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
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, 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 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, 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, as I was crossing to the US, I got pulled over by border patrol for looking "suspicious". The female cop searched my purse and found a condom. She smirked and said, "I doubt you'd ever need that." FML
Today, I was traveling. At airport security, the woman patting me down felt something "down there" and asked me what I was wearing. I told her it was a sanitary napkin. She put her hands inside my pants just to be sure. FML
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
Today, at the Eurostar customs, an officer asked me if I had packed my luggage myself. I teasingly answered "No, I was helped by a member of Al Qaeda." which earned me a body and luggage search and a missed train. FML
Today, I was standing at airport security. One of the bag inspectors asked me to remove my travel pouch, pointing to the lump under my shirt. I didn't know how to tell him that it was just one of my fat rolls. 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
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midget_chinese 0
bah, the profiling system gets on my nerves :P
CassT 0
If it was a man, you could've said, "Because I needed to make room for my tampons."
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vt_mruhlin 0
If you're bringing enough stuff for a month, ******* check your bag. Nothing worse than the asshole sho tries to cram a giant suitcase in the overhead compartment.
kira1kira 0
age-ist, that's biggotry!
Writergirl1022 0
OP-Was this your first time flying and going through security? If so, then yeah, FML. If not, then YDI. Yes, it's understandable that you want to pack in as much things as possible in one bag to make things more convienient, but (assuming you've flown before and gone through security) you know that security personal may or may not go through your things. It's always best to err on the side of caution in that regard, pack your stuff with the assumption that it'll most likely be gone through (so, in this case, don't kill yourself packing things into micro size and then get pissed because security went through it). Also, question--Assuming you're going on a vacation or something, why would you cram everything in just one suitcase, which is most then at full capacity? Yeah, it works for not having more to lug around, but then what happens on your return trip if you end up getting yourself some souvenirs and/or other momentos of your time spent on this trip? Like other people have said, folding your stuff super tiny is most likely what led to the search. Yes, it's shitty that this person pulled out the age-profiling but come on these people are supposed to screen any packages that are suspicious in anyway. I don't think the person did it soley because of your age. Had it been someone in their 40s or whatever who had thier things folded up like that, they probably would've been searched too. With your items folded up like that, it might've given someone the thought that hey maybe they are hiding something, and hey people hide illegal things. I doubt it was "hey, this is a teen, they must have illegal things, I'm going to ruin their hours of folding." To those who are saying they only search carry-on bags, I think it really depends what kind of airport you're in. I'm from New York and whenever I go through their big airports, yeah, I check my bag and that's it, I don't see them go through it. A few years ago when I was in college I was going to New Orleans with some people and to get there we had to fly out of a very small airport in State College, PA to Philidelphia and from there fly to N.O. Anyway, when we checked our luggage in State College, the guy manning the station opened our bags for a quick glance before putting them through. He didn't dump everything out (so, okay OP, the woman doing your search ****** up there and was bitchy in that regard). He just did a quick superficial search, checked the sides, maybe glance under the first layer of folded up things (i.e. tilted up a shirt, looked, and then put it back down still in it's folded condition) closed up the bag and passed it on through. I think it was also to make sure we weren't carrying anything that might've been hazardous to the little plane we'd be boarding which was more like a little commuter plane . Not sure what that could've been, but whatever.
ihatestupidppl 0
Sounds like a fellow Penn Stater (as well as New Yorker) =)
Writergirl1022 0
I am a fellow New Yorker, but actually I went to Lock Haven University :)
katieface 0
What a lovely wall.
ihatestupidppl 0
Oh cool, I have friends at Lock Haven too :)
fmlcomment 2
Try going through airport security with SCUBA regulators...you don't want to check them (after all, if they get broken, you could die underwater), but all the weird metal parts attached to hoses and tubes? Those get suspicious looks from the TSA. And then they swab them to check if they're packed with drugs or explosives.
dman4412 0
"other illegal teen things" seriously. don't quote unless your going to say what they actually said. if that's what the person that searched your bag really said and you let them, I'm gonna have to say YDI
rayrayy_fml 0
...I'm pretty sure that's what the ENTIRE point of the FML was. I'm sure the OP expected there was some chance of being searched, but she was shocked at WHY she was searched. The woman asked her why she had packed the way she did and upon giving her an explanation, she smiled and dumped it in front of her, with the reason she was searching for "drugs and other illegal teen things." Her reason for profiling was assuming she had something illegal because of her age. That's the FML. If she didn't put that in there, who cares? She got searched. Big whoop. Adding her quote explains why it's an FML. Also, you can't say "No" when being asked to search. They'll either have security escort you out of the airport or simply will not allow you to board the plane. So how does she deserve it if the quote is real? Shut up.
I_Am_The_Edge 4
I hate the TSA. So much. They did this to me once, and I spent the next twenty minutes repacking.
justanotherhuman 21
ha, the TSA. Gotta love government make-work programs. FYL.
mangotreats 2
#63 ****** a
fmlfyl 1
How do you know she wasn't looking for "drugs and other illegal TERRORIST things?" hahahaha.. terrorist jk, you're not a terrorist, are you?
wingedtoad 0
That sucks. Once, TSA searched my baggage after I had checked it in and stole $400 from me. I now carry all cash on my person.
fml328 0
this happened once. they thought my camera was a bomb. i actually missed my flight because they had to scan it like 15 times before they let me go hrough