Sounds like me . . they treat the item/s like it is about ready to go off.
Thanks for sharing . . I don't feel quite as bad as I did before!
Kirk
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 1:49 PM, <WeslakeMonza1330 at aol.com> wrote:
> Here on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean I was travelling from the UK
> to Northern Ireland. I think it was checking in on the way back, at Belfast
> International or City that the scanner guy said 'Is that a knife in your
> bag'. Umm yes it's just to peel an orange'. ' Stand back, get back from
> the bag' or words to that effect as a least one security guard made a bee
> line for me and my bag. I just froze on the spot. Yep there it was bare to
> the world a common or garden domestic household knife that would cut butter
> or peel an orange, but not much else.
>
> Weslake-Monza 1330
>
> In a message dated 09/06/2011 20:32:31 GMT Daylight Time,
> khargreaves2 at gmail.com writes:
>
> First off I noticed that the screener had taken an unusual interest in my
> bag as it had passed through the machine. I thought nothing of it at first
> until he brought my bag to the counter and began to have the cop who was
> there pull the bullets out on the table. Was I surprised. (Only the cop
> was allowed to handle the bullets as they treated them like some form of
> alien kryptonite).
>
> After I explained the situation, fortunately they let me go (they of course
> kept the bullets). They also said that I might be getting a fine from the
> TSA (which never happened). Had this been an international flight, things
> would have no doubt been worse for me.
>
> The airport Police Officer was very nice about the whole thing, as were the
> other representatives. It was a harrowing experience that I will never
> forget.
>
> And I was able to catch my flight.
>
> Kirk
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