Comments on: How Not to Get Your Pocket Knife Jacked by TSA

By: URL

URL — Mon, 02 Sep 2024 10:46:15 +0000

Then, as you’re walking through the metal detector, you hear the shrill beeping that signifies that something on your person is not allowed and you remember, suddenly, that you’ve completely forgotten about your pocket knife.

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By: Mmhm

Mmhm — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 07:48:39 +0000

In reply to Crane. But you get ‘em, one year later

By: Crane

Crane — Tue, 28 Apr 2020 04:21:28 +0000

In reply to yup. And you get 'em, two years after

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Chef Paul Kahan carries chef knives past TSA at O'Hare — Mon, 20 May 2019 02:36:44 +0000

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By: yup

yup — Wed, 13 Feb 2019 22:47:07 +0000

In reply to sure. you get em sure, six years later

By: S

Sun, 27 May 2018 17:28:29 +0000

I have a 440 stainless steel pocket knife with two blades. One rounded the other sharp if I put in a non carry on bag will it be checked?

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:29:02 +0000

In reply to Vivian. Forgot to add - this is in regards to Canada (domestic flight).

By: Vivian

Vivian — Fri, 27 Oct 2017 07:25:53 +0000

This happened to me last week when I flew home from my vacation. I had completely forgotten about my multi-purpose pocket tool in my carry-on bag, and was stopped at airport security. Fortunately, it was a cheap tool, so I just gave it away to the security guard and moved on without hassle. But if I had had a more expensive tool, I wouldn’t have wanted to lose it. In such a situation, could I have asked the security guard to mail it back to me (i.e. to my home address) from the airport?

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 21 Jul 2017 18:07:56 +0000

Japanese are good at following rules, standing in lines. They have men whose entire job is to ensure you stand in line “correctly” in Japan. Mostly needed where foreigners are …. I’m guessing for those guests from countries with billions of people where skipping line is an art form.
I’ve seen 90 yr old grandmas walk passed 500 people in China and wave their entire 15 person family to come forward, as an example.
In India, some people still abuse the caste system (even though it has been illegal for decades). They “act” like they should be allowed to the front of the line and start walking. Nobody … except this dumb American … said anything. I just moved my bad and took up the rest of the lane. The matriarch said something in a language I didn’t understand. I looked and smiled. A bunch of the Brits around me smiled too. There was a separate line for crew and diplomats. Everyone in the line was already 2 hrs late due to poor organization at immigration to let people leave the country.

Anyway, the point is that different countries have different laws and different expectations about what is important. “Fair Play” is something I hold higher than most people, but that isn’t normal in Asia from what I’ve seen in over a year of living there. In highly populated places, getting away with what you can is part of the culture. There’s no question as to right or wrong – it is just what can make my effort the least possible to get the most in return. Once saw a lady hit by a car on a busy street in China. Nobody stopped to help her that I saw. At least 20 people where right there. There was a big discussion in the newspapers about it. People worried that if they took her to hospital, they’d be forced to pay or their family would track the good Samaritan down and harm them.