Originally Posted by
goalie
I thought I had heard and/or seen it all.......
Just got a call from goalie-parents from PBI telling me that they are at the gate for their trip home to SF.
I asked if there were any issues with security as goalie-dad has a medical condition and cannot remove his shoes and how the patdown went as goalie-parents are both are "sop opt-outs"
The patdowns were fine for both of them but goalie-dad rec'd a bag check because the TSO said "I saw something sharp"* on the x-ray monitor".
Per goalie-dad, as she was going thru the bag, she said "I found it" and pulled out a zippered UA amenity kit bag where she proceeded to dump the contents into a tray. Now (and wait for it.......) the only thing that was in the bag were loose coins from goalie-dad's card games and granted that there might have been $30-40 in loose change but the last time I looked, all U.S. coinage is round and does not contain any sharp edges (ridges yes, but no sharp edges

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Needless to say, the TSO was speechless other than saying "have a nice day"
*her words when goalie-dad asked what she was looking for
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Y'all feel safe now, y'hear

I got crap from the TSA at LAX for having too many coins in the front pocket of my computer/briefcase shoulder bag. It was not so easily resolved - things had to come out of the bag, the bag was ETD checked, and there were questions about the foreign coins in there (Euro, UKP, and maybe some Forints.