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This is also a great way to get arrested thanks to some overly concerned seating neighbour.

by iLoch 10y ago

grawlinson 10y ago
I'm surprised that someone actually managed to smuggle tweezers onboard!
- danhak 10y ago
  Tweezers are not prohibited (by TSA) on carry-on bags
  - grawlinson 10y ago
    You're implying TSA employees are trained properly. I've had to surrender small items that are not prohibited due to incorrect assumptions that airport security have made.
    - Hydraulix989 10y ago
      I had a grooming kit with a pouch containing assortment of small things like nail clippers, tweezers, and tiny safety scissors that I carried with me on every flight. Gradually, the pouch became completely empty as TSA agents confiscated more and more of my items.
      - grawlinson 10y ago
        Yup, shortly after 9/11 I flew to Hong Kong and I forgot that I had my mini screwdriver kit (small screwdrivers for electronics, smaller than my pinky finger) in my bag. It got confiscated, to my disbelief.
        Hydraulix989 10y ago
        Yes, HK searched my mini screwdrivers, and the security guy checked the size of the ends against his pinky finger, and since they were the same size, he let them slide.
  - atomwaffel 10y ago
    Your parentheses make a good point: we don't know why if the OP was flying from/to the US at all. Other countries have different regulations. I've been allowed to carry a Swiss Army Knife onto a European flight because neither of its two blades was longer than 6 cm. (I've also had a bread knife confiscated because its blade was longer.)
Hydraulix989 10y ago
I was thinking the EXACT same thing, especially considering the UPenn professor who was reported for writing mathematics on the plane.
x1798DE 10y ago
So you're thinking something like this? Author: <fiddles with headphone jack> Author: <fiddles with headphone jack some more> Author: "Hey, can I borrow some tweezers? I think this headphone jack is busted and I want to adjust these headphones so they'll work." Seat Passenger: "No problem." Author: <starts stripping the wires from his headphones> Seat Passenger (thinking): "Stay cool, Phillip, this guy is clearly a terrorist..." Author: <plugs in headphones> Author: "Hey, it works! Thanks, bud!" Seat Passenger (thinking): "Where is that god damned air marshall. Oh god, what am I going to do?!"
- Hydraulix989 10y ago
  Never underestimate the depths of people's stupidity.
  - ma2rten 10y ago
    https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/05/07/ivy-league-economist-interrogated-for-doing-math-on-american-airlines-flight/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/05/07/iv...
  - Hydraulix989 10y ago
    ^ It's amusing watching the upvotes and downvotes on this comment oscillate sinusoidally centered around 7.
- toomanybeersies 10y ago
  Given that a man was taken off a flight for doing Algebra, I set a low bar for how paranoid some passengers are.
  - megablast 10y ago
    Depends what colour you are really.

This is also a great way to get arrested thanks to some overly concerned seating neighbour.

by iLoch 10y ago

This is also a great way to get arrested thanks to some overly concerned seating neighbour.

grawlinson 10y ago

I'm surprised that someone actually managed to smuggle tweezers onboard!

danhak 10y ago
Tweezers are not prohibited (by TSA) on carry-on bags
- grawlinson 10y ago
  You're implying TSA employees are trained properly. I've had to surrender small items that are not prohibited due to incorrect assumptions that airport security have made.
  - Hydraulix989 10y ago
    I had a grooming kit with a pouch containing assortment of small things like nail clippers, tweezers, and tiny safety scissors that I carried with me on every flight. Gradually, the pouch became completely empty as TSA agents confiscated more and more of my items.
    - grawlinson 10y ago
      Yup, shortly after 9/11 I flew to Hong Kong and I forgot that I had my mini screwdriver kit (small screwdrivers for electronics, smaller than my pinky finger) in my bag. It got confiscated, to my disbelief.
      - Hydraulix989 10y ago
        Yes, HK searched my mini screwdrivers, and the security guy checked the size of the ends against his pinky finger, and since they were the same size, he let them slide.
- atomwaffel 10y ago
  Your parentheses make a good point: we don't know why if the OP was flying from/to the US at all. Other countries have different regulations. I've been allowed to carry a Swiss Army Knife onto a European flight because neither of its two blades was longer than 6 cm. (I've also had a bread knife confiscated because its blade was longer.)

Hydraulix989 10y ago

I was thinking the EXACT same thing, especially considering the UPenn professor who was reported for writing mathematics on the plane.

x1798DE 10y ago

So you're thinking something like this? Author: <fiddles with headphone jack> Author: <fiddles with headphone jack some more> Author: "Hey, can I borrow some tweezers? I think this headphone jack is busted and I want to adjust these headphones so they'll work." Seat Passenger: "No problem." Author: <starts stripping the wires from his headphones> Seat Passenger (thinking): "Stay cool, Phillip, this guy is clearly a terrorist..." Author: <plugs in headphones> Author: "Hey, it works! Thanks, bud!" Seat Passenger (thinking): "Where is that god damned air marshall. Oh god, what am I going to do?!"

Hydraulix989 10y ago
Never underestimate the depths of people's stupidity.
- ma2rten 10y ago
  https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/05/07/ivy-league-economist-interrogated-for-doing-math-on-american-airlines-flight/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/rampage/wp/2016/05/07/iv...
- Hydraulix989 10y ago
  ^ It's amusing watching the upvotes and downvotes on this comment oscillate sinusoidally centered around 7.
toomanybeersies 10y ago
Given that a man was taken off a flight for doing Algebra, I set a low bar for how paranoid some passengers are.
- megablast 10y ago
  Depends what colour you are really.