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hunter

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20. Does not the TSA put "courtesy notices" in your luggage anymore?

Sun Aug 4, 2013, 07:07 PM

Aug 2013

In all my post 9-11 travels I end up with little TSA inspection notices in my luggage.

But maybe that's a consequence of my biker dude brother's "Hey! Don't Touch My Junk!" outburst after a TSA agent got uncomfortably frisky patting him down. (After a certain age balls do tend to hang low... ouch!)

I'm probably on some "Does not respect authority" list.

Or maybe it's my hot glue and duct tape laptop computer... look, see it boots fine, commie Linux I know, but you're detecting no explosives residue right???

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Has this ever happened to you? Is it a TSA thing? [View all] Fridays Child Aug 2013 OP

Nothing like this has ever happened to my luggage. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #1

I know. It makes me wonder if someone was watching to see who picked up the bag. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #4

I have an idea about the handkerchief. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #7

hmm. good question. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #11

That makes sense - or maybe the bandanna slipped off of another bag, and petronius Aug 2013 #21

That could be the case as well. It seems like the TSA would use something other than a cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #22

I certainly would expect something a little more formal than a snot-rag, anyway petronius Aug 2013 #23

That is what most likely happened. justice1 Aug 2013 #36

Locks on luggage are a no-no these days. They WILL cut it off kestrel91316 Aug 2013 #2

TSA has master keys to TSA-approved locks. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #3

I think cherokeeprogressive Jenoch Aug 2013 #9

that's hilarious! Fridays Child Aug 2013 #15

I use TSA locks. They don't cut them, but they do open them. NYC_SKP Aug 2013 #5

They did look into my bags on my last trip treestar Aug 2013 #27

Yeah, I get a letter when they go through my luggage. I also have boring luggage. Nay Aug 2013 #29

ALL my luggage has TSA approved combination locks that are also key operated and TSA has the key. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #6

Wouldn't there be like 10,000 copies of the key available by now? n-t Logical Aug 2013 #12

I suppose there could be. You can buy them at any luggage store though. cherokeeprogressive Aug 2013 #13

They randomly open and check luggage ... but usually put a special tag on it. frazzled Aug 2013 #8

note to self... Fridays Child Aug 2013 #19

Baggage handler note? Pholus Aug 2013 #10

like some informal system used by baggage personnel? Fridays Child Aug 2013 #16

That's what I was thinking -- the last bag up gets the bandana or something? Pholus Aug 2013 #17

Is he a man with long hair, perchance? Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #14

no, he is quite conservative-looking, actually. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #18

Back in the day, when I looked like a hippie, I'd ALWAYS get hassled on the East Coast. Warren DeMontague Aug 2013 #26

Does not the TSA put "courtesy notices" in your luggage anymore? hunter Aug 2013 #20

End of luggage run tag HipChick Aug 2013 #24

That's a relief. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #25

Yep, I lost one of those brightly colored treestar Aug 2013 #28

U too? I thought they snatched it because of the Union Jack.. HipChick Aug 2013 #30

A culture of indifference allows corrupt TSA agents to prey on passengers. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #33

I just make a small X with two pieces of masking tape on the bag. Sticks out like a sore thumnb... spin Aug 2013 #31

Isn't it terrible that we now have to wonder about these things? GiaGiovanni Aug 2013 #32

Exactly. Fridays Child Aug 2013 #34

I got home from a trip once Dyedinthewoolliberal Aug 2013 #35

Maybe a TSA agent was marking it for later... progressoid Aug 2013 #37

HipChick, Pholus, and cherokeeprogressive... Fridays Child Aug 2013 #38