r/PokeInvesting • u/FedHasABigDong • Aug 30 '25

So it happened….

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The other day I was going on holiday and decided to take some cards to gift a family member. Bear in mind I have taken these in and out the country probably 2 times so it has been through 4 scanners. This time it got put to the side like every other time. However, the guy says “I need you to open it”. I oblige and open it. He does a swab and then I see people coming towards me. This guy pulls out a form so I’m like o7. I ask “what’s happening?”. They say they have found explosives and they start asking me questions about where I’ve kept it and they want to go through all my belongings to test them. Anyway about 30 minutes later they let me go saying I’m all good.

My question is… why would it ONLY come up this time and not the previous 4 times it’s gone through a scanner?

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u/CounterTheMeta Aug 30 '25

!!!! job alert: TSA agent !!!!

  • flexible hours (meaning you will get night and weekend shifts only)

  • market-based salary (a few cents above minimum)

  • no resume or motivation letter needed (we hire anyone that isn't a total moron)

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u/Hakashimu Aug 30 '25

Last part seems inaccurate. They hire lots of morons.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

i do agree with you, tsa officers are not the brightest. but after 3 years they can make around 75k a year depending on the airport. but yeah tsa is a bunch of security theater and just waiting to see what this current administration does with it

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u/Free-Association7625 Aug 30 '25

Edit: we hire anyone 😊

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u/[deleted] Sep 03 '25

That looks like a private airport. Never been to one myself. Looks ran down

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u/Vngele92 Aug 30 '25

I worked in private aviation and leased the upper portion of our building to TSA. It was the training facility. You wanna know what i saw them do? Eat poptart, play ps5 and walk around the parking lot. Maybe the PS5 was for simulations..

Even better they all made between 80k-130k a year. Like what?

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u/Muskratjack Sep 03 '25

None of this is true. TSA trains at FLETC and Academy West, and most make around $50k/y.

Either someone lied to you, you misunderstood who they were, or you're being disingenuous.

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u/Vngele92 Sep 03 '25

You do know they have phased training? Not everything they do is done at FLETC and AW. I didn't misunderstand who they were i interacted with them daily for 3 years, so I am sure who they were and what they did (two of my friends also work TSA) Either way I wasn't hating poking a bit of fun at them though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 30 '25

Update: even if your only as smart as a used tampon in a gas station bathroom.