TSA Orders Videographer To Screen Electronics Individually, He Has Dozens

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Eric Lund
Oct 26, 2021 1:00 PM EDT

No one is ever exactly thrilled to deal with airport security, especially when there's still no 100 percent guarantee that all the inconvenience will be effective. So the moment that you're on your 10th hour of travel, have your shoes and belt off, and get told that you've been "specially selected" and ordered to gut your bags for dozens of pieces of equipment at the added inconvenience of everyone behind you, things get interesting. For another fun travel story, here's the passenger who was expected to entertain a fellow flyer's kids and was having none of it.

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    Font - Posted by u/EL_Baramallo 3 days ago O 3 6 2 2 14 17 3 17 17 One electronic item per tray? Sure, no problem! oc M Long time lurker, first time poster, english not first language, you guys know the drill. This happened yesterday, as I was returning home from a two week trip to Germany. The final leg of the flight departed from Paris, where I had this lovely interaction with the agents whom, despite me knowing are not TSA, I still refer to as TSA in my mind.
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    Font - While going through security in the airport, I know the drill, belts off, jacket off, take the laptop off my bag. So I submit to the x-ray four trays: one with my carry on, one with my laptop by itself, one with my belt, watch and jacket, and one with my personal item (think a fanny pack). I'm randomly selected for further screening (I have a lebanese last name and a beard. I'm ALWAYS randomly selected for further screening) and the agent berates me for putting all my electronics together
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    Font - Here comes the malicious compliance: there are two things this French-TSA Agent is unaware of: the first thing is that I'm a videographer by trade and I was in Europe to cover an event (SPIEL) with video footage and interviews. The second thing is that Air France changed my flight times so my 2 hours layover became a 10 hours layover, which I'm not particularly happy about. So I'm being sent back to the end of the line and I have to submit each electronic item individually? Sure, no compl
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    Font - People behind me are complaining they will miss their flight, because I'm taking so long. There's nothing I can do, I'm just following the orders I received. And at this point, I only unpacked my photography vest and fanny pack. The treadmill starts moving, some space clears up to put additional trays, and that's when I open my carry-on bag. Again, I'm in Europe for work. I didn't bring any nice clothes or shoes or anything. All my personal effects are in the checked-in luggage. The carry
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    Font - The people behind me in line are literally jumping and screaming about their missed flight to the point the security agents leave their posts to control the line. Someone in a non-uniform suit appears, and talks to the agent who sent me to the back of the line. That's when the unthinkable happened: the agent comes to me and says there would be no need for me to continue separating my electronics, and I could just submit my entire carry-on bag as a single item and they'd examine it further
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    Font - Imokaywiththishell - 3d I love this. It reminds me of the trope in movies or books when someone has to disarm before entering a building and they keep pulling more and more weapons out to the point you wonder if there's an end e bravo 4.8k Reply Share Report Save El_Baramallo OP - 3d That was pretty much it XD I spend a significant amount of time and money figuring out how to optimize packing my gear in the most efficient way, so that I usually have three or four times more gear than the
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    Font - cyberentomology · 3d Yep. I had to unload a pelican case full of electronics going through security in Barcelona. I think I required about a dozen bins for two laptops, two tablets, a portable monitor, 4 battery packs, some electronic tools, a couple of Pi type devices, and a non-trivial assortment of network and power cables and power supplies for all of the above. The people behind me were cursing themselves for getting in that line.
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