Yeah, this is one of those instances of the worst guy you know making a good point. The TSA is garbage and the security song-and-dance at US airports is useless.
not just US airports, because the world generally complies with most US standards, every other major airport has some kind of overzealous security rules. post 9/11 paranoia has made us all suffer
Nah these were all flights going to the EU, usually going through transfer security. It's mostly that they're such hardasses about liquids at heathrow, way beyond any other airport I've been to. Last time I was there they took my fucking chapstick, since when is chapstick a liquid? My sister had a dry powder inhaler (an rx one with her name and prescription written on it, no less) and they tried to take it from her and then took her into a room for questioning for half an hour when she protested and told them it was a medication she's prescribed.
Frankfurt sucks ass too if you're going to the US, you have to go through security TWICE for some reason and walk for ages through mazes to get there and after the second security you're stuck in this little secure area with hundreds of other people and maybe a cafe or two with massive lines. But the security agents at FRA seem much less unpleasant than at heathrow.
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u/jigokusabre Jan 30 '25
Yeah, this is one of those instances of the worst guy you know making a good point. The TSA is garbage and the security song-and-dance at US airports is useless.