Today, I missed my flight because I was stopped by airport security. They found "small, suspicious, spherical objects" in my purse on the X-ray. After pulling me out of line, taking my purse aside and carefully opening it with tongs, they removed the bag of grapes I had packed as a snack. FML
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Thanksgiving
Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, I was boarding my flight when I got pulled aside for looking suspicious. As she was opening my bag, I said, "Be careful, I jammed so many clothes in there it may explode." I was then strip searched for my trouble. FML
Today, I borrowed a friend's suitcase for a trip. At the airport, security pulled me aside because there was a small metal object inside. I opened the suitcase expecting something suspicious and found a potato peeler. My friend had used the suitcase for groceries the week before. FML
Today, after visiting my mom, she stuffed a bunch of pads in my backpack so I'd have some at my dorm. When I was going through security, I was stopped and ended up missing my flight. Apparently the jumbo pads my mom sent look exactly like packs of cocaine when they go through the X-ray machine. FML
Today, I packed my bags and left for the airport. When I passed through security, the X-ray scanner discovered that my cat had also come along for the ride. FML
Today, while going through airport security the lady asked why I folded everything so small. I said that I was going away for a month and needed to fit a lot of stuff in only one bag. She smiled, nodded and then dumped my luggage to search for "drugs and other illegal teen things." FML
Today, I was going through airport security. Trying to get things over and done with quickly, I dropped my pants without a second thought. Turns out they just wanted me to remove my shoes and belt. FML
Today, I was supposed to catch a 4:40 flight to New York. My 5 year-old son handed me my carry on bag as I left the house. Turns out he had put his older brother's BB gun into my bag to "keep me safe." I missed my flight after I was detained and strip-searched. FML
Today, I missed my flight because I was held in airport security because I'd "threatened" an employee. He had confiscated my eyelash curler and jokingly I asked if he thought I was going to curl him to death. He didn't laugh. FML
Today, while going through customs at the airport, my bag was selected for screening. It was nearly overflowing because it was so full, so before the TSA agent searched it, I said, "Watch out - it's going to explode when you open it". Wrong choice of words. FML
Today, my mother-in-law had concealed in her suitcase a kitchen knife and plastic bags of MSG, salt, and other seasonings (AKA unidentified white powder) because she doesn’t trust foreign food, and wanted to cook her own food on holiday. Airport security were not amused and we missed our flight. FML
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dino_witha_cape 0
yeah, if you bite into those things they could squirt someone's eye out
Jcsati8 0
If you pack baby carrots, will they think you are carrying ammo? Damn airport security!
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um_duh 0
#16 x2 I thought it was going to be one of those vibrating egg things... that would have been funnier than grapes!
drunkenpeeps 0
hey not every one is trained in defense against fresh fruit
heyyou1203 0
You're an idiot. Don't you know you're not allowed to bring perish-able items on a plane? That includes fresh produce. Only if you buy it in the airport. With the ridiculous security that doesn't even let you bring water bottles through, you thought grapes were ok? You're supposed to be responsible and check what is and isn't allowed in your bag before you fly so that you don't do stupid stuff like that and miss your flight. It's all online. YDI
noscope_ftw 0
and you missed the point good job. the point wasn't that she took perishable items but that they saw it as suspicious I.e explosives or weapons. the fact that grapes Also aren't allowed doesn't even matter.
littlecat_fml 0
lol @ 8 i flew in november to new york, brought popcorn, and they didn't say no food or drink. i believe that's only if you're flying into/out of another country that it's not allowed. fyl though.
Hisbabyforever 0
wjen I flew from Virginia to Indiana, they said no food or drink.
theunknown2 0
its also your fault because you evidently didnt arrive early enough
candy_hearts 0
Really, you should have known. No food, no liquids. To make it easy for yourself, do the obvious pack job, and buy the snacks there.
ammali 0
Grapes are awesome... Airport security is so ridiculous these days.
scoutpup 0
ummmmmmmmmm k
thhopelessrmntc 0
Hey, #4 ... THAT'S WHAT SHE SAID. XD This is funny.
I_Go_Commando 0
They had good reason to stop you. Here's an example A 76 year old man in the netherlands was caught with oranges filled with cocaine in his carry-on luggage. When asked about the oranges, he said he needed them because "he needed to get his daily intake of vitamin C." Again, they had good reason to stop you.