SHE had a nipple ring?!? She's 37 and no Heidi Klum, for pete's sake. I guess the TSA agent had the same reaction and just knew that it couldn't be what she was saying it was. I too would have to see it to believe it.
I saw that article earlier this morning. I just can't believe the TSA can't employ some common sense. She made it through the metal and drug sniffing detector and only failed a random subsequent search. They refused to allow a visual inspection of the ring and made her remove it instead. How can a nipple ring pack enough explosives to take down a jet or be used as a weapon? I'm not in favor of a lot of lawsuits but I hope she wins a big one against the TSA on this one.
Well, Ed, good to see that you're a big believer in idiotic lawsuits clogging the court system. How about she should have read up on all the do's and don'ts of flying before doing so? I betcha she had all her liquids in 3 oz. bottles and in sandwich baggies. If she had continued reading that same page, she probably would have known that flashing was acceptable but then she probably would have still had a hissy fit because she would have had to show them her not-as-perky-as-they-once-were breasts or maybe she forgot to put on her prettiest bra that day so more humiliation ensues and still a lawsuit.
I'm not a big fan of solving things via monetary lawsuits (every time someone sues company X, I end up paying a bit more for their product, thank you), but I think the TSA people exercised extremely poor judgement. That is, assuming things went down as this woman claims.
I think the TSA is a stupid idea and every TSA person I've come in contact with needed to be reminded to breathe, but there's always a chance this woman is embellishing or even inventing a story to her benefit. There are some aspects of the story I find hard to believe, even with the TSA involved.
And as Murf noted, we've only been hammered with the airport do's and dont's for how many years now?
On the version I read, she offered to flash a female TSA agent to prove that it wasn't anything dangerous but was told she had to remove it.
I think we should take a page from Israel on this one. They have the world's best airport security and they don't screen for nipple rings.
I'm familiar with TSA's rules since I fly quite often but nipple rings were a new issue to me. After all, I've walked through countless detectors with a wedding band on and never been told that I have to remove it. How is it different than a nipple ring other than where it is attached?
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I saw that article earlier this morning. I just can't believe the TSA can't employ some common sense. She made it through the metal and drug sniffing detector and only failed a random subsequent search. They refused to allow a visual inspection of the ring and made her remove it instead. How can a nipple ring pack enough explosives to take down a jet or be used as a weapon? I'm not in favor of a lot of lawsuits but I hope she wins a big one against the TSA on this one.
Well, Ed, good to see that you're a big believer in idiotic lawsuits clogging the court system. How about she should have read up on all the do's and don'ts of flying before doing so? I betcha she had all her liquids in 3 oz. bottles and in sandwich baggies. If she had continued reading that same page, she probably would have known that flashing was acceptable but then she probably would have still had a hissy fit because she would have had to show them her not-as-perky-as-they-once-were breasts or maybe she forgot to put on her prettiest bra that day so more humiliation ensues and still a lawsuit.
oh yeah, just ask Macguyver if he can't blow up a plane with a nipple ring and I'll belive it LOL
I'm not a big fan of solving things via monetary lawsuits (every time someone sues company X, I end up paying a bit more for their product, thank you), but I think the TSA people exercised extremely poor judgement. That is, assuming things went down as this woman claims.
I think the TSA is a stupid idea and every TSA person I've come in contact with needed to be reminded to breathe, but there's always a chance this woman is embellishing or even inventing a story to her benefit. There are some aspects of the story I find hard to believe, even with the TSA involved.
And as Murf noted, we've only been hammered with the airport do's and dont's for how many years now?
Sage shakes his head...
I stand corrected for my dubiousness. The TSA isn't denying the story, ergo I'm forced to believe that it actually did happen.
I'm amazed that even the morons employed by the TSA could actually be that stupid, but mirable dictu, there it is.
On the version I read, she offered to flash a female TSA agent to prove that it wasn't anything dangerous but was told she had to remove it.
I think we should take a page from Israel on this one. They have the world's best airport security and they don't screen for nipple rings.
I'm familiar with TSA's rules since I fly quite often but nipple rings were a new issue to me. After all, I've walked through countless detectors with a wedding band on and never been told that I have to remove it. How is it different than a nipple ring other than where it is attached?
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