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without thinking of the unintended consequences. |
We could take up a collection of (used) sanitary pads, and dump the truckload on Pistole's front lawn, along with a Joint Love Note from the Sisterhood. Couldn't we?
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Mevlannen has now confirmed that:
The TSA will harass and embarrass women wearing menstrual pads. The TSA does nothing to differentiate the detected pads from anything dangerous. I suspected the whole thing was pointless and invasive. It is now confirmed. |
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Originally Posted by littlesheep
(Post 15429143)
FYI,
I've spent about 3 hours driving between 6 different stores today and yesterday, in heavy traffic, looking for OB tampons. Forget Ultra which disappeared about 2 months ago... :( I couldn't find any at all, in any size! This just adds to the crisis. Along with TSA approved 75ml and 100ml labelled full size toothpaste I suppose add TSA approved sanitary products to the list of things easily found outside the US but not in the US. :( |
Funny...I have quite a few tampons tucked away in various pockets of my carryon and checked bags. I don't know if it is really working, but I feel like they are a little bit of a deterrent to people digging through my belongings. :p
On a related note (sort of), it is sad the thoughts that a similar discussion like this elicited on another board. One woman was worried about wearing a tampon instead of a pad, in case the TSA saw the string on the WBI and thought it was a fuse!! Really? :rolleyes: |
For the love of God. I cannot believe we're seriously having this discussion. (Well, I actually *can* believe it, which is why I'm going to drive 12 hours w/spouse to the inlaw's for Xmas.)
How can we get some press on this? Any ideas? |
Originally Posted by exbayern
(Post 15429214)
Along with TSA approved 75ml and 100ml labelled full size toothpaste I suppose add TSA approved sanitary products to the list of things easily found outside the US but not in the US. :(
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In the US, zip top baggies are available everywhere. Not sure where people traveling from outside get them. But I suppose they are available for order on the web. In fact, now that they are flier gear, don't websites catering to travelers sell them?
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Originally Posted by LuvAirFrance
(Post 15431914)
In the US, zip top baggies are available everywhere. Not sure where people traveling from outside get them. But I suppose they are available for order on the web. In fact, now that they are flier gear, don't websites catering to travelers sell them?
Few travelers here need them, since liquids are not a threat to aviation in the Southern Hemisphere. |
Originally Posted by LuvAirFrance
(Post 15431914)
In the US, zip top baggies are available everywhere. Not sure where people traveling from outside get them. But I suppose they are available for order on the web. In fact, now that they are flier gear, don't websites catering to travelers sell them?
And while that means that we use litre sized bags if indeed we need them, due to what BubbaLoop posted about dimensions they sometimes get comments or worse from US-centric TSOs who cannot understand that there is more to the world than the US. |
I remember several years ago, my husband asked me to add some quart-sized baggies to the grocery list. I rarely buy disposable stuff but I had a few gallon size on hand. Since I hadn't yet heard that 3-1-1 was the next great thing to keep our nation safe, I said "Oh, just take one of the gallon-sized baggies from the drawer..." And, then we proceeded to have the most illogical conversation ever about why his travel toiletries had to be in that.size.bag.and.only.that.size.bag now.
Whenever I am faced with something completely illogical (like how a quart baggie is safer than a liter baggie and why a menstrual pad poses great potential risk to safety, but nobody wants to actually examine the thing) I start to wonder if I went insane and forgot to notice. |
Originally Posted by TheGolfWidow
(Post 15433273)
And, then we proceeded to have the most illogical conversation ever about why his travel toiletries had to be in that.size.bag.and.only.that.size.bag now.
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Originally Posted by mevlannen
(Post 15426561)
Well, as it turned out, they **did** get squirrely about my pad. I kept my voice calm and offered to pull it out and show it to them, at which point I ended up surrounded by four screeners who had a protracted argument amongst themselves about whether they needed for me to turn it over to them.
Fortunately, their lead officer concluded that was not necessary and sent me on my way. My only real concern whilst in the 'bad bear box' was that if I did have my pad confiscated, how in the heck was I going to manage to walk out of there without making a mess of my underwear, seeing as how I was separated from my purse (and, therefore, my supplies) by 40 feet of crowded pax and pooper-troopers. Grf. Maybe we can rename to 'bad bear box' the 'menstrual hut' and at least be honest about it. Am safely home now, thankfully, and done with this madness for at least the next while. *tm props to mevlannen for coining the term 'menstrual hut' for the holding pen
Originally Posted by BubbaLoop
(Post 15431378)
Don't forget the one quart zip top baggie. Try finding that around here! I have reused mine for years, and actually got a few ugly looks because it is very old and torn.
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Originally Posted by youreadyfreddie
(Post 15433463)
Over the years the bags expand so you can cram in more components, I mean toiletries.
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