Abundance of caution...and pepper spray
Mar 27, 2013, 5:47 pm
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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.
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.
and should be demoted back down to the baggage hall.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.
Mar 27, 2013, 6:05 pm
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A purple face?
Mar 27, 2013, 6:09 pm
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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.
The pepper spray discharger brings visions of this episode of the Simpsons, especially around 0:40 or so.
Mar 27, 2013, 8:25 pm
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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.
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.
Mar 27, 2013, 8:40 pm
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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.”
Mar 28, 2013, 4:00 am
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Mar 28, 2013, 7:51 am
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Mar 28, 2013, 8:26 am
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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!
You literally can't make this stuff up; my attempt at a joke was indistinguishable from the real TSA statement!
Mar 28, 2013, 9:30 am
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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)
Mar 28, 2013, 9:33 am
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Mar 28, 2013, 10:23 am
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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.
