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Makes Me Feel So Safe

Posted on | December 29, 2003 | Comments Off on Makes Me Feel So Safe

So, this guy has a knife – and it isn’t hidden. The flight attendant is able to notice it and get the plane turned around.
But the TSA screeners missed it.
However, they did manage to catch the eyelash curler in my carry-on the other day – leading to a bag search. Keeping the skies safe from dangerous beauty products!
UPDATE: The knife was a utility cutter, the type used for clipping coupons. The man brought it to cut articles out of magazines (apparently) and the flight attendant noticed it when he started to work. Now, I realize that they believe the 9-11 hijackers used box cutters – but I think we still need to maintain some level of sanity. This seems like an “I’m sorry, sir, I’m going to have to take that from you and you will have to pay a fine” type offense, not a “turn this plane around, the cops are here to arrest you, you may have to serve 10 years in prison” offense. But that’s just my opinion.
UPDATE: The TSA in action elsewhere brought to my attention by The Smallest Minority



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