Sitting in Denver airport on the way to Grand Junction. BORED.

[Roving Beetle]

Plane is delayed 2 hours and after my morning of being groped by TSA in Boston I'm exhausted. Shocking how many complete idiots I've seen today.

Made me wonder who has a great travel/airport idiot or odd people story? I will have a few by the time we get to Grand Junction.

 

[rcshauger]

I had a friend who left her laptop by the check in kiosk. We were all standing around watching the security and TSA carefully approach the bag wondering what idiot left their computer there...

It was an idiot I knew. She hates flying and needed to be coaxed on the plane and talked through the entire flight...

 

[Stamos]

Spent many a delayed hour in the Denver airport....my condolences.

 

[jhmover]

Go to the mens room and stomp your foot then see what Senator shows up.

 

[jrose609]

Go to the mens room and stomp your foot then see what Senator shows up.

Uh, that was Minneapolis, and that was my former senator.

I had a layover in MN a couple months ago and struck up a conversation with an airport cop. Told him I was a cop from Idaho. He showed me the famous stall...........

 

[Levi]

Not much of a story but coming back from Philly to Denver after Thanksgiving I saw batman picking his nose and wiping boogers on his cape at the gate I was waiting at.

No idea why someone would have their kid dressed as batman to travel.

 

[ArmyRover]

When I was flying back to OIF from R&R the TSA genius flipped out because there was explosives residue on my combat boots.

 

[knewsom]

When I was flying back to OIF from R&R the TSA genius flipped out because there was explosives residue on my combat boots.

:rofl: dude, that's hilarious! What a douchenugget.

 

[jhmover]

When I was flying back to OIF from R&R the TSA genius flipped out because there was explosives residue on my combat boots.

I had that happen at San Jose one time. I had stored my computer bag in my gun safe and that was all it took to have have the TSA and SJPD there for a few tense minutes going through everything. Fortunately for me no one got anal.

 

[knewsom]

I had that happen at San Jose one time. I had stored my computer bag in my gun safe and that was all it took to have have the TSA and SJPD there for a few tense minutes going through everything. Fortunately for me no one got anal.

And by no-one, you mean you?

 

[jhmover]

No I have no desire to be in jail and cooler heads prevail. I meant them. The cops were cool, which I'd expect. I was more worried about some TSA retard going off about it.

 

[knewsom]

No I have no desire to be in jail and cooler heads prevail. I meant them. The cops were cool, which I'd expect. I was more worried about some TSA retard going off about it.

Haha, no, I meant literally, as in cavity search!

 

[jhmover]

Haha, no, I meant literally, as in cavity search!

LOL No I've never had that displeasure. (Knock on wood).

 

[disco_fever]

Waiting for a flight from Reagan to Miami there were a large number of circus clowns mulling about, we were all thinking WTF....



Turned out to be Patch Adams and crew on their way to somewhere in Central America. Got to meet him and fly with half a plane full of clowns, sure beat half a plane full of the normal loonies. Interesting to say the least.

 

[Durt D1ver]

I've gotten the explosives residue alarm before. I have to make sure not to travel with a bag I've brought to the range.

At Philly airport, I was sitting at the gate, 20 minutes before boarding, when I called back to security. TSA morons found the lock on my bag, and when they opened it, although it had already been screened and tagged, they found a handgun, and freaked out.

I had to go back, and was met by TSA and Philadelphia PD. When I asked them why they ignored the cleared tag/sticker, and the forearms declaration form, they're reply was: "but your bag has a lock on it." I then asked them, "What is the exception where a lock is allowed?" Reply: "When there is a declared firearm in the bag."

TSA in Newark stopped me when my backpack went through the xray scanner. They pulled me aside, and told me I had to wait for Port Authority PD to come. They repeatedly ask me if there is a weapon in my bag, and wont allow me near it to open it for them, and that they are not allowed to open it. I have to wait 15 minutes for the PAPD team to arrive, and open the bag, to realize that they thought my cell phone was a stun gun. The PAPD Sgt. started actually yelling at the tsa screeners for being a bunch of idiots.

 

[thequickervicar]

I had a layover in MN a couple months ago and struck up a conversation with an airport cop. Told him I was a cop from Idaho. He showed me the famous stall...........

So...did anything happen?


I left my passport at the security gate en route to Tel Aviv. That was stupid of me. Thankfully I remembered it about 5 minutes later.

On the way back I was strip-searched in Ben Gurion Int'l. They should rename it Ben Dover.

Security Guard/Boy: "Now sir, if you will wait with me for my manager to show up you can disrobe."

Me: unbuckles belt

Security Guard/Boy: "SIR!!! YOU MUST WAIT FOR MY MANAGER!"

Me: "Uhhh......sorry. I thought you said..."

Security Guard/Boy: "WAIT for my manager"

Me: "Ummm....okay."

Once his manager arrived (this one was at least 18) the search commenced. I tried to make it less awkward by striking up a conversation about their national football team, who was also in the airport at the time (but weren't being searched, as far as I can tell). This made them a bit teste (sorry--testy) because the team was so bad that they were embarrassed to be called Israeli. I think they finished early just to avoid the conversation. That was fine by me.

I will say that while I was being questioned I could see the screens of the luggage scanning machines. The imaging was unreal! I could pick out the flavor of the cupcakes in a box in one of the suitcases.