This should be on an "idiot TSA" forum, but only you guys would understand about what an SC1 is.
I was at the Detroit airport going through security.
Going through the X-ray, the operator gets all excited about my suitcase, running it back & forth, and calling assitance over. My suitcase had only clothes, some papers, and a Surefire G2 + SC1 carrier, so I know it's the flashlight or the spares carrier.
So they take my bag, and tell me they need to look in it. I try to assist him by telling him where to look, as I know it can't be anything else. I till him it's inside the main compartment, trying to help him out.
He insists on ignoring me, and opening every external zipper first trying to find it. It's almost as if he is trying to delay me as much as possible, not caring if I tell him where to look. Of course, I am not allowed to show him what he's looking for.
Now a supervisor shows up, and so does my blood pressure. They finally find it (where I told them it would be) and they pull out the SC1 and tell me it looks like a cylinder of a revolver. Then, I get the 3rd degree about why I need 6 "hearing aid" batteries. I explain it's for the flashlight immediately next to it, and they shake their head like they don't understand.
He proceeds to take my SC1 to X-Ray operator and they unscrew it, and examine the contents like they were CSI agents or something. Then he takes it back to the supervisor and tells him they are "hearing aid" batteries again. He fondles it for a minute and looks at the batteries.
Magically, a police offer sees the commotion and strolls over, and how he's touching it. They come back once more to confirm to confirm with me that it's not part of a "revolver" and I said no. So they look at me like I am "getting away with something" when they hand it back and tell me I can leave.
Luckily, I wasn't in a hurry or late for my plane, or I would have been more pissed off. They should have immediately realized it's not a gun part, and just let me go instead of showing it to everone and asking me a lot of stupid questions.
And I don't know how in the world, they can assume a CR123 is a hearing aid battery. I think it's because hearing aid batteries are sold in round dispensers like the SC1.
Bill
I was at the Detroit airport going through security.
Going through the X-ray, the operator gets all excited about my suitcase, running it back & forth, and calling assitance over. My suitcase had only clothes, some papers, and a Surefire G2 + SC1 carrier, so I know it's the flashlight or the spares carrier.
So they take my bag, and tell me they need to look in it. I try to assist him by telling him where to look, as I know it can't be anything else. I till him it's inside the main compartment, trying to help him out.
He insists on ignoring me, and opening every external zipper first trying to find it. It's almost as if he is trying to delay me as much as possible, not caring if I tell him where to look. Of course, I am not allowed to show him what he's looking for.
Now a supervisor shows up, and so does my blood pressure. They finally find it (where I told them it would be) and they pull out the SC1 and tell me it looks like a cylinder of a revolver. Then, I get the 3rd degree about why I need 6 "hearing aid" batteries. I explain it's for the flashlight immediately next to it, and they shake their head like they don't understand.
He proceeds to take my SC1 to X-Ray operator and they unscrew it, and examine the contents like they were CSI agents or something. Then he takes it back to the supervisor and tells him they are "hearing aid" batteries again. He fondles it for a minute and looks at the batteries.
Magically, a police offer sees the commotion and strolls over, and how he's touching it. They come back once more to confirm to confirm with me that it's not part of a "revolver" and I said no. So they look at me like I am "getting away with something" when they hand it back and tell me I can leave.
Luckily, I wasn't in a hurry or late for my plane, or I would have been more pissed off. They should have immediately realized it's not a gun part, and just let me go instead of showing it to everone and asking me a lot of stupid questions.
And I don't know how in the world, they can assume a CR123 is a hearing aid battery. I think it's because hearing aid batteries are sold in round dispensers like the SC1.
Bill
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