Funny or Not?
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wacbzz
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It's true what they say - The Left can't meme. Come on, wacbzz. You're better than that. :rolleyes:
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Storytime.
I used to work for a lighting company, which shut down some time ago. As the parent company was sending people around to crosstrain employees at sister companies as part of the work and product redistribution, I was one of the lucky few, extra$$ and travel pay woot!
I however, being the weirdo I am, decided to use the then-cleared for carryon pelican case as my carryon luggage, which proved no issue for the first round trip flight. I and the first engineer I was traveling with regularly discussed the plan for dissemination, and training schedules, etc, no problem, training finished for that week, flew home, slept the weekend.
The next flight over, the engineer I was with also discussed the upcoming itinerary while waiting for gate admittance on a connecting flight, at Lacrosse. Now, I have to mention that this engineer was rather dark and facially follicled, and was of a certain persuasion that could draw unmerited discrimination for...zealously patriotic reasons. So anyways, we were discussing the lighting designs and drawings as well of the bills of materials, which I had been VERY careful up till now to avoid habitually using the acronym for, I'll let you work that out.
The next words that slipped out of his mouth drew the stare of everyone in the range of his rather loud, "Yeah, you can access the BOMs when we get there right?"
It was 'bout that time that I resigned myself to a randomized screening, which, 25 minutes later, happened, of course, as they opened up my pelican case and swabbed my hands for explosive material because their machine had "detected it". The engineer was exempt from the screening, presumably because they didn't want to be responsible for the potential issues of profiling him
. Overall, they were very professional, and I found the entire thing pretty amusing, and I think my then flashlight caught the interest of a couple of the TSA officers. We had a nice chat, and I was cleared to board, but I'm pretty sure I have been on some watch list ever since.
I used to work for a lighting company, which shut down some time ago. As the parent company was sending people around to crosstrain employees at sister companies as part of the work and product redistribution, I was one of the lucky few, extra$$ and travel pay woot!
I however, being the weirdo I am, decided to use the then-cleared for carryon pelican case as my carryon luggage, which proved no issue for the first round trip flight. I and the first engineer I was traveling with regularly discussed the plan for dissemination, and training schedules, etc, no problem, training finished for that week, flew home, slept the weekend.
The next flight over, the engineer I was with also discussed the upcoming itinerary while waiting for gate admittance on a connecting flight, at Lacrosse. Now, I have to mention that this engineer was rather dark and facially follicled, and was of a certain persuasion that could draw unmerited discrimination for...zealously patriotic reasons. So anyways, we were discussing the lighting designs and drawings as well of the bills of materials, which I had been VERY careful up till now to avoid habitually using the acronym for, I'll let you work that out.
The next words that slipped out of his mouth drew the stare of everyone in the range of his rather loud, "Yeah, you can access the BOMs when we get there right?"
It was 'bout that time that I resigned myself to a randomized screening, which, 25 minutes later, happened, of course, as they opened up my pelican case and swabbed my hands for explosive material because their machine had "detected it". The engineer was exempt from the screening, presumably because they didn't want to be responsible for the potential issues of profiling him
. Overall, they were very professional, and I found the entire thing pretty amusing, and I think my then flashlight caught the interest of a couple of the TSA officers. We had a nice chat, and I was cleared to board, but I'm pretty sure I have been on some watch list ever since.
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Trash panda beer can. Wordplay!
Yeah, you say BOM to people who don't work in an industrial setting, and they have no clue you are up to something innocent and professional. They think you are trying to turn them into air pollution!Storytime.
I used to work for a lighting company, which shut down some time ago. As the parent company was sending people around to crosstrain employees at sister companies as part of the work and product redistribution, I was one of the lucky few, extra$$ and travel pay woot!
I however, being the weirdo I am, decided to use the then-cleared for carryon pelican case as my carryon luggage, which proved no issue for the first round trip flight. I and the first engineer I was traveling with regularly discussed the plan for dissemination, and training schedules, etc, no problem, training finished for that week, flew home, slept the weekend.
The next flight over, the engineer I was with also discussed the upcoming itinerary while waiting for gate admittance on a connecting flight, at Lacrosse. Now, I have to mention that this engineer was rather dark and facially follicled, and was of a certain persuasion that could draw unmerited discrimination for...zealously patriotic reasons. So anyways, we were discussing the lighting designs and drawings as well of the bills of materials, which I had been VERY careful up till now to avoid habitually using the acronym for, I'll let you work that out.
The next words that slipped out of his mouth drew the stare of everyone in the range of his rather loud, "Yeah, you can access the BOMs when we get there right?"
It was 'bout that time that I resigned myself to a randomized screening, which, 25 minutes later, happened, of course, as they opened up my pelican case and swabbed my hands for explosive material because their machine had "detected it". The engineer was exempt from the screening, presumably because they didn't want to be responsible for the potential issues of profiling him
Wrong, wrong, wrong! I LOVE it!
A picture is worth a thousand words. For when you just don't want to waste time.
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Ironically, proof of intelligent design with that UL rating there...
Shows how worthless TSA is too. YOU didn't say it. Your work buddy who could be mistaken for a Muslim said it. Yet you were the one chosen for extra screening because the TSA did not want to "offend" a possible Muslim. TSA is absolutely worthless.Storytime.
I used to work for a lighting company, which shut down some time ago. As the parent company was sending people around to crosstrain employees at sister companies as part of the work and product redistribution, I was one of the lucky few, extra$$ and travel pay woot!
I however, being the weirdo I am, decided to use the then-cleared for carryon pelican case as my carryon luggage, which proved no issue for the first round trip flight. I and the first engineer I was traveling with regularly discussed the plan for dissemination, and training schedules, etc, no problem, training finished for that week, flew home, slept the weekend.
The next flight over, the engineer I was with also discussed the upcoming itinerary while waiting for gate admittance on a connecting flight, at Lacrosse. Now, I have to mention that this engineer was rather dark and facially follicled, and was of a certain persuasion that could draw unmerited discrimination for...zealously patriotic reasons. So anyways, we were discussing the lighting designs and drawings as well of the bills of materials, which I had been VERY careful up till now to avoid habitually using the acronym for, I'll let you work that out.
The next words that slipped out of his mouth drew the stare of everyone in the range of his rather loud, "Yeah, you can access the BOMs when we get there right?"
It was 'bout that time that I resigned myself to a randomized screening, which, 25 minutes later, happened, of course, as they opened up my pelican case and swabbed my hands for explosive material because their machine had "detected it". The engineer was exempt from the screening, presumably because they didn't want to be responsible for the potential issues of profiling him
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Probably, lol. I'd like to think I made a couple Olight converts that day, as I was carrying the S2 Baton, lol. If it had just been one, I would've offered him the light, but because there were two...yeah.
It was interesting to notice a juggernaut sized silhouette peering from behind the two way mirror as well as a small group of rather attentive helmets. It was then I realized why it had taken almost half an hour to pull me into screening. I figured that IF they really perceived us as threats, the airport might've been emptied, and there would've been a few less helmets behind that window, lol.
It was a good learning experience, especially since it was one of those things that taught me to take myself less seriously.
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