Stick it to the Man!

[serinde]

College student vs. the TSA. The stakes: the life of her pet fighting fishie, which the airline says can go on the plane, but the TSA smells a security risk. Hilarity ensues.

Comments

[kalimar.livejournal.com]

Ok. That's funny. Go Ms. Hayhurst. Kick some ridiculous wacko TSA butt.

[zombywoof.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that was funny. And sad also .... that the TSA is concerned about a fish. I wonder what sort of person gets to be a TSA screener ...

Former congressmen, perhaps?

[naudia.livejournal.com]

I don't know what kind of monsters they have at security, but to make (or to think you're making) a person kill their own pet?!? What possible security risk could a BETA FISH have? I used to own two and they are small, but beautiful fish that are harmless to anything but other fish.

[syringavulgaris.livejournal.com]

Absolutely none, of course. In fact, out of curiosity, I looked up the TSA guidelines, and they specifically say that you are a) allowed to bring a pet if the airline says it's okay, and b) you will never be forced to put it through the X-Ray device. This was a case of one power-drunk set of assholes.

So, important safety tip: print out relevant pages from the TSA website before you travel, if you have anything at all unusual. It may not help, because if the screener wants to give you shit you can't stop them--there is a cover-all clause which says a screener can make the final call--but if you're armed with the regs, at least you have a fighting chance to make them back down.

[naudia.livejournal.com]

That is a very good idea.