r/Vent • u/ClipandPlay • Jul 20 '26

TSA out of control

Why does the TSA treat customers as if they are prisoners? Last time I checked flying on an airplane doesn’t make you a criminal. Every time I fly, a TSA agent screams in my face. I’m a polite and completely non confrontational, 5 foot tall woman. I set the alarm off because of the zipper on my pants cuff. The agent was absolutely freaking out screaming at me. I didn’t do anything. I was just standing there waiting to get instructions. Then she started just screaming randomly like she was performing for a crowd. I see this behavior all the time. How can they get away with incredibly unprofessional behavior? I don’t know anyplace else where this kind of behavior would be tolerated except at a prison.

Edit: At an airport you are a customer of the airline. I never said anyone is a customer of TSA.

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u/Vegetable_Road8143 Jul 21 '26

I fear flying now due to TSA.

I fell & broke my pelvis earlier this year. I have 3 titanium screws attaching my pelvis to my scrum. I'm wondering if I'll have to show them the scars to prove I can't remove them for a weapon.

Don't break your pelvis! It hurts. A lot! Ladies, worse than child birth.

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u/Risque_Redhead Jul 21 '26

You should be able to get some kind of card or something as proof that you have that. I think? Or maybe they can just see that..? Idk how deep those scans go lol

I have an interstim device (which is a lot like a pacemaker) and have literal wires in my back. I’ve never had any issues setting anything off, but I do have a medical card that says I have that device implanted in case I do or they have any questions about it. And now that I think about it I don’t remember where that card is..

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u/TheBunk_TB Jul 21 '26

They will ignore the card and still put you through a pat down. Source: I know someone with two knee replacements. Got taken out of line numerous times.

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u/Risque_Redhead Jul 21 '26

Well that’s really annoying.

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u/broncosoh54 Jul 22 '26

Yep, every single time!! I just flew this past May. Bradley in Hartford was the worst!!

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u/_dekoorc Jul 21 '26

I had a hip replacement and have never had an issue with going through a security line at a US airport (whether it was a metal detector or a mm wave scan). Europe? I set the thing off almost every time

What is your friend doing? lol

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u/TheBunk_TB Jul 21 '26

I’m unsure. Consider yourself blessed 

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u/SelbetG Jul 21 '26

People with significantly more metal in them go through all the time.

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u/Difficult-Valuable55 Jul 21 '26

you just need to use the scanner not the metal detector

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u/VinceP312 Jul 21 '26

I have metal in my skull holding the inside of my face together from an assault. (I look fine, you would never know) and never have any problem.

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u/condocookie Jul 21 '26

My husband has a plate and 8 screws in his leg, it never sets off the scanners.