I have never had so much trouble with TSA (american airport security) until today. My crotch got flagged by their scanners and I had to get a physical patdown (surprise, there was nothing bad). Then I forgot to empty my water bottle so I had to go through it all AGAIN and my crotch was once again flagged and I had to get a physical patdown AGAIN (surprise, nothing bad yet again).
Then my other bag gets flagged after going through the thing again despite my not adding anything to it. The TSA guy opens up my bag and I’m assuming saw my packer which I kept in there to put it back in after I went through security. He then giggles and calls multiple of his coworkers over to look at it. Luckily he didn’t take it out. This whole damn time I’m right there. Ugh. Considering getting a lumpy cloth packer just to avoid this ever happening again.
I’m assuming that my crotch kept getting flagged because trans? I’ve never had this happen to me before.
Unfortunately, any kind of silicone objects (packer in this case) in a bag are going to get flagged, so a cloth one for traveling isn’t a bad idea. To the machines, it has the characteristics of plastic explosives.
They’re still assholes, the patdown is still disgusting.