View Full Version : Thank You, TSA Agent in OKC
Bailey Guns
02-20-2020, 07:18
For confirming that you work for a worthless agency dedicated to making air travel the maximum PITA possible. In an entire federal agency full of assholes you obviously strive to be a bigger asshole than your fellow employees...and you've succeeded.
I hope someday when you're in a new airport and a little confused by the number of signs and conflicting instructions facing you a TSA employee behaves toward you the way you behave towards those you "serve". Dickhead.
Well now we are all curious.
BPTactical
02-20-2020, 08:48
Cool Story Bro
KevDen2005
02-20-2020, 09:03
Someone just made a watch list
BushMasterBoy
02-20-2020, 09:44
They took away my can of Red Bull I use with my medication two weeks ago. Now I have a sinus infection. The women in London were so beautiful and friendly, WTF was I thinking moving to Colorado? I am an idiot.
With some people, any bit of authority goes straight to their heads. Hope the rest of your journey is less eventful.
beast556
02-20-2020, 10:04
Exactly why I don't fly.
Years ago I was in Germany, the part formerly controlled by the Soviets. I was travelling with another engineer who spoke German, because in that area the primary languages are Russian and German with English being a distant third.
Travelling on a train to another town, I fell asleep only to be woken by a attendant in uniform loudly demanding, "Der TICKET! Der TICKET!". Only in German, which I didn't understand.
Give those guys a uniform, and they think the world is theirs.
I had a good chuckle on my recent trip to AK with my rifle when comparing the firearm mandatory check system at DIA compared to Anchorage. DIA, you do NOT set foot in the room where they do the check and in Anchorage the guy invited us into the room and had us unlock the case and stand right next to him the whole time.
It's like two different countries with different rules.
crashdown
02-20-2020, 11:09
I had a good chuckle on my recent trip to AK with my rifle when comparing the firearm mandatory check system at DIA compared to Anchorage. DIA, you do NOT set foot in the room where they do the check and in Anchorage the guy invited us into the room and had us unlock the case and stand right next to him the whole time.
It's like two different countries with different rules.
......it is.
Bailey Guns
02-20-2020, 12:00
Im posting on my phone and can barely see it. Details to follow when I get to Lewiston.
I hope you gave a bad Yelp review as well.
I had a good chuckle on my recent trip to AK with my rifle when comparing the firearm mandatory check system at DIA compared to Anchorage. DIA, you do NOT set foot in the room where they do the check and in Anchorage the guy invited us into the room and had us unlock the case and stand right next to him the whole time.
It's like two different countries with different rules.
Must be TSA goon discretion. When I last checked one at DIA, I stood right next to them.
I have flown a _lot_ in the TSA era, with pre-check when it became available. The second most frustrating thing with TSA is the inconsistency. The simplest of activities are different from airport to airport, and of course the bad apples really stand out when their pet procedure is “disrespected” by the bewildered passengers.
Years ago I was in Germany, the part formerly controlled by the Soviets. I was travelling with another engineer who spoke German, because in that area the primary languages are Russian and German with English being a distant third.
Travelling on a train to another town, I fell asleep only to be woken by a attendant in uniform loudly demanding, "Der TICKET! Der TICKET!". Only in German, which I didn't understand.
Give those guys a uniform, and they think the world is theirs.
Ok. I gotta ask.... you couldn’t infer what they wanted when the phrase in German was “Der ticket”? It has ticket right there, and being asked to see your ticket on a train is an expected scenario. It seems ticket is the same in both languages and should have been easy to figure out.
Most over zealous TSA agents lose their backbone when you ask them to call their manager to iron out the situation properly.
Well, someone seems upset that they didn?t get the special TSA groping.
I always get groped when I travel.
colorider
02-20-2020, 13:25
They say no water bottles and liquids have to be a specific ounce limit to get through. Why would you think a can of Red Bull is acceptable ? Just curious. I?m not a fan of the TSA.
Silver linings. Every time you start to get frustrated with a cab full of four Corgis on the drive back, just imagine that you had to drive back with that TSA agent and breathe a sigh of relief that it's just four hyper dogs instead.
SideShow Bob
02-20-2020, 13:48
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TSA is security theater to make the masses "feel" safe. They routinely miss over 90% of "test" weapons and bombs that their own auditing division attempts to get through checkpoints. A quick search will reveal numerous instances of passengers discovering guns and other contraband in their carry on luggage AFTER arriving at their destination.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/tsa-fails-tests-latest-undercover-operation-us-airports/story?id=51022188
https://reason.com/2018/11/19/go-ahead-and-pack-your-weed-this-thanksg/
Note: 2 years after the original article, a more recent test found a failure rate of just 84%... [facepalm]
Yeah, they'll probably keep you from carrying on a Barrett, or broadsword; a Glock 19, not so much.
https://pics.me.me/vition-its-not-ga-if-its-tsa-33693518.png
BushMasterBoy
02-20-2020, 14:46
They say no water bottles and liquids have to be a specific ounce limit to get through. Why would you think a can of Red Bull is acceptable ? Just curious. I?m not a fan of the TSA.
I thought if we are at war with space aliens, I could at least have a can of Red Bull to wash down the medications the .gov issues. It helps the body absorb the pill quicker. The idiots basically wanted to strip search me for a small can of Red Bull. I let them have the can. I already had missed one flight. Next time I will call ahead for the plane to be properly stocked. IMHO we are effed. Feel free to flame away...
Must be TSA goon discretion. When I last checked one at DIA, I stood right next to them. Curious when the last time you checked a firearm in at DIA? There were approx. 7, maybe 8 people waiting for the firearms to be checked and no one was allowed into "the room"..we were allowed to watch from outside the door, but not allowed to set foot in.
Curious when the last time you checked a firearm in at DIA? There were approx. 7, maybe 8 people waiting for the firearms to be checked and no one was allowed into "the room"..we were allowed to watch from outside the door, but not allowed to set foot in.
About a year ago. 1 other person was in the room checking their firearm and there were 3 or 4 TSA people in there. I unlocked the case, they inspected and xrayed it, and I locked it as it came out of the machine.
hurley842002
02-20-2020, 15:35
Curious when the last time you checked a firearm in at DIA? There were approx. 7, maybe 8 people waiting for the firearms to be checked and no one was allowed into "the room"..we were allowed to watch from outside the door, but not allowed to set foot in.
This has been my experience as well, I'm not sure what all they search, but my pistol box has always been secured inside my luggage with non TSA locks, so who knows. Long guns could be a different procedure altogether, I've never checked one. Kind of crazy, the smaller airports (Tucson being the most recent experience) don't even send my luggage with TSA, it just goes with everyone else's luggage after filling out the declaration card.
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Ok. I gotta ask.... you couldn?t infer what they wanted when the phrase in German was ?Der ticket?? It has ticket right there, and being asked to see your ticket on a train is an expected scenario. It seems ticket is the same in both languages and should have been easy to figure out.
It wasn't "Der Ticket", I would have understood that.
Yeah, was probably something like "fahrkarte", or "billet", maybe?
Bailey Guns
02-20-2020, 16:57
So here's the rest of the story...probably paraphrased but close.
Going thru screening. Shoes off, stuff in the bucket on the conveyor to go thru xray. Foot traffic is funneled by the xray conveyor to my left and a rope barricade thing on the right (not really a rope...those expand-a-barricade strap looking things that go from pole to pole) towards the walk-thru metal detector. I approached the metal detector and Mr 400 pound TSA dickweed holds up his hand and tells me to "step to the right". OK...I take about a half step to the right and I'm up against the strap barricade thing. He says again, "Step to the right". I asked him if he wanted me to crawl under the barricade? He said, "No. What, exactly, is your problem. I want you to pay attention and follow my instructions." I said, "Well I want you to not be such an asshole. I don't exactly understand what you want me to do."
So he walks thru the metal detector and gets right up into my face...or as close as his large, protruding belly would allow, anyway, and says, "Did you call me an asshole?" I said I did and I apologized. I meant to say "fucking asshole".
Yes. Very inappropriate and confrontational. I was wrong. However, I didn't say it loud enough that anyone else could hear, I didn't cause a scene and I tried to do everything he told me. No one, at this point, is paying us any mind. It's just conversational tones and levels...no yelling or anything.
"All I wanted you to do is turn around, go back the way you came, walk around the divider to the right and go to the body scan machine but you seem to think you're special." I said that is NOT what you told me to do. If you had told me to do that I would have done that.
I turned around and started to go around and he said, "No, no, no. You're not going anywhere now. Just stand right where you are." So I did. A few moments later two of OKC PD's finest come around the corner. They escorted me into an office. I couldn't hear what the TSA guy was saying but one of the cops was repeating everything as if to clarify. Bottom line, no one was disrupted, no one was placed in fear or was alarmed and none of the other TSA agents heard the conversation. That was the gist of what the officer got from the TSA guy. So he got my ID, cleared me, and asked me for my version and I told him exactly what happened, including my inappropriate remarks. I told him I was expressing my opinion of the agent and felt I was within my rights to do so as long as it went no further. He scolded me slightly then told me to be on my way. The second cop looked like he was bored to tears...never said a word. He obviously wanted to be somewhere else.
I went back, made it thru screening without further incident and went to my gate. Two more OKC PD officers just happened to be standing at the gate when I got there.
If you happen to go thru the OKC airport, look for my favorite TSA agent and tell him I said "Hi".
I think you did the right thing.
Bailey Guns
02-20-2020, 17:24
Yeah, probably not. I suppose it could've easily turned out badly...for me.
https://media1.giphy.com/media/ToMjGpjpXMFPshSYGLm/source.gif
When people hide behind their badge they don’t stand for what it means.
I have flown a _lot_ in the TSA era, with pre-check when it became available. The second most frustrating thing with TSA is the inconsistency. The simplest of activities are different from airport to airport, and of course the bad apples really stand out when their pet procedure is “disrespected” by the bewildered passengers.
This in spades.
Pisses me off and I frequently call the assholes on it.
battlemidget
02-20-2020, 18:08
That's not the half of it. Their executive level guys are worse, total P envy with DHS and FBI, who treats TSA like support.
I thought if we are at war with space aliens, I could at least have a can of Red Bull to wash down the medications the .gov issues. It helps the body absorb the pill quicker. The idiots basically wanted to strip search me for a small can of Red Bull. I let them have the can. I already had missed one flight. Next time I will call ahead for the plane to be properly stocked. IMHO we are effed. Feel free to flame away...
I've blown through KC security a few times with a small can of Starbucks double shot...
As has been said, it's so much BS theater it's ridiculous.
spqrzilla
02-20-2020, 18:20
TSA perennially attempts to criminalize their own incompetence.
If you happen to go thru the OKC airport, look for my favorite TSA agent and tell him I said "Hi".
Only remaining avenue: Request the patdown and make really sexual moans during the process. Then finish with "Thanks big fella, nobody's touched me like that since the HIV diagnosis three years ago"
BG says, "Hi, you fucking asshole." [Coffee]
COS is a TSA training airport.
The good is that they are usually consistent.
The bad is you will have to deal with some who are obviously not going to graduate training.
battlemidget
02-20-2020, 20:20
I think we're really lucky to have KCOS. It's a blue light, good parking, and minutes from town.
Exactly why I don't fly.
+1
Quiet & comfortable cars plus free unlimited Supercharging for life has made this a more affordable endeavor and the road trips my wife and I take have become our new favorite hobby.
hurley842002
02-21-2020, 09:15
Exactly why I don't fly.
I've tried to live by this, unfortunately work has me flying more and more lately. Still no flying for family trips.
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COS is in the top 10% for TSA I’d say, although the early morning crews are the only ones I see.
+1
Quiet & comfortable cars plus free unlimited Supercharging for life has made this a more affordable endeavor and the road trips my wife and I take have become our new favorite hobby.
What vehicle are you driving?
What vehicle are you driving?
Seriously? You asked him that question?
What vehicle are you driving?
It's a 100% electric vehicle made in the good old US of A. Maybe you've heard of them, Tesla.
Seriously? You asked him that question?
[LOL]
In all seriousness, I thought by now it was pretty much common knowledge that Jer is the proud owner of a Tesla.
buffalobo
02-21-2020, 12:36
+1
Quiet & comfortable cars plus free unlimited Supercharging for life has made this a more affordable endeavor and the road trips my wife and I take have become our new favorite hobby.
Seriously? You asked him that question?
It's a 100% electric vehicle made in the good old US of A. Maybe you've heard of them, Tesla.
[LOL]
In all seriousness, I thought by now it was pretty much common knowledge that Jer is the proud owner of a Tesla.Jer, do you get a free TSA agent to go with free charging?
It's a 100% electric vehicle made in the good old US of A. Maybe you've heard of them, Tesla.
https://youtu.be/PLxPAwIeL0w
In all seriousness, I thought by now it was pretty much common knowledge that Jer is the proud owner of a Tesla.
Yeah, I kinda thought so too. Guess not.
Jer, do you get a free TSA agent to go with free charging?
Thankfully, no. I was forced to fly a few weeks ago though and, as usual, went for the opt-out of the radiation generation machine. It's like a free mini-massage from someone who doesn't want to give it as almost as much as you don't want to receive it. Win win!
BREATHER
02-21-2020, 12:42
That TSA bullshit is just that , bullshit. It is another way the government wants to control law abiding citizens. Have you ever gone to the Stock Show and watch a herd of sheep go round and round in circles, just because. Going through checkpoints at DIA always makes me think about that. One day there will be another upheaval of government thought and because everyone is used to the TSA BS no one will give it a second thought and away we go.
https://youtu.be/PLxPAwIeL0w
"Elon is what would happen if you took the sex appeal Stephen Hawking and combined it with the innovative genius of a non-asshole Steve Jobs along with the social skills of Rain Man." [LOL]
Haha... that's awesome! He's mostly talking about those pretensions Model X owners... we're sensible Model S owners. [LOL]
In all seriousness though, I really don't concern myself with the environmental impact. I've often told people that if it ran on the tears of clubbed baby seals I'd still drive them because of how good they are. We don't have kids so... what me worry? We own them because they're the best car (fastest, quietest, smartest & smoothest) I've ever driven and it's not even close. It cracks me up how many people are all too quick to rush to judgement of me and my political beliefs simply because I drive a Tesla. I usually get more than a few looks when I climb out of my Model S wearing a Glock t-shirt.
That TSA bullshit is just that , bullshit. It is another way the government wants to control law abiding citizens. Have you ever gone to the Stock Show and watch a herd of sheep go round and round in circles, just because. Going through checkpoints at DIA always makes me think about that. One day there will be another upheaval of government thought and because everyone is used to the TSA BS no one will give it a second thought and away we go.
Don't even get me started on paying an annual fee to speed up or bypass the process. I'm sure that won't be abused by someone who wishes to do something illegal.
It suddenly occurred to me that fart spray is probably under the oz limit for carry on. There's some fun for TSA.
But don't you dare bring a sealed 8oz can of red bull.
Thanks for your service BRO! [hahhah-no]
Another thread goes down the Tesla hole...
Another thread goes down the Tesla hole...
Oh no, somebody said the "T" word so I guess to some that means the world is ending.
That reminds me, let me share the love that Jesus Christ has for everyone...
:-p
buffalobo
02-21-2020, 17:39
I thought we were talking about TSA agents. When did Tesla come up?[gohome]
A lot of people don't know this, but Telsa is just the French TSA.
TeSlA. They just take the "e" and "l" out to make it more efficient and save the planet 2 letters at a time.
Just like the left ruins everything, T ruins every thread it's a part of.
BushMasterBoy
02-21-2020, 22:19
Tesla did prove Thomas Edison wrong. Besides he lived in the Springs...
We [are] talkin' Nikola Tesla the physicist. :)
I believe Tesla is smarter than G.relativity theoretical physicist names Albert einstein in terms of experimental and application perspective.
However, einstein was probabily smarter in terms of math/calculation/theories. Throritical physicist looks most of physics in terms of equations.
Oh. Btw, einstein was under famous physicist named Max Planck in Berlin.
Great-Kazoo
02-22-2020, 02:49
Curious when the last time you checked a firearm in at DIA? There were approx. 7, maybe 8 people waiting for the firearms to be checked and no one was allowed into "the room"..we were allowed to watch from outside the door, but not allowed to set foot in.
for us it was a little over 2 years ago. One of the easiest was of all places CA. Checked in 3 long guns (2 M-14's and a LTR) @ dia. The lady at the luggage check in, when opening them to verify they had to be tsa checked said. Oh nice, i have a SA too. She said the only bad news i have is.... We can't guarantee the case of beer might not have a few broken bottles when you land.
Then upon landing @ fresno i asked, where do i go for the items i checked in. Oh everything will be sitting in the luggage area, once they off load it.
Great-Kazoo
02-22-2020, 02:53
Thanks to the Tesla thread[s] We no longer have to hear about.........................cross fit
Owning a tesla has risen them to elitist status, that now have others exercise for them.
Bailey Guns
02-22-2020, 07:26
OK...after watching the video and going down the Tesla rabbit hole...
Is it pronounced "TESS-la" or "TEZZ-la" like the hilarious dude in the video was saying it?
However you say it, the asshole TSA guy probably drives one.
Thanks to the Tesla thread[s] We no longer have to hear about.........................cross fit
Owning a tesla has risen them to elitist status, that now have others exercise for them.
Also owing an mri machine with high Tesla has risen some physicians to elite status. :)
OK...after watching the video and going down the Tesla rabbit hole...
Is it pronounced "TESS-la" or "TEZZ-la" like the hilarious dude in the video was saying it?
However you say it, the asshole TSA guy probably drives one.
Tess-la.
JP was exaggerating in his pronunciation.
Given how little TSA people make at the lower levels, I doubt your favorite crotch grabber drives one. Heck, he probably can’t even afford IKEA furniture.
Bailey Guns
02-22-2020, 09:00
He actually looked the type that might drive a old, slightly beater type van with "Free Candy" painted on the outside.
He’s just tryna protect us all from terries.
https://youtu.be/eiWIOKKuyGE
BushMasterBoy
02-22-2020, 11:34
The S-hooters forum?
OK...after watching the video and going down the Tesla rabbit hole...
Is it pronounced "TESS-la" or "TEZZ-la" like the hilarious dude in the video was saying it?
However you say it, the asshole TSA guy probably drives one.
Either is perfectly acceptable. Early on I pronounced it Tezz-la because the head honcho Elon did. Turns out it's just because of his accent he pronounces lots of words "wrong". Since I'm 'murican I pronounce things properly: Tess-la. If anyone says you're wrong however you choose to pronounce it though they're a pretentious a-hole.
lpgasman
02-23-2020, 09:55
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They seem to pick the least likely candidates to avoid "profiling". This results in 'reverse profiling'. My elderly parents would get selected for personal attention every time.
Touching Sensitive Areas - their mission is in their name.
Drive; because the odds of dealing with a taxpayer funded asshole wearing a badge is far higher when you fly.
While intended to be humorous, this solution would cost far less money and be far more effective than what we are paying for today:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMH8uiqqtRg
Be safe.
BushMasterBoy
02-23-2020, 20:05
What was strange, was I saw absolutely no passengers wearing a military uniform. It seemed pretty common in the 1970's and usually earned a discount. The entire system is broken. Next time I will just book a ticket on the Titanic.
What was strange, was I saw absolutely no passengers wearing a military uniform. It seemed pretty common in the 1970's and usually earned a discount. The entire system is broken. Next time I will just book a ticket on the Titanic.
Ok boomer. J/k ... Tickets are rarely bought at airport. So wearing a uniform is not needed for the discounted tickets.
I see uniformed travelers all the time. They do get early/priority boarding on United.
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