldn't figure out how to open it, and without asking me to open it shattered the plastic casing, sending spiderwebs down the powerbooks exterior, and in the bending deadening the upper portion of the display.
when i screamed at the TSA agent that shattered it, asking for their name and a manager I was promptly shown the kindness of the national guardsmen in the airport
by them handing me my laptop and escorting me to my flight, with not even an apology, and threats to be arrested.
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A - irvman21, on 10/29/2007, -1/+74I have flown over 2 million miles on airlines since 9/11. Never put anything in your checked luggage that you will actually need when you arrive. TSA agents will steal anything and everything given the opportunity, including (from personal experience) but not limited to:
1. Prescription drugs.
2. Glucose tablets used by diabetics (what kind of sick bastard steals glucose tablets?)
3. Small electronics
Some TSA agents are decent people, but in general the majority of them are a step down from mall security guards in every respect. - Shorties, on 10/28/2007, -1/+59They are like the Gym Teachers of Law Enforcement.
- dpirotte, on 11/05/2007, -0/+51One has to wonder if the supervising TSA agent would have considered asking for his name and badge number (or equivalent) "making a scene" ...
- ZenFountain, on 11/05/2007, -1/+44I always wondered why they make you prove the laptop turns on. What happens if it doesn't?
- badassninja, on 11/05/2007, -3/+46Dumber then cops.... Crap.. we are all going to die.
- badassninja, on 11/05/2007, -1/+41Oh! That would be going way to far. They would tase you right there and then.
- Chongo, on 11/01/2007, -2/+33The only thing that pisses me off about your story is that you DIDN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT!
Stick up for yourself man! :) - Lane, on 11/05/2007, -2/+32"Insert Mooninites flipping the bird and Boston reference here"
- irvman21, on 11/05/2007, -0/+29Nothing. If you tell them your battery is dead they say "OK" and hand it back.
- inactive, on 10/28/2007, -0/+28I think I've solved the primate extinction problem. Just round them up and give them jobs as TSA agents. They're probably smarter.
- fonebone2, on 10/28/2007, -3/+29Arrested for what? I'd let them do it, then sue the ***** for wrongful arrest and buy a new laptop with my $100k settlement.
- eosp, on 11/05/2007, -2/+28I have Linux. That means command line login in my case. That scares stupid *****.
- amoirae, on 11/05/2007, -1/+26I think more Substitute Gym Teacher.
- Pilot85, on 10/29/2007, -0/+23A TSA agent was doing a swab check on my trombone and she dropped it. I thought I was gonna cry. :( They paid for it in that case, though, so all good.
- BlackJackJester, on 11/01/2007, -1/+23Its not like you don't have witnesses, and most likely even have data that proves it....not to mention security tapes of the tearing your junk to pieces. That would be an easy case to win, if you wanted to spend the time to fight it. However they would probably just point out the window, scream "terrorism" and run off without consequence though...
- scabbers, on 10/29/2007, -0/+22Pick up the can.
- czeman, on 11/05/2007, -0/+20We had two guys fly in from the Netherlands to work on some equipment. One of them was telling us he had a laptop at one point that was having problems turning on right away, and had to prove it was a laptop to airport security. The security guards had their guns drawn when the thing wasn't turning on. Eventually the laptop turned on and everything was alright.
- Gadren, on 10/28/2007, -2/+22I can't wait for the day I take my last flight under those TSA slugs -- my flight out of this country and into a better one.
- the_wally, on 10/29/2007, -2/+20The TSA destroyed half of my items checked in an unlocked metal case. I was an E. Eng traveling from Canada into LAX, with case full ove AVr32 chips and board, 9xTend wireless chips, computer memory, ni daq boards, can bus cards. lots of testing stuff.
It might have looked suspicious, but I checked it with a tagged note explaining what was inside. Once arriving, I found the case cracked open, and my parts crushed, and a few missing. No apology, was allowed to make a claim, I was told to leave. I lost $1500 in equipment that flight. Welcome to America. These guys serve an important role, but there is no internal policing .They are probably all those ***** who couldn't get past grade nine math class, looking to smash tech and blame in on al queada (I don't know how to spell that, but Fox seems to like to name drop it a lot). - tehrob, on 11/05/2007, -0/+17they don't anymore haven't for years.
- loggia, on 10/29/2007, -1/+17How would Fox News figure out a way to blame the guy with the laptop?
Hmmmm. Well, there aren't actually any facts to attack him with, so let's try an ad hominem attack. Is he liberal, green, gay? C'mon, Fox, attack the messenger! Hurry up or Al Qaeda will be emboldened!! - KibibyteBrain, on 11/05/2007, -0/+16,,,even the empty space inside a working one...what's the point?
- spyd3rweb, on 11/05/2007, -2/+18Try School Janitors or Lunch Lady even.
- inactive, on 10/29/2007, -1/+16The TSA represents everything that's wrong with our country right now.
Huge ***** inconvenience, not to mention we have to give up rights for "security" (which is false, we're no more secure with them in place).
I hope the next person in office does away with this *****. Quite honestly, it makes me not even wanna fly. Just being in those places pisses me off, and I know one day those low lifes will have an ego and try to start *****, or get an attitude with me, which will make me snap and say something along the lines of, "Get out of my face, you rent-a-cop wannabe" which I know will piss them off more.
But ***** it, someone's gotta do it. - vwvan, on 10/29/2007, -0/+15The TSA have a history of depriving people of their personal property, putting it in warehouses and then selling it to strangers or dumping it. Your tax dollars at work. Solution. Each TSA agent has an airport, a name or description, a station and a time they were on duty. Post these incidents and we can call their local supervisors and complain. In concert you can file a small claim for the damages. They will likely pay rather than show up in court. This would make an excellent web site. TSAincident.org. Damages can include loss to personal property, humiliation, fear of personal harm, business damages, and professional time lost. To quote Samuel L. Jackson, "Get these ***** snakes off the ***** plane."
- inactive, on 10/27/2007, -0/+15I hate pigs.
- stklaw, on 10/29/2007, -0/+15Is there ANYTHING we can do against retards?
Especially the ones with a badge or a tie? - MadEnvoy, on 11/05/2007, -1/+16Sometimes cops aren't smart enough to be cops.
- Smegzor, on 10/27/2007, -0/+14This is what my laptop does when you turn it on.. http://www.thecleverest.com/countdown.swf
- hellotyler, on 10/29/2007, -0/+14These guys DO NOT serve an important role, time and time again they have let hazardous and dangerous material through screening! A friend of mine forgot his knife in the backpack and it GOT THROUGH!
- fcukbush, on 11/05/2007, -0/+13You get tasered, Bro.
- dinostabOMG, on 10/28/2007, -0/+13Can you explain why they behave like morons?
- czeman, on 10/28/2007, -0/+13I'd remain calm while firmly demanding the necessary information from them, then let them arrest me if they so chose. I guess it all depends, though, on how important it is that I make the flight. :)
- insomniac8400, on 10/28/2007, -3/+16Should have called the police. Destruction of property and threatening arrest for no reason have to be crimes.
- jendeb2010, on 10/28/2007, -0/+12Stories like this suck. They invariably put me in a somber mood about the world, and I find myself fantasizing about how wonderful it would be if the TSA agents involved with the incident had their eyeballs eaten by rats, or something equally bizarre. Of course, I don't really wish harm on anyone, but damn... stories like this just make me want to scream FUUUCCCKK!!
- fcukbush, on 10/29/2007, -1/+13"A TSA agent was doing a swab check on my trombone and she dropped it"
A sentence you will only ever hear once in your life..... - pilot3033, on 10/29/2007, -0/+12And that's why they have the power, because in that situation you have to decide really quick what's more important, the laptop or where ever you're going.
That's generally why they get away with the ***** they do, not many actually are able to say "yeah, I can miss the flight". - inactive, on 10/28/2007, -0/+12"Throwers"
- meed, on 10/28/2007, -0/+12This is a good reason to take a train if there is a direct rout to your destination or and you the extra time in your schedule. Plus, believe it or not the train is more comfortable and you can bring your own booze on board.
- martyFREEDOM, on 10/29/2007, -0/+11Click the link at the bottom of the page, idiot, that laptop is ***** up.
- syroncoda, on 10/27/2007, -0/+11hope he filed the claim anyways. that was just a ***** trying to cover his ass by being aggressive with arrest threats... which im sure is illegal anyways.
- inactive, on 10/28/2007, -3/+14Canada. Sweden.
Lots of places, really.
What, are you still under the illusion that nothing beats the ol GREAT US OF A? Hyuck. - ShrimpCrackers, on 10/28/2007, -1/+12Japan (where internet is fast and the women are hot and the technology fantastic), Taiwan (where its as westernized as the US, there is universal health care, and the biggest club parties in Asia and th food and beer is cheap).... to name a few.
- willbb123, on 10/28/2007, -0/+10so easy a caveman can do it
- zeptobyte, on 10/28/2007, -0/+10And then kicks your puppy.
- inactive, on 11/05/2007, -0/+10Boom Headshot! TSA guards give each other high 5's
- CraigJ, on 11/05/2007, -0/+10They haven't done this for a while AFAIK, and I travel with laptop a lot. They used to and I got stuck at LAX with two laptops, one of which didn't have a good battery for. Finding an AC outlet is fun when you are trying to catch a flight...
- p51d007, on 11/05/2007, -0/+9one of the 99 reasons I REFUSE TO FLY.
Besides TSA "rogue" agents, the airlines treat you like cattle, service stinks, etc..... - badassninja, on 11/05/2007, -4/+13A lap top would make a great shell for a bomb.
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