Holidays: Today, I missed my flight because I was stopped by airport security....

By Ya - 10/05/2009 14:18 - United States

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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By thebickster - 06/03/2009 17:58 - United States

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

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By tampondealer - 09/11/2009 18:42 - Canada

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

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By tal - 22/08/2012 09:57 - France

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

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By search_me - 16/07/2009 23:39 - United States

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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By GothicbunnyxC - 28/01/2012 23:31 - Canada

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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By sucksforme. - 10/05/2009 05:05 - Canada

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

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Never joke with TSA

By missy - 16/06/2011 02:42 - United States

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

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By kclopez - 19/08/2017 23:15

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

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By Anonymous - 25/05/2024 13:00 - United Kingdom - Normanton

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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By muffintop - 11/07/2011 02:34 - Canada

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

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dino_witha_cape 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 20:01

yeah, if you bite into those things they could squirt someone's eye out

Jcsati8 0

Sunday 10 May 2009 20:05

If you pack baby carrots, will they think you are carrying ammo? Damn airport security!

Comments

kellster 2

Monday 11 May 2009 0:39

Well, if you missed all of the rules about liquids/gels/things with liquids or gels in them in the past two years, then I guess FYL. Otherwise, you totally deserved this one. As someone who flies frequently, I have to say that there's nothing more obnoxious than some douchebag who forgot the no liquids rule and packed something in their carry-on that's obviously against the rules and holds everyone behind them up. You also can't bring fruit from one country to another, unless it's already inside you when you go through security. Now you know.

Mr_Positive 3

Monday 11 May 2009 0:43

you can't bring food on the plane anyways nor fruit

smashitup 0

Monday 11 May 2009 0:52

YDI for not knowing you can't bring food on planes

aback 4

Monday 11 May 2009 0:54

Don't show up at the very last minute for your flight next time. You know they're going to be power-hungry assholes.

cal27 0

Monday 11 May 2009 0:57

YDI for thinking you can get away with having such dangerous things on a plane. Are you insane? What if those grapes were dropped? You potentially endangered the lives of yourself and everybody on that plane. You think that you should be allowed to have grapes on a plane, but what if a terrorist brought grapes on board? It's people like you that allow the terrorists to win.

bkmjet 0

Monday 11 May 2009 1:04

You definitely deserve it if that caused you to miss your plane.

AUT_student 0

Monday 11 May 2009 1:09

As per the other responses: the only time you have trouble with food on a plane is taking it from the plane into another country. You can't take produce into another country without declaring it, but nothing stops you taking it onto the plane. Domestic flights have no "other" country involved, so not an issue. As to the OP, how long did they take to check your bag for grapes....seriously, that can't have been more than 5 minutes to open the bag and find the grapes. If that cost your flight, then you were just way too late anyway. I got stopped once for hair-product; all the scan showed was a "round, organic substance". That took all of 2 minutes, because they asked me to open my bag and show them a particular section of it. Once I opened the container, and they checked, all was good.