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Originally Posted by Pup7
(Post 20494077)
If I'd sprayed five coworkers with pepper spray to "test [my] hypothesis" when I was an Air Force cop, I would've gotten at least an Article 15 - essentially the last line of punishment before a court-martial proceeding. I wonder what (won't) will happen to these yahoos since the incident is already being covered up as an accident by the TSA.
Pepper spray doesn't "accidentally" discharge. It's specifically designed not to for obvious reasons. Even the civilianized versions aren't just aim and shoot. And if the bottle was damaged and leaking, only the person picking it up and maybe one other would be affected. Not FIVE. Even if you're certain it's a laser pointer, you DO NOT point it at anyone else. Indicative of the general intelligence level of TSA workers I suppose. |
Originally Posted by HawaiiTrvlr
(Post 20493655)
I wonder how Blogger Bob can spin this one. I would be extremely pissed off if I was one of the 6 that were sent to the hospital.
Originally Posted by Fredd
(Post 20493692)
What's the TSA equivalent of a Purple Heart?
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Does one have to feel even slightly ashamed/guilty for the word "schadenfreude" to apply?
The pepper spray discharger brings visions of this episode of the Simpsons, especially around 0:40 or so. |
That it needed a trip to the hospital would be funny too, if our taxes weren't paying for it. Pepper spray exposure is not a hospital level event.
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Just can't make this stuff up !!!
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Famous last words: "Hey, want to see something neat?"
I had a coworker many years ago that would say this from time to time and we would all dive under the heaviest table we could find. |
Originally Posted by RadioGirl
(Post 20494486)
"To protect the traveling public, our brave TSOs wrestled the pepper spray to the ground and discharged the contents. Every day, our highly-trained officers risk their lives on the Front Line of the War On Terror to prevent harm from dangerous items like this." :rolleyes:
Originally Posted by The Gothamist
A spokesperson for the TSA gave us this statement: “Yesterday morning, out of an abundance of caution, six TSA officers at JFK Airport were transported to a local hospital after being exposed to pepper spray. Officers were examining an abandoned item to determine its contents and to move it out of harm’s way when it accidentally discharged. Travelers and other airport employees were not exposed to the spray.”
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Originally Posted by Wally Bird
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Originally Posted by RadioGirl
(Post 20495132)
Wow, I hadn't even read the article when I posted the above, but look how close I got:
You literally can't make this stuff up; my attempt at a joke was indistinguishable from the real TSA statement! |
If they ever DO find a bomb in their searches, they will detonate just to make sure they found the big one.
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TSO finds gun.
Wonders if loaded. BANG! Yep. |
Originally Posted by Wally Bird
(Post 20494401)
Don't try to apply logic or rational behavior to the TSA. The other five may have been just innocent[sic] victims, but this clown is apparently a highly-trained BDO :rolleyes: and should be demoted back down to the baggage hall.
. And WillCAD - I've been sprayed with it as part of training. It's HIDEOUS. Fortunately I never carried it. (You can't as K9) |
Originally Posted by MrsGraupel
(Post 20493793)
A six-pack of Cinnabons?
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Originally Posted by Pup7
(Post 20497463)
(Bolding mine) Even worse.....
And WillCAD - I've been sprayed with it as part of training. It's HIDEOUS. Fortunately I never carried it. (You can't as K9) My earlier post, though, included a link to a YouTube video of the Light Grenade scene from Mom and Dad Save The World, in which the most DIABOLICAL weapon concocted by the planet of idiots was a grenade emblazoned with the words, "PICK ME UP." Each person picked it up... and vcanished. Then the next one picked it up... and vanished. Soon, it was down to two guys, and as the next-to-last guy reaches for the grenade, the last guy opens his radio and says, "We're going to need reinforcements down here!" The more dangerous something seems, the more it screams PICK ME UP to a TSO. |
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