Don't Be Embarrassed By 'Personal' Items in Your Luggage
Nobody enjoys taking off their shoes, removing all metal objects and making their way though airport security. But for some the process can be, well, a little more revealing and sometimes embarrassing.
Ann Lombardi was recently going through the Transportation Security Administration's checkpoint in Atlanta before catching a flight to Zurich when her carry on bag started buzzing.
It wasn't a bomb or a terrorist weapon but a vibrating massager Lombardi was bringing to a friend in Switzerland who had said she seriously wanted to massage her sore thigh.
"Naturally I was flagged by TSA," said Lombardi,cheap jerseys, an Atlanta based tour guide with The Trip Chicks. "When the male TSA agent pulled out the unwrapped device, it was in full view of a bunch of travelers,nike free, including a man of the cloth."
"I distinctly remember the scowl on the pastor's face and his wife glancing away self consciously in the other direction. Of course several other people in line giggled,chanel purses," Lombardi added. "Just when I was recovering from total embarrassment and as I sat engrossed in my magazine at the gate area,discount true religion jeans, two young guys next to me jokingly asked: 'Hey, aren't you that woman who just got buzzed at security?'"
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Travelers pack all sorts of items in their bags from an extra T shirt to that perfect beach novel. Some of those items however are a bit more private,hogan outlet.
Monica Hurtado and her husband Edgar endured a similar embarrassment in October 2001 traveling from their home in Arlington,prada, Texas, to Nueva Vallarta,mcm bags, Mexico,rolex watches, for their honeymoon.
"My bridesmaid decided to pack my luggage for me the night before and filled it with tons of lingerie. Being right after 9/11,supra for sale, when we got to Mexico they dumped out my suitcase on the table," Hurtado said. "I was mortified when the guy at the airport put a pencil thru one of the straps of my garments on the table and smiled and asked honeymoon?' I was truly a blushing bride at that moment."
"Edgar just about fell over laughing,converse outlet, while I was almost in tears," said Hurtado,oakley outlet, now expecting her first child in two weeks.
Airport Security Wanted to Inspect What?
The TSA said it "respects passengers' privacy and strives to treat the traveling public with respect and dignity. All passengers have the option to request screening in a private area."
But while TSA agents are trained to respect travelers' privacy, some passengers say that's not always the case.
Jennifer Kellas was once returning to Detroit after a trip to St. John. The TSA agent was going their her bag and for some reason stopped when he found a few condoms.
"He took them out,lululemon.com," Kellas recalled,lululemon, "and said Oh, you went to St.
Back in 2004,oakley, Mackay airport in Queensland, Australia, was evacuated when a sex toy discarded in a cafe garbage can caused a terrorism alert.
"It was rather disconcerting when the rubbish bin started humming furiously," the cafe's manager,louboutins, Lynne Bryant told media at the time. "We called security."

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