Today, I realized just how ridiculous the baggie is..
Aug 11, 2007, 12:20 pm
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An HONEST TSA agent!!!!
This morning at IAD I (per usual) left my KHIAI bag in my carryon. After scanning and 'BAG CHECK' a refreshingly blunt TSA agent came over and asked me to pull oout my KAIAIbag. I pulled it out and said, "Here is my Kip Hawley is an idiot bag." and he chuckled and said, "I know it's a stupid rule but please remember to pull your baggie out every time..." ^
This morning at IAD I (per usual) left my KHIAI bag in my carryon. After scanning and 'BAG CHECK' a refreshingly blunt TSA agent came over and asked me to pull oout my KAIAIbag. I pulled it out and said, "Here is my Kip Hawley is an idiot bag." and he chuckled and said, "I know it's a stupid rule but please remember to pull your baggie out every time..." ^
Aug 11, 2007, 1:45 pm
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Maybe it's just because someone in the TSA figured that people like to keep all their toiletries together in a bag.
And maybe they thought that the baggie rule would be easier for arithmetically challenged TSA staff and passengers. (Imagine some of the people you meet in airports trying to work out if six 1.5oz bottles is equivalent to three 3oz bottles).
BTW - More than three 3oz bottles fit into the standard sized baggie.
And maybe they thought that the baggie rule would be easier for arithmetically challenged TSA staff and passengers. (Imagine some of the people you meet in airports trying to work out if six 1.5oz bottles is equivalent to three 3oz bottles).
BTW - More than three 3oz bottles fit into the standard sized baggie.
a) they had to come up with a simple rule their simple employees could follow and
b) they needed to see just how ridiculous they could make a rule and still get people to follow it
Aug 11, 2007, 1:58 pm
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My personal favorite was the day I had legit sized shaving cream and toothpaste, but no baggie. At one point on a previous trip my baggie ripped and I hadn't bother replacing it since I only had two things that went into the baggie, and both were obviously small and I didn't see the need to waste time tracking down another baggie.
Imagine my disappointment when the TSA agent confiscated my toiletries because they weren't in a bag
It was all that much more annoying since I'd been traveling that way for a few weeks and no one else cared at all. ^to random policies and enforcement.
Imagine my disappointment when the TSA agent confiscated my toiletries because they weren't in a bag
It was all that much more annoying since I'd been traveling that way for a few weeks and no one else cared at all. ^to random policies and enforcement.
Aug 11, 2007, 4:33 pm
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Aug 11, 2007, 6:40 pm
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I also kind of wonder what would happen if someone stuffed a legit-sized Ziploc with legit-sized bottles, all of the same type. Like if you stuffed it full of 3-ounce bottles of mouthwash, and had half a dozen or so in there, would TSA let you through? Or would they flip out and confiscate it?
Aug 11, 2007, 7:07 pm
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Aug 11, 2007, 7:26 pm
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Aug 11, 2007, 7:30 pm
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it was not in a kip bag.
No matter how you try to explain, the bag does not limit the amount of
liquid you can bring into the secure area. They do not have a way to track
how many times you pass through the screening area... and there is
nothing preventing you from making multiple trips and carry more liquid.
No matter how you look at it, these rules are useless and waste of the
tax money.
Aug 11, 2007, 10:28 pm
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Of course, I couldn't take it through - had to walk back and leave it in my car.
Travesty!
Aug 11, 2007, 10:43 pm
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Skeletor and Kippie would laugh, if they were not flying on private aircraft.
Aug 12, 2007, 8:49 am
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Aug 12, 2007, 10:05 am
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Kippie isn't your friend. You can pay $99 today. What it buys you is entry to the front of the line, to the glares of the sheeple stuck in the queue. You still have to use the baggie, remove shoes, laptop and everything else. You still have to show conventional ID, despite carrying superior biometric credentials.
Skeletor and Kippie would laugh, if they were not flying on private aircraft.
Skeletor and Kippie would laugh, if they were not flying on private aircraft.
Aug 12, 2007, 11:45 am
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They are not flying on private aircraft. They are flying on Gulfstreams paid for by you and me. And, they are completely out of touch regarding the effects of their stupid rules on us because they don't comply with the rules!! Even if they fly commercial (and Kippie might, Skeletor does not) they bypass security. Kippie can take whatever he damn well pleases because he's superior to all of us.
Aug 12, 2007, 12:46 pm
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