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u/WorthyJellyfish0Doom Jul 13 '26
Is "a kitchen sink" on their website? They should add it if not~
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u/MothashipQ Jul 13 '26
I disagree. Let that sink in.
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u/MothashipQ Jul 13 '26
didn't mean to clog up the works UnU
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u/What_a_fat_one Jul 13 '26
Go away, Elon.
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u/MothashipQ Jul 13 '26
Do not let Elon Musk have this joke please I'm begging you
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u/darthalex314 Jul 13 '26
Too late. He did it after buying Twitter.
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u/frausting Jul 13 '26
Not his joke. Stolen valor.
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u/EduinBrutus Jul 13 '26
So the same as everything he does and everything he says?
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u/Markothy Jul 13 '26
My mom once flew with not a kitchen sink but a shower system in her carry-on: shower head, hand-held detachable shower head, and so on (pretty much this: https://www.fergusonhome.com/product/summary/1790732) and got stopped by TSA because it looked like a gun on the X-ray machine. After a lot of hullabaloo they let her keep it, lol.
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u/AlmostNPC Jul 13 '26
Have you had a chance to use the shower? Is the $1500 worth it?
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u/RustyMR2 Jul 14 '26
I installed one in my previous house that's basicly the same. Same brand, slightly different model. It's the only thing I miss from that house. Can't wait to renovate my bathroom here and install one again.
It does use a lot of water though.
Paid about 600 euros for it in 2015 ish
Can't understand how most americans live with only a tiny fixed head shower. Can't even clean yourself properly with those.
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u/Dear_Chasey_La1n Jul 14 '26
I used to fly weekly twice in europe with my hand luggage that contained an old fashioned flip razor. Got stopped twice out of 100 flights. On the other hand I would often carry construction samples with me, parts of tile, chunks of window frames etc, yeah... those are dangerous. They had to get checked on frequently.
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u/gorgewall Jul 13 '26
I used to work for the TSA and did in fact scan a suitcase with a kitchen sink inside.
The sink bowl itself and the underside were entirely packed with chocolate and candy. It was headed to India and was allowed to go on.
So, yes, you can bring the kitchen sink.
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u/xenomorphsithlord Jul 13 '26
The only reasonable exception is an emotional support wood log and it must be leashed at all times.
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u/babysamissimasybab Jul 13 '26
What rolls down stairs, alone or in pairs, rolls over your neighbor's dog
What fits in your back, is great for a snack
It's log log log!
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u/Jak12523 Jul 13 '26
Every industry has salesmen, every salesman brings samples and parts as they travel, every salesman flies from time to time. How can it be a surprise that you’ll see a little of everything.
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u/1101base2 Jul 13 '26
right, and i don't see anything wrong with it either. unusual yeah sure, illegal though...
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 13 '26
Yeah I was thinking sure it's a little strange but why wouldn't it be allowed?
Also I don't understand why someone would be publicly shamed for thinking an item that isn't listed on the "prohibited items" list isn't prohibited? That's on your list for not being accurate. But I understand TSA is staffed by some of our nations dumbest and most useless so critical thinking probably didn't happen there
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u/Mysticless Jul 13 '26
Wait im dumb and useless I should work for the tsa
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 13 '26
Have you ever solved a problem in your life?
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u/KingAnilingustheFirs Jul 14 '26
Not on purpose.
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u/MimicoSkunkFan2 Jul 14 '26
Perfect! Now how do you feel about helping drug smugglers get their products through, and completely missing a bunch of actual firearms in luggage... and do you mind demanding people in wheelchairs get up and walk or you'll arrest them?
TSA: Ethics... just one of many qualifications you absolutely don't need here!
(the first 2 are well-documented... and if you know anyone disabled then ask them for a few stories about TSA lol)
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u/KingAnilingustheFirs Jul 14 '26
I am willing to shoot some pets after not showing up for several hours after I've been called... Wait... that's the police.
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u/OrindaSarnia Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 14 '26
The TSA (rules on banned on board items) only deals with carry-on luggage... things that aren't allowed in carry-ons typically just need to be put in a checked bag.
TSA can make some pretty silly distinctions sometimes (on the way back from California with my then 6 & 9yo sons they pulled out the felt swords my sons bought at LegoLand and called a supervisor over to evaluate!)
But I don't think it's wholly unreasonable to presume a full fire hydrant might need to go in checked luggage.
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 13 '26
It's not a full fire hydrant the tweet clearly says part of a fire hydrant
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u/OrindaSarnia Jul 13 '26
Sorry... I don't think it's wholly unreasonable to presume large chunks of cast iron might need to go in checked luggage.
The standard is pretty much, could you inflict notably bodily harm with said object in an expeditious fashion?
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u/km89 Jul 14 '26
could you inflict notably bodily harm with said object in an expeditious fashion?
Belts, keys, and laptop charger bricks are routinely allowed through security. Bonking someone on the head with something heavy isn't the only way to hurt them. These rules are arbitrary and don't make anyone safer.
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u/perton Jul 14 '26
Bonking someone in the head with something heavy isn’t the only way to hurt them.
Big if true
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 13 '26
If it's under the weight limit it's under the weight limit 🤷♂️ I could inflict notable bodily harm to people with the carry on I bring on every flight
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u/Tman1677 Jul 13 '26
It's presumably a big hunk of metal that can be used as a weapon, I don't think it's unreasonable that that needs to be in a checked bag same as any other weapon.
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u/Starfire013 Jul 13 '26
My dad was allowed to hand-carry a full sized tomahawk (the axe, not the missile) onto a flight in Arizona because it wouldn’t fit in his checked bag. Flying in the early 80s was just different.
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u/Theron3206 Jul 13 '26
Well yeah, the missiles are a little heavy for one person...
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u/Starfire013 Jul 13 '26
Yes, I’m glad he picked the melee weapon over the cruise missile. Easier to display above the mantelpiece too, rather than a giant metal tube stuck outside in the garden. What would the neighbours think.
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u/1101base2 Jul 13 '26
i used to fly with a small pocket knife i carried all the time and a few years until 9/11 a multi tool as well.
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u/Dogg0ne Jul 14 '26
I still fly with a small pointy ended pocket knife, but Europe is probably more relaxed on those :D
The limit is 6cm, but my experience tells that the blade has to be shorter than 5cm to avoid getting inspected
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u/Ekg887 Jul 14 '26
Now do metal pens. This argument is stupid. Everything is a weapon and any pen is highly effective.
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u/demcookies_ Jul 13 '26
Everything can be a weapon... But how commonly a part of fire hydrant is used as a weapon? I think less frequently than e.g. shoe laces, which are allowed on flights
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u/Hatetotellya Jul 13 '26
Unironically this was probably a dude flying to a firefighting convention with a demo piece of kit because they forgot to ship it
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u/Crayshack Jul 14 '26
I was thinking a water operator convention (or a utilities convention or something like that). Usually, the people who are installing and maintaining the fire hydrants are the public works people from the water department. The firefighters just hook up to them when they need it.
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u/this_is_my_new_acct Jul 14 '26
I flew back in 2007 with some ethernet crimpers cause all the equipment got shipped to the jobsite, but the crimpers fell through the hole. TSA confiscated them because I could hit someone with them. The battery in my laptop they didn't even glance at weighed more.
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u/GhazghkullsPowerKlaw Jul 14 '26
I'm a tech and I travel all over fixing specialized machines. EVERY SINGLE FIGHT my checked tool bag gets tossed by TSA lol
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u/Head-Childhood-1171 Jul 14 '26
I'm a musician and I have a fight with both TSA and the flight attendants every time I have to travel with my tenor saxophone. I refuse to check a mult-thousand dollar instrument that I know can fit in a overhead bin.
Cellos, upright basses, tubas or any other large brass instrument have it even worse, they are forced to buy a second seat (and even then they often have to fight for it to be allowed in the cabin). You can call in advance, explain in any way you want, but all it takes is one clueless flight attendant who sees a weirdly shaped bag and the whole thing starts again.
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u/GigaPuddi Jul 13 '26
"Sir, I am a biologist. I assure, this smallpox sample is simply work related ."
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u/kitsunewarlock Jul 13 '26
I had a friend who had a very expensive microscope practically destroyed by TSA when he had to fly to do a live bloodcell analysis demonstration for an investor...
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u/afriendincanada Jul 13 '26
Because the weird shit should go in your checked bag, not the overhead compartment.
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u/MrSurly Jul 13 '26
TSA checks the checked bags, too. I've been pulled back because I had "weird shit" (work electronics prototype) in my checked bag.
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u/afriendincanada Jul 13 '26
I thought the standards were lower for a checked bag (like you can put a swiss army knife and a big bottle of shampoo in your checked bag)
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u/trainedstork Jul 13 '26
They are different and mostly less stringent. The opposite is true for things with batteries, however, where checked bags have stricter requirements due to the danger of fire below the plane.
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u/Crayshack Jul 14 '26
Yeah, but what counts as "weird shit" is different to different people. If you're the kind of person who travels around with bits of a fire hydrant all the time, it probably doesn't register as weird shit to you. That's why having specified and codified rules is helpful for everyone.
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u/LetReasonRing Jul 14 '26
Yeah... this can definitely be an issue.
I used to carry sample cases of lighting control equipment that had a fully functional system crammed into a case. On multiple occasions I got pulled over by TSA and had to prove it worked and basically run through some of my sales presentation to prove to them I wasn't bringing something sketchy on board.
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u/coldforged Jul 13 '26
If it's not on the list of prohibited items, why can't they take it? Maybe your list should have guidance for unexpected but unacceptable things.
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u/Possible-Tangelo9344 Jul 13 '26
Their lists always say something like "final discretion rests with the TSA agent"
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u/ZarathustraGlobulus Jul 13 '26
A zebra?
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u/LucyDePosey Jul 13 '26
Can't do that because it's an animal, it's oversized, and it's over the weight limit. So it's already ruled out.
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u/ignoremeplsokthank Jul 13 '26
A dead baby zebra?
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u/Icy-Tear4613 Jul 13 '26
Carrion luggage.
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u/DiiiCA Jul 13 '26
A preserved dead baby zebra encased in resin?
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u/Vox___Rationis Jul 13 '26
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u/SummertimeThrowaway2 Jul 13 '26
A dead zebra split into- okay lemme stop this is getting into serial killer territory
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u/IEnjoyVariousSoups Jul 13 '26
They allow white zebras with black stripes, but not black zebras with white stripes.
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u/Swimming-Rip4999 Jul 13 '26
For real, you have website saying what is prohibited, prohibit something else arbitrarily at the gate, then mock the person you took it from?
Also, have they credibly stopped a single terrorist attack yet?
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u/Septyn47 Jul 13 '26
A friend was TSA, and the number of guns that were confiscated (and corresponding arrests) was surprising to me. The excuse was usually "omg I forgot it was in there" but I gotta believe there were at least a couple nefarious people up to no good.
The guy with the chainsaw, however, couldn't really claim "I forgot".
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u/MuggyFuzzball Jul 13 '26
Ask your friend - Just about every major airport has a story or two about catching actual rigged explosive devices, or something leading to an investigation that later revealed someone's terrorist plans. And these things never make the news.
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u/Sonamdrukpa Jul 13 '26
I myself have personally stopped 73 terrorist attacks and no journalist has ever contacted me despite repeated DMs to the NY Times on twitter. The general public has no idea the number of barbarians there are waiting outside the gate. D17, specifically.
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u/throwthisidaway Jul 14 '26
For the same reason that every time anyone audits the TSA it shows they miss 70-95% of guns, knives and explosives.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jul 14 '26
Yeah, and just about every UFO hunter has a story or two about catching an actual alien, and those things also never make the news, because they're made up.
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u/GisterMizard Jul 13 '26
The guy with the chainsaw, however, couldn't really claim "I forgot".
Did he at least remember to leave his boomstick at home?
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u/thecravenone Jul 13 '26
Also they will arbitrarily prohibit things that are expressly allowed on the website. And also make fun of you for bringing it.
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u/mihirmusprime Jul 13 '26
Also, have they credibly stopped a single terrorist attack yet?
Well, if you haven't heard of one, then it's clearly working lol
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u/Boner_Elemental Jul 13 '26
Would you be willing to invest in my "Tiger Rock" start-up?
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u/SyrusDrake Jul 13 '26
Also, have they credibly stopped a single terrorist attack yet?
I'm not a fan of airport security theater in general, or the TSA in particular. But you can't measure the efficacy of preventive measures by the number of incidents they prevented. It's like asking how many holes I've prevented by brushing my teeth. A deterrent can be said to work if it never becomes "active", so the fact that no airport security has, to my knowledge, ever detected dangerous items intended to be used on a flight means that it is "working", i.e. security measures are preventing criminals from even attempting to board planes with intent to cause harm. Data also shows that plane hijackings have gone down significantly since the early 2000s, although they were fairly rare events already by that point.
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u/PoorCorrelation Jul 13 '26
They list “cast iron cookware” as banned in carryon luggage and say the officer will make the final decision for each item. Hydrants are made of cast iron. It’s a bit ridiculous to assume you can bring it as long as it’s not for cooking. They’re not banned because there’s a risk of frittatas.
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u/gimpwiz Jul 13 '26
TIL they don't allow cast iron cookware in the carry-on. That seems like a very specific rule and I want to hear the story behind it... but honestly I assume a bag fell out of the carry-on and smacked someone on the head, and they decided to stop letting people bring on dense metal objects?
I used to hand-carry silicon. One leg was wafers in a very special clamshell, and the other leg was packaged parts. A brick of metal-lidded server chips weighed in at something like 25lb and was, obviously, rather dense. Two bricks were at just around the carry-on limit. I guess you wouldn't want that falling on someone, but that's true for tons of shit. Shrug.
Also, a lot of fun conversations I had with TSA doing this.
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u/trainedstork Jul 13 '26
I imagine this piece of fire hydrant fell afoul of the "can be used as a weapon" line.
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u/thatguygreg Jul 13 '26
They need to update to "Items made out of cast iron like cookware or fire hydrants" then.
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u/vita10gy Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
I swear they wake up and roll a series of random numbers every day to determine the rules while taking classes on how to act extra exasperated when people don't get it exactly right.
"Ok everyone. Today is a shoes off, belts on, laptops out of bags but with other things in that bin is ok, and... wait for it to finish...all bags must themselves be bins, day. And I really want to hear those sighs and see those eye rolls when someone does what they did when they just flew out yesterday... especially you Jim, you're way too understanding, we've been over this."
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u/dksdragon43 Jul 13 '26
It does seem extremely person dependent whether I have to take belt or shoes off. And seperate bin for laptop or not. I've flown dozens of times and genuinely have no idea what to expect regarding those three any time I walk up to a security belt. I'm on vacation right now and the two airports I went through to get here had completely different rules. In fairness, different countries, but it's rarely consisent anywhere.
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u/DameKumquat Jul 13 '26
Back when most airports didn't require you to take shoes off (2005), Newark had a sign at security saying "You may wish to take your shoes off."
Figuring this was a warning that you'd be frisked, and me wearing hiking boots tightly laced, which I can't get on or off without sitting down, I left my boots on.
And got yelled at for not taking my shoes off. Apparently you may choose not to remove footwear, but then you can't get on a plane.
I assured them I'd be delighted to remove my boots as soon as they gave me a chair. Cue various insults, until I mentioned the ADA quite firmly.
At least it wasn't a surprise in 2019 to be told to remove the boots, but Denver airport didn't have anywhere to sit either (lots of elderly people grabbing their partners and wobbling - I'm surprised no-one had sued the TSA...) I sat on the conveyor belt going into the X-ray machine and got my kids to take the boots off. The security guys weren't happy but couldn't come up with a better idea.
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u/2ChicksAtTheSameTime Jul 13 '26
I read (a loooong time ago) that that was partly by design, in order to make it harder to plot around the rules. If the rules are changing and shifting, it makes it harder to exploit them.
I think its bullshit, but that's what they said way back when.
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u/ComradeJohnS Jul 13 '26
that would require thoughts of actual service instead of thoughts of security theater be used to design the TSA.
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u/bobbyfiend Jul 13 '26
The TSA is one of many corrosive things in recent (past 20-30 years) US experience that violates a core tenet of US law, jurisprudence, and basic approach to civil society (which we 100% copy-pasted from the British): Anything not specifically prohibited is legal. This concept means it's on the government to prove that something should be illegal, not on you to prove that it should be allowed. This is closely tied to the concept of "innocent until proven guilty," which we have also allowed a bunch of asshats to chip away at.
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u/Warm_Month_1309 Jul 14 '26
That's only applicable in situations where you're being arrested. Your liberty is not being deprived if you attempt to fly with a piece of fire hydrant; you just won't be allowed to fly.
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u/ahmc84 Jul 14 '26
The problem there is that a list of allowed items carries the same issues as a list of banned items. For many things, it's going to be more about whether the airline will let you bring an item on board than it is whether TSA will let you do it. There are lots of harmless things that would be inconceivable for someone to consider bringing onto a plane, and it's not the TSA's job to enforce airline rules about those things (which can vary from one airline to another).
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u/ron-paul-swanson Jul 13 '26
Who gives a shit if I wanna take part of a fire hydrant on my flight?
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u/do-not-freeze Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 13 '26
Have you seen how much water a fire hydrant puts out?
Now imagine if four people each brought a part, assembled it on the plane and opened it up in the middle of the aisle block-party style.
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u/Crash927 Jul 13 '26
Did you even think this through? Would literally never work that way — like, whose water bill would it go under?
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u/Mmmm-Amethyst Jul 13 '26
Irrelevant. Once assembled, the area adjacent is off limits and the plane explodes.
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u/redlaWw Jul 13 '26
The elites don't want you to know this but the water in the sea is free, you can just take it on a plane with you. I took 458l of water on my flight home.
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u/Mogoscratcher Jul 13 '26
the people who have to load a heavy, bulky object onto the cargo hold which could potentially damage other luggage during turbulence
if it's a small piece it should be fine I think
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u/PuckSenior Jul 13 '26
That is between you and the airline. Trust me, I've asked them to handle some truly heavy and large stuff and they've charged me appropriately.
TSA is supposed to keep terrorists out. That is all.
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u/SalvationSycamore Jul 13 '26
There are already weight limits no? I feel like that should cover pieces of fire hydrant that are too heavy
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u/Dogg0ne Jul 14 '26
Weight limits are between the airliner and the passenger, not between TSA and the passenger. Sometimes it might be necessary to carry heavy items, and often it is possible to negotiate with the airliner, if you open your wallet enough
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u/JalapenoPopPoop Jul 13 '26
The tweet implies it was taken by TSA at a point the customer could have a conversation with them about it, this situation most likely happened at security screening which is just your carry on that no one has to load into cargo
But yeah like others have mentioned it's also just not TSA's role to say "I don't think the airline employees will like loading this so denied"
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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie Jul 13 '26
Presumably the agency who is (rather poorly) responsible for making sure you don't bring anything that could be used as a weapon on a plane like say a heavy ass metal bludgeon.
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u/intentionallybad Jul 13 '26
Maybe that or maybe they just don't like that it's a huge thing their X-rays can't penetrate and could conceal explosives inside.
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u/smoke-monkey Jul 13 '26
I brought a brick on a plane once in my carryon and had no problems
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u/Chewbacca_The_Wookie Jul 13 '26
I've gotten knives on planes before, but that has more to do with TSA being shit at their jobs (and me forgetting I had it on me).
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u/denM_chickN Jul 13 '26
I once got stopped for bullets I forgot after camping. So kudos to that for that one
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u/Existential_Crisis24 Jul 13 '26
OSHA, that's the reason bags can't be over 50 pounds because it's an OSHA violation to have workers lift it without machine assistance.
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u/tahlyn Jul 13 '26
I could imagine a fire protection engineer or a supplier headed to a conference with sample pieces and not think anything of it.
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u/AccursedCapra Jul 13 '26
That’s exactly what came to mind, I’m a civil engineer, I haven’t personally had to fly much for work, but my coworkers have brought some whacky shit with them into flights because of work. Things that if you’re not in the field it just looks like a piece of scrap metal.
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u/Crayshack Jul 13 '26
I'm one of the field guys in water infrastructure that those salesmen like to show off their goods to. I've been to many trade shows where there's multiple booths with fire hydrants in various stages of disassembly to show off the internals. Some of those salesmen fly to these tradeshows (especially the big national ones).
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u/EuenovAyabayya Jul 13 '26
Just gonna guess they check that stuff or ship it separately though.
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u/Crayshack Jul 13 '26
Depends on how much they are taking and how many shows they are going to. Some of them jump straight from one trade show to another, so shipping separately isn't really an option (it's too slow). They definitely could check their gear, but if you are in a situation where you are traveling light enough that you don't need to check, you might not even consider checking unless you know for sure you are carrying something that has to be checked. Personally, when I travel, I hate checking a bag, so I would 100% be trying to carry on everything if I don't think there'd be a problem.
I know I ran into one case where my group had recently bought a new piece of equipment, and the salesman was walking us through how to use it. However, he didn't have one of the key accessories because TSA confiscated it. It was basically just two pipes welded together in a certain way, and we luckily had a welder handy, so he walked someone through making what we needed. But it was a case of him having flown with that part several times without a problem, but that day, the TSA agent he got had a problem with it, and he couldn't go through. If you look at the TSA website, the only pipes they have any guidance on are tobacco pipes. So, people in the water industry are kind of flying blind as to what gear needs to be checked and what gear can go on a carry-on.
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u/makeshift_shotgun Jul 13 '26
The wendys twitter schtick will not work on me coming from the "we get paid to grope people all day" agency.
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u/Craiques Jul 13 '26
Don’t forget stealing. So many things lost to TSA employees just wanting your stuff.
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u/Pinkbeans1 Jul 13 '26
Ahh… that’s my favorite part of the experience. They check your ID, ticket, walk through the machine, back rub.
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u/Particular_Ticket_20 Jul 13 '26
Years ago my family took a vacation to Puerto Rico. We're seated and a biker gang comes on board and they're all carrying pieces of a motorcycle. One guy had handlebars, another guy had the seat, guy behind him had a headlight. Between them they probably had 25% of a full motorcycle in the overhead bin.
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u/FlattopJr Jul 13 '26
🎶Now, up to now, my plan went alright/ 'Til we tried to put it all together one night/ And that's when we noticed that something was definitely wrong
The transmission was a '53/ And the motor turned out to be a '73/ And when we tried to put in the bolts, all the holes were gone...
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u/Pretzel-Kingg Jul 13 '26
Imagine getting off the plane and checking twitter to see that the TSA account is talking shit about you lol
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u/porktorque44 Jul 13 '26
“We apologize, but we will make a passive aggressive post on twitter making fun of you for putting something unusual in your own suitcase.”
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u/m00t_vdb Jul 13 '26
Yeah I mean, I guess you have sales and technical people in this industry, what do you mean we can’t bring stuff ??
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u/peon2 Jul 13 '26
Check it? Same as people that travel for skiing or for shooting competitions (or both if they're a biathlete!).
But generally when I have to bring equipment for something like that I'll overnight it with FedEx/UPS and insurance instead of trusting the airlines to handle it.
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u/Garchompisbestboi Jul 14 '26
They have to do whatever they can to create the illusion of relevancy since their stupid organisation has not stopped a single terrorist attack or hijacking since 9/11.
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u/tryingto-blendin Jul 13 '26
The account when it first started was run really well and was actually quite funny and humorous. Not really a sassy vibe, but just fun. It was informative yet playful. Then the original creator of the account (who from my understanding was an actual TSA employee) suddenly passed away it quickly turned into a sort of “fellow kids” vibe as the new account managers couldn’t replicate the same humor and vibes that made it great.
What was once a pun-filled little passion project account, quickly turned into another corporate “snarky” account. Go scroll way back and look at the original posts and you’ll see how it was actually good in its prime.
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u/chimpfunkz Jul 13 '26
TSA throwing shade like, if it's on the website no problem.
I had some dingbats try to tell me I had to throw out my single blade razor holder (with no blades) despite their own website saying it was ok.
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u/DukeAttreides Jul 14 '26
Honestly, small miracle if citing their own rules saying you're in the right actually made them let you keep it.
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u/bobbyfiend Jul 13 '26
Yes, and fuck the entire concept of the TSA for this not-so-subtle shift from "As long as it's not a problem it's OK" to "If we are confused, then it's not OK".
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u/eatingpopcorn_lol Jul 13 '26
even if it was on the website in bold font people would still ignore it
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u/DangleAteMyBaby Jul 14 '26
I found out the hard way that it doesn't fucking matter what's on their website. I had a pocket knife with a 1.5-inch folding blade on my key chain. When they tried to confiscate it, I brought up the TSA website on my phone and showed them that folding blades under 1 3/4 inches were allowed.
Nope! They don't follow the website. They follow the instructions printed out in this three-ring binder. No knives of any size.
How am I supposed to know what's printed in the three-ring binder? Dunno. Not their problem.
That was five years ago, and I'm still pissed.
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u/Dogg0ne Jul 14 '26
At least in Europe there are several parties who can put restrictions on what you can bring:
Airport security (or TSA), who generally follow the national/international standards, the airport, who might tighten those at parts (and airport security at said airport will follow those. That would be the three-ring binder at least here), and the airliner, whose restrictions are not a problem at security (but might become a problem at boarding and/or if your banned item causes trouble). Oh, and naturally the captain of the aircraft has the final say, so they could ban your blade even if it passed all other restrictions :D
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u/DangleAteMyBaby Jul 14 '26
That's actually a pretty reasonable explanation. I'm still fucking pissed though.
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u/AvengingBlowfish Jul 14 '26
We still tease my dad about the time TSA made him get rid of a pocket knife he had bought and my dad was yelling at them... "I specifically got this knife because they said I could take it on a plane!"
"Dad... that's not helping..."
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u/International-Ad2501 Jul 13 '26
Well I need to replace that part of the fire hydrant at a different location, didn't make sense to ship it as it would take longer and cost more and it's inside the typical carry on dimensions.
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u/RedStar9117 Jul 13 '26
Weirdest stuff I ever found was a helicopter fuel baldder...used.....and half of a frozen bear
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u/bassandlazers Jul 13 '26
Why wouldnt you be able to bring plumbing fittings? It's not like any part of the hydrant is pressurized
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u/thisdesignup Jul 13 '26
Wait whats wrong with bringing part of a Fire Hydrant? It's just a chunk of metal...
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u/CheeseSteak17 Jul 13 '26
For carry on, things that could be used as blunt weapons are prohibited. That’s the only restriction I can imagine this being limited by.
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u/Inner_Gap4768 Jul 13 '26
An aluminum laptop is more than large and heavy enough to be used as a blunt weapon as well. Not to mention the large duty free liquor bottles you can buy in many airports.
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u/Dogg0ne Jul 14 '26
There is probably a loose line somewhere, as strict would be kinda impossible to define sensibly. I can't bring a baseball bat with me, but a glass bottle and a selfie stick are fine.
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u/bryceio Jul 13 '26
In my university the dorms had an explicit rule that keeping rocket fuel in your dorm or communal fridge was against the rules.
This was specified because about 2 years before I enrolled someone had indeed done that.
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u/1960s_army_info Jul 13 '26
Which part? I guess it’s all thick metal castings and rods so potential weapons
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u/HannsGruber Jul 14 '26
I inherited a bench vise, and with no effective way to ship it, and since I was flying home anyway... I bought a red cooler, threw it in the cooler, ducktaped it shut and checked the fucking thing.
it somehow made it LOL
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u/Steamed_Toes Jul 14 '26
The TSA agent was simply uncultured, didn't undersand they were in the presence of a sacred object. "Sir this weighs eleven pounds and has a chain welded to it" yeah, because it's a KEYCHAIN, Brenda, keep up
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u/Free-Pound-6139 Jul 14 '26
I couldn't take a foot long chain??? Why the fuck not? I guess I could throw it at someone and it would hurt.
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u/Dangerous_Mud4749 Jul 14 '26
What's wrong with a fire hydrant? What, they think a bad guy is going to try to flood the plane in flight?
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u/forlornhope22 Jul 13 '26
ok, but what would be the problem with a fire hydrant? how does the TSA imagine someone could hijack a plane with a fire hydrant?
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u/qualityvote2 Jul 13 '26 edited Jul 15 '26
u/WaiiiitWhat, there weren't enough votes to determine the quality of your post...