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Sorry but that's your fault for not keeping your eye on the laptop the entire time. I literally do not step to the scanner until it goes into the X ray, and the

Sorry but that's your fault for not keeping your eye on the laptop the entire time. I literally do not step to the scanner until it goes into the X ray, and then I keep an eye on it until it comes out.

netinstructions 10y ago
And when TSA agents pull you aside or ask you to go in a different scanner?
- glibgil 10y ago
  You refuse while never taking your eyes off your stuff. You make them bring you your stuff
magic_beans 10y ago
Right? I'm so paranoid about other passengers stealing my laptop that I have my eye on it every single possible second.
jungletek 10y ago
Sorry, but that's some victim-blaming bullshit. I had a laptop LCD destroyed by TSA when one of their lackeys idiotically pushed so many bins through the x-ray machine that it caused mine, and several others at the tail-end of the machine's conveyor, to fall right off. I was standing a few feet away, watching, unable to point out their mistake in time. Barely got an apology, and everyone was too incompetent or unwilling to help me with any info about how to document or get evidence that they damaged it, and how to file a claim. Ended up having to 'suck it up' and accept the loss, otherwise I would have missed my flight. Fuck the TSA, fuck bullshit security theater, and fuck people that don't understand that you can make your best effort to protect yourself and your things, but sometimes that's not enough.
- notliketherest 10y ago
  Shit happens.
intopieces 10y ago
You have very few options with the TSA. I travel for work with multiple laptops, sometimes internationally. The combination of opting out of the body scanner + remaining in possession of your items spread out into various bins is maddening, and more than once has resulted in my having to calmly but firmly insist to the agents that no, my items cannot be placed on the belt until an agent has been assigned to the opt-out. At this point, I've gotten so good at saying it it's practically my airport mantra.

netinstructions 10y ago

And when TSA agents pull you aside or ask you to go in a different scanner?

glibgil 10y ago
You refuse while never taking your eyes off your stuff. You make them bring you your stuff

magic_beans 10y ago

Right? I'm so paranoid about other passengers stealing my laptop that I have my eye on it every single possible second.

jungletek 10y ago

Sorry, but that's some victim-blaming bullshit. I had a laptop LCD destroyed by TSA when one of their lackeys idiotically pushed so many bins through the x-ray machine that it caused mine, and several others at the tail-end of the machine's conveyor, to fall right off. I was standing a few feet away, watching, unable to point out their mistake in time. Barely got an apology, and everyone was too incompetent or unwilling to help me with any info about how to document or get evidence that they damaged it, and how to file a claim. Ended up having to 'suck it up' and accept the loss, otherwise I would have missed my flight. Fuck the TSA, fuck bullshit security theater, and fuck people that don't understand that you can make your best effort to protect yourself and your things, but sometimes that's not enough.

notliketherest 10y ago
Shit happens.

intopieces 10y ago

You have very few options with the TSA. I travel for work with multiple laptops, sometimes internationally. The combination of opting out of the body scanner + remaining in possession of your items spread out into various bins is maddening, and more than once has resulted in my having to calmly but firmly insist to the agents that no, my items cannot be placed on the belt until an agent has been assigned to the opt-out. At this point, I've gotten so good at saying it it's practically my airport mantra.