TSA makew woman remove nipple rings to board a flight

[Ban Hammer 13,355]

good thing she didn't have something else pierced.

[Toshtishtash 1]

My thoughts exactly

[almaty 19]

hmmm.... i agree..she was lucky she did not have the full tool set installed

[Mark&Steph 0]

My thoughts exactly

Thankfully the alarm never went off for me or it'd be like this... but without the cucumber.

[DeadPoolX 9]

This doesn't really surprise me. Although TSA has rules, like any other organization, it seems their officers follow them based on a whim. Every airport (in fact, every security line) can be different.

As far as the nipple rings are concerned, I can't imagine they were made from gold or silver. People wear wedding rings and other jewelry pieces all the time and never set off the metal detectors, so her piercings had to have been constructed from something else.

[mawilson 2,133]

hmmm.... i agree..she was lucky she did not have the full tool set installed

She was lucky... or TSA was unlucky

[sj5 4]

its luck she has it on her nips what if she installed it somewhere out there..

[Heracles 417]

This doesn't really surprise me. Although TSA has rules, like any other organization, it seems their officers follow them based on a whim. Every airport (in fact, every security line) can be different.

As far as the nipple rings are concerned, I can't imagine they were made from gold or silver. People wear wedding rings and other jewelry pieces all the time and never set off the metal detectors, so her piercings had to have been constructed from something else.

In this day and age what did she really expect. They have been using metal detectors for over 30 years now. They are certainly not going to take her word for it..

It would be like going to Iran and then getting angry because they tortured you when you spoke out about their president.

[desert_fox 32]

I wouldn't be totally confortable getting on a plane knowing that someone was setting off an alarm. The TSA was set up for exactly this purpose as (obviously) previous measures to detect potential problems were unsuccessful.

Set off an alarm...I hope they search the hell out f you until they are satisfied. Take a bus next time.

[Shannon and David 0]

As far as the nipple rings are concerned, I can't imagine they were made from gold or silver. People wear wedding rings and other jewelry pieces all the time and never set off the metal detectors, so her piercings had to have been constructed from something else.

They're not made of gold or silver, usually surgical steel...

Poor girl. I can't believe that they made her take them out!!

I didn't have problems with mine when I had it going through security, but that was way before things got so serious.

Next time, just let 'em know you have piercings and ask for the pat down.

[Captain Ewok 1,891]

I would like to request that people not call cops of TSA or other law enforcement personal pigs. This is out of respect and honestly it is just plain rude. Thanks.

[Alex+R 0]

I would like to request that people not call cops of TSA or other law enforcement personal pigs. This is out of respect and honestly it is just plain rude. Thanks.

I don't think they're calling them "pigs" in the sense of a pejorative term for police. I think they're using "pigs" to mean that the men are uncouth and vulgar. And they are.

I don't think you should have changed the thread title.

Seems like a little overreaction.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Cops and other law enforcement personnel who abuse their authority in this manner are pigs.

I will continue to call them that until banned.

[Ban Hammer 13,355]

Cops and other law enforcement personnel who abuse their authority in this manner are pigs.

I will continue to call them that until banned.

you radical.

[Nessa 23]

Cops and other law enforcement personnel who abuse their authority in this manner are pigs.

I will continue to call them that until banned.

you liberal.