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, 10-20-2009 at 11:19 AM (7115 Views)

First leg of our long trip to South Africa. Cincinnati to Atlanta (night before)

TSA: Do you have something in your bag that looks like mineral makeup--in a cosmetic bag?
kyshel : uh, well, yes; I know exactly where it is so I can take it out for you.
TSA: don't touch the bag, ma'am!!
ksyhel: Ok--the pouch is on the bottom. It's my mother's ashes--I'm taking them to Africa.
TSA: [totally freaking out and jumping back] Ummm, umm, umm--please take them out yourself and put them in this little bin [holding it out as far as her arm could go]
kyshel: no problem
rescanned each item--bag and bin--on our merry way

Next day: ATL/JNB

kyshel to TSA: I've isolated a pouch that contains my mother's ashes, so it can screen separately
TSA: The screener will do an explosives test if he wants (no kidding--that's what she said).

Nothing happened--passed thru no additional anything...
I pick it my stuff.
TSA: Have a nice trip.
ksyhel: Thanks.

Go figger

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bonniejoy03 - 10-22-2009 03:27 AM
Hi K....oh my...what a story! Safe travels!
[email protected] - 10-22-2009 05:11 AM
To this day I still can not figure out the TSA - when lighters were banned, I went through 2 airports (Philadelphia & Houston) with 3 lighters - 1 in my coat pocket and 2 in my carry on bag - they did not even get noticed let alone confiscated but they did make a big deal out of my bottle of water and took that - I have come to the conclusion that there is no rhyme or reason to what they decide to check. And the shoe thing.... many times I have gone through security and was allowed to keep my shoes on but everyone else in line had to take theirs off at other times, everyone else kept theirs on but I had to take mine off.........maybe they are aliens ;-)

Airline security stories could be a whole book.

Keep on roaming!

Denise
kyshel - 10-23-2009 03:00 PM
My sisters and brother got a kick out of the story--just the idea that I nearly didn't get my "mom" out of our home airport to take that journey all the way to Africa!! My mom loved to laugh and she would have appreciated the whole thing.

to be continued...Message Edited by kyshel on 10-23-2009 03:01 PM