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Old Oct 9, 2007, 7:43 pm
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Originally Posted by AirlineBrat53
I think I would have printed out the TSA policy on orthotics and casts and carried it with me and showed them they were wrong. God what idiots.

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i carry it with me and it has never failed me and as you all know, "goalie is the orthotic ter'wrist"

Originally Posted by baglady
I've pulled it up on my phone and showed them and they just say "Oh, it hasn't been updated yet".

I love the make your own rules thing. I was tired and cranky this morning and was happy to miss my flight to make a point. Fortunately for me, it didn't come to that. I'm becoming cranky in my old age
that is a baloney sandwich on the part of the tsa and it should be reported

Originally Posted by CPT Trips
Baglady, you are kind to call it "confusion." It really is ignorance of their own basic rules.
and where some will say ignorance is bliss, when it comes to the tsa, ignorance is sop .
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