Hey just got to my destination and found one of these in my bag along with my $400 and a custom name tag my friend made with sentimental value stolen.

Was told the claims process takes 6 months. On a scale from 1 to "never seeing my money again", how fucked am i?

So I’m coming through TSA today at ATL. The guy in front of me is emptying his pockets into the bin. As he does so I notice one AirPod slip out and fall to the floor under the table. So I tap him on the shoulder as he turns away to let him know. He flinches and snaps “DON’T F**KING TOUCH ME!”

Aight. Bet. No problem bud.

Coming up the stairs after security I see him rummaging in his pockets like he’s lost something. So I give him a big smile, (without touching him of course) and say: “Hey man I think you dropped an air pod back before the checkpoint. Have a great flight!”

Prepare for mass firings.

I’m visiting my girlfriend in New York for Halloween and the plan is to just fly there and go straight out to a party so I’m not bringing any bags or carry ons. Wondering if I’d be able to get through tsa with this on? Or if I’ll have to scrap the “no bags” plan. Thank you!

Please just know that. You’ve had YEARS to do this and waited until it might just inconvenience other people besides yourselves.

Dude in front of me had his Bag was pulled for secondary screening (TSA Pre-Check) in PHX.

He had 4 containers of THC gunmies in original packaging. Agent acknowledged, walked over to talk to another guy; came back and told him "you are good to go sir, have a nice flight"

Dude was sweating balls but good for him.

Ok so, this a home made miniature fog machine and led light controller that a friend and I made for a cosplay, it will not have any fog juice in it when I take it through, and the batteries are detachable. For what I think are obvious reasons I'm worried about taking this through tsa, and having it taken away. I am taking a check bag but idk if it would better to take it in carry on or my check?

Shout out to the TSA Agents dealing with this man with straight faces. This was my final straw for getting Pre-Check.

A few months back as I was going through screening at SEA, the line next to me came to a complete halt. I went from 2 people before the conveyer to through the conveyer and putting my shoes on before the line started moving over there.

As I’m putting on my shoes, I notice a passenger at the end of the line who has a briefcase open and is red in the face. He has several cylindrical paper containers open and the area smells like … chili?

You all. He attempted to pass through TSA with at least a gallon of Wendy’s chili. He claimed he was going to eat all of it on his flight. He was APPALLED that he could not bring a gallon of Wendy’s chili through the security checkpoint. There were at least 3 TSA agents dealing with him.

At that point, a TSA agent asked me and other gawkers to move along so I did. The last thing I heard was the man asking if they wanted him to eat it to prove that it was real. I often wonder what happened to that man and his chili.

TSA agents aren’t paid enough.

Well I accidentally brought in a hatchet through tsa the other day. I thought I lost this hatchet years ago and flew with my backpacking backpack and didn’t even know this was in a separate compartment. When the officer asked “where the hatchet was” I was genuinely confused until she pulled it out. Thankfully all I got was a warning notice and don’t have to pay a fine or anything and it’s funny to laugh at now but man did I feel stupid at the time (still do).

Was my first time going through Tokyo and holy cow was it a night and day difference.

They had calming music playing, agents were genuinely polite and smiled the whole time. Even when people screwed up and messed up the agents quietly and politely helped them correct the mistake.

That line flew through because they made the whole process extremely smooth and peaceful. Not a single person was yelling, talking down to anyone, nothing. After we got through my whole group was just in awe of how amazing of an experience it was. Also note that more than 60% of the people going through were Americans since there were 3 flights headed back to the states at that time, so it's not just Americans being the issue.

We get back to the states and holy fuck is it the complete opposite. Agents fucking screaming like they are drill seegents, rolling thier eyes at people, treating everyone like they are trash. The entire atmosphere they created was just hostile as fuck, which caused slowdowns and hangup because people were either being triggered and arguing with the agent, or making mistakes because they were being yelled instructions from 3 different people at the same time.

Send every agent to Japan to train, let them experience how things should be ran, cause the way they do it now is just embarrassing.

Heard at MIA concourse J yesterday as I walked past to go to the bathroom: “TAKE your tablets OUT of your BAGS! You need to REMOVE your tablets, people!!!”

Then a few minutes later as I was about to go through security at concourse H: “(Exasperated sigh) You only need to remove LARGE electronics from your bags! Tablets can stay in! Please don’t waste time taking tablets and phones out!”

I get that it’s frustrating to stand there for hours telling people the same thing, and to deal with clueless passengers who slow things down. I try to be considerate and follow the rules, but agents need to acknowledge that things vary from airport to airport, and sometimes even within the same airport. It would be nice if they adhered to a standard set of rules, or at least didn’t get frustrated with us for not knowing THEIR particular rules.

Recently I heard TSA agents telling people in precheck to take liquids out, which I haven’t had to do in years.

Don’t even get me started on how the TSA agents at Logan “randomly” ask every 4th passenger in the pre-check line to remove their shoes. I never wear sandals when flying out of there because it happens so often.

I have always appreciated the work y’all have done. I fly SNA to PHX and back every Monday, but yesterday made me realize that I under appreciated what you do after watching ICE agents do a piss poor job at reminding people what not to put in the bins. Us travel vets know the drill, but most people don’t, and the line a bags pulled from the Xray for a manual check was insane. The bags were literally piling up because the ICE agent was just grabbing bins and not doing or saying anything. I’m assuming that y’all were annoyed by them, but every one of you was still classy, kind, and professional.

You gents and ladies are awesome, I’m sorry you have to deal with this ridiculousness, and I really appreciate you.

At JFK today, got off an international flight and running late, so dashed to the TSA Precheck line ... it was empty, i was running towards the checkpoint with carry-on in tow .. this tsa dude at the line entrace asked for the boarding pass to check pre-check status, I showed it to him .. all good

All of a sudden, he was like ... close your carry-on expanders.... I have never been asked that before ... and I travel over 100k miles a year ... so I asked in a perplexed tone .. why, he said "because I said so".

Traveled enough to know there is no point in saying a single word after that, so started to close the expander, but he got me out of line into the main area and essentially made me go out of the pre-check lane, and come back again

I just think he really wanted to simply delay me for no reason. He saw me running, so knew I was late ... and I saw the flight gate close right in front of me and "boarding" changed to "Flight closed" on the screen.

The power trip of an asshole TSA agent delayed my by 4-5 minutes that is now costing me 4 hours wait at JFK .

Today in Houston I was traveling to a different state. I opted out and the man immediately said I was not the person on my ID, and called a coworker. The coworker said that was not me and called a supervisor. The supervisor looked at my ID and said it wasn’t me. That lady called yet another supervisor who looked at me from about 20 feet away and said that wasn’t me. I was then told my openly options were to leave or do the facial scan. As soon as I did the facial scan it said it was me and I was allowed to proceed. Only one tsa agent complied with my request for a card stating who was involved with this encounter. Please keep in mind this is the same ID I use for purchasing items such as tobacco and alcohol all the time. And also the same ID that I have used to travel and successfully opted out of the facial scan multiple times this past year. It felt like this was something they were instructed to do to force us to comply. And thoughts or suggestions are highly appreciated. I mainly posted this to bring awareness to the police state we are becoming

I just wanted to share because there's probably a lot of annoyance and such on this sub, so here's some levity.

One time, I set off the machine somehow (no idea how). I'm a woman, and it was a woman doing the pat-down.

She gets to the part where she slides her hands into the waistband of my trousers. Then she says, "You have some of the prettiest eyes I've ever seen!" (long pause) "This probably isn't a very good time to tell you that."

We had a good laugh and I thanked her for the compliment. Truthfully, it made my day. It's hilarious because it's so routine for her to have to do these pat-downs that I know it didn't occur to her at first that it was a little weird. And if I ever feel down on myself, I can remember the TSA lady that said I had pretty eyes and feel a little better!

FWIW: I heard from a political media source that the TSA funding sticking point has to do with making ICE agents take off their masks.

What. A. Shitshow. Wildly inconsistent security instructions. Empty (never used) pewter flask nearly confiscated for "containing liquid".

Laptop told at one end to stay inside suitcase, then dressed down on other end for not removing laptop. Chemical swabs on everything. The coup de grace was the Securitas guy removing my toiletries from a clear plastic bag, putting them in a (slightly more clear) plastic bag, then putting this plastic bag back inside the original.

And this was the situation for everyone. It's not like I specially pissed off the airport security gods.

I went through TSA security check and the agent checked my bag contents. She pulled out my 3.4fl ounce prescription toothpaste, and said - "you can't take this, it's too big." I explained is 3.4 and it is my prescription. She said, "You can go check it, but you can't carry it on." I didn't want to argue, so I said I'd rather just toss it in the trash then go back to the checked bag area. I travel carryon only, so checking is just something I don't do anyway.

adding after reading comments because I didn't share that when I said, "I thought prescription were allowed always." She said that they are only allowed if being used during the flight - again, I think that's a lie.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't the agent wrong? In the future if some other agent is wrong, should I just do what they say again or should I ask for a manager or something?

I get checked almost every time I fly (I assume my hijab is why). Usually it's just wiping the content of my bags with a swab and testing it. Once I had an agent claim they needed to feel my hair. Once I had to walk next to a drug sniffing dog in front of everyone, but I feel like they were cops or something, not tsa. I had one agent throw away the pottery souvenirs I bought on vacation once, claiming it isn't allowed. It's just irritating. I arrive 3-5 hours early for every flight cause I know I'll always have some kind of issue.

photo of my extra fluoride prescription toothpaste for 3.4 proof

proof further that this is prescription and not just "prescription strength"

"...the Trump administration plans to roll out a video at airports across the United States that will blame Democrats for lapses in Transportation Security Administration workers’ pay because of the government shutdown.

People waiting in airport security lines will now be met with a new video of the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem addressing the shutdown."