Orlando TSA officers hate poker chips :) (1 Viewer)

[MaxB]

So I have a small travel set of chips .... Game On Unicorn chips (plastic, not clay or ceramic) with custom Gear labels...only 105 of them. 5's to 500's that we play for fun at night in the hotel. Also use them for keeping score playing Zombie Dice, 500 rummy, etc. So we go through security at Manchester/Boston airport. My bag gets flagged after the x-ray and TSA politely asks to take a look inside. I say sure, I bet its the poker chips. They say yes, they just need to see them in person. Takes all of 30 sec, we then talk a little about playing, and I go on my merry way. Now end of vacation, we are in Orlando (big 10 day Disney trip). TSA flags my bag after the x-ray. Guy rips it off the belt, opens it up, and dumps the contents out in a tray. Looks at the chips, drops those back in, dumps all the rest of my stuff in, then tosses the bag back on the end of the belt. I smile and say "chips were the issue?" . Guy shoots me a look like I took bedside time away from him with his dying mother speaking with her last breath. Chips were not dumped, but everything else was a mess in my bag.

Kind of pissed about it, but its odd that even though they were not clay or ceramic, they still had to be checked. I even had them on the top, however Orlando seemed to feel like everything should be dumped. Almost was going to say something, but didn't want a finger up my ass in the back room.

 

[Forty4]

Government watchdogs love us, transactions flagged for funding terrorists and then we look like terrorists bring bombs on airplanes.

 

[Godzilla28]

Imagine bringing a few racks of old school Paulson's full of lead through that TSA checkpoint.

 

[bentax1978]

Imagine bringing a few racks of old school Paulson's full of lead through that TSA checkpoint.

I had 6 racks in my backpack last time I flew, some of which were the full 11.3g/chip leaded variety. I left a few extra minutes as I was 100% certain I was getting some extra attention (which I did).

 

[Godzilla28]

I had 6 racks in my backpack last time I flew, some of which were the full 11.3g/chip leaded variety. I left a few extra minutes as I was 100% certain I was getting some extra attention (which I did).

Did you at least tell them to double glove it? LOL

 

[bentax1978]

Did you at least tell them to double glove it? LOL

I asked, but they declined

So they pulled my bag aside, "searched" it, took out the 6 boxes of chip and made me open each one up so they could see the contents. The last two were still sealed with TSA branded tape from the flight down, but they made me open them too. The funny part is, there was a full bottle of water in the bottom of my bag that I took from the hotel room that morning and totally forgot about. So the moral of the story, if you want to sneak a bottle of liquid through security, distract them with multiple racks of poker chips and you'll be golden.

 

[churlbut18]

So I have a small travel set of chips .... Game On Unicorn chips (plastic, not clay or ceramic) with custom Gear labels...only 105 of them. 5's to 500's that we play for fun at night in the hotel. Also use them for keeping score playing Zombie Dice, 500 rummy, etc. So we go through security at Manchester/Boston airport. My bag gets flagged after the x-ray and TSA politely asks to take a look inside. I say sure, I bet its the poker chips. They say yes, they just need to see them in person. Takes all of 30 sec, we then talk a little about playing, and I go on my merry way. Now end of vacation, we are in Orlando (big 10 day Disney trip). TSA flags my bag after the x-ray. Guy rips it off the belt, opens it up, and dumps the contents out in a tray. Looks at the chips, drops those back in, dumps all the rest of my stuff in, then tosses the bag back on the end of the belt. I smile and say "chips were the issue?" . Guy shoots me a look like I took bedside time away from him with his dying mother speaking with her last breath. Chips were not dumped, but everything else was a mess in my bag.

Kind of pissed about it, but its odd that even though they were not clay or ceramic, they still had to be checked. I even had them on the top, however Orlando seemed to feel like everything should be dumped. Almost was going to say something, but didn't want a finger up my ass in the back room.

I just did the Boston to Orlando/Disney trip myself. Got back into town 2 hours ago. No chips with me though.

 

[bentax1978]

Another fairly smooth TSA/poker chip experience. Took a few minutes, but that was expected. Before they even opened my little carry-on suitcase, they were trying to figure out how it could possibly weigh almost 50 pounds

 

[jbutler]

Another fairly smooth TSA/poker chip experience. Took a few minutes, but that was expected. Before they even opened my little carry-on suitcase, they were trying to figure out how it could possibly weigh almost 50 pounds

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I feel bad for scrolling down hoping that the pictures capture a pleasant interaction turned uncomfortable then hostile and ending with a picture of bentax getting tased.

 

[moojersey]

So I have a small travel set of chips .... Game On Unicorn chips (plastic, not clay or ceramic) with custom Gear labels...only 105 of them. 5's to 500's that we play for fun at night in the hotel. Also use them for keeping score playing Zombie Dice, 500 rummy, etc. So we go through security at Manchester/Boston airport. My bag gets flagged after the x-ray and TSA politely asks to take a look inside. I say sure, I bet its the poker chips. They say yes, they just need to see them in person. Takes all of 30 sec, we then talk a little about playing, and I go on my merry way. Now end of vacation, we are in Orlando (big 10 day Disney trip). TSA flags my bag after the x-ray. Guy rips it off the belt, opens it up, and dumps the contents out in a tray. Looks at the chips, drops those back in, dumps all the rest of my stuff in, then tosses the bag back on the end of the belt. I smile and say "chips were the issue?" . Guy shoots me a look like I took bedside time away from him with his dying mother speaking with her last breath. Chips were not dumped, but everything else was a mess in my bag.

Kind of pissed about it, but its odd that even though they were not clay or ceramic, they still had to be checked. I even had them on the top, however Orlando seemed to feel like everything should be dumped. Almost was going to say something, but didn't want a finger up my ass in the back room.

I would have definitely asked for a supervisor. Just because they have to search you, doesn't mean they get to dump your stuff all over and make a huge mess.

I asked, but they declined

So they pulled my bag aside, "searched" it, took out the 6 boxes of chip and made me open each one up so they could see the contents. The last two were still sealed with TSA branded tape from the flight down, but they made me open them too. The funny part is, there was a full bottle of water in the bottom of my bag that I took from the hotel room that morning and totally forgot about. So the moral of the story, if you want to sneak a bottle of liquid through security, distract them with multiple racks of poker chips and you'll be golden.

I can't count how many times I've left stuff in my bag, usually a bottle of juice or something and it doesn't get caught.

 

[H|Q]

You just had a grumpy TSA asshole.

You can challenge them, just do it calmly and to the supervisor.

 

[Jeff]

Best way to get on that famous terrorist no-fly list is to piss off a stewardess or TSA minion.