RE: Exploited at the Airport! My Mom Denied Entry After Flying Across the World (To See Me!) 😫😖😤😭 PART 2!

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To be fair, (at least in my experience) most cases of travel have some sort of snag or piece that goes slightly unplanned as we can't be prepared for everything and then eventually, the seasoned traveler gets used to these upsets and they are no longer a problem (though it's kind of a problem that problems are so normal!)

TSA is my personal nightmare, I hope I only ever have to fly into the states a handful of times for the rest of my life. (I would say never but my family wouldn't be happy about that!)

Nail clippers are ok, now nail scissors... you're getting taken in for questioning. How do I know? ... just guess lol!

The water thing just continually blows my mind! I have forgotten water in my purse sometimes and ended up with it on the plane with me, where other times, it was the end of the world that I was up to something!

I really want to interview someone to know what it's like on their side of the stick... maybe we're being too judgmental and harsh, it must be a huge responsibility to take on... you know the safety of so many lives and all :S

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[alexpmorris]

you reminded me of a comment I wrote on @kus-knee's post a few weeks back that seems especially relevant now! lol

Why Are Prices so High at Airports And Highway Stops?
alexpmorris: another reason that TSA / customs agents take your water bottles away going through the checkpoints. all's left is for them to sell it back to you coming out the other side, or would that make the scam too obvious?! lol

and this one...

How they have not started to charge per use of the bathroom is beyond my understanding.

alexpmorris: some airlines have already tried that too... lol
Link: Paying to Pee: Have the Airlines Gone Too Far?

Last time we went down to Mexico, as their "TSA" confiscated a few of our items, we were able to peak into the barrel full of obscure items they'd "appropriated". Really makes you wonder if they weren't just trying to restock that sales booth out the back side of the airport! lol

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Haha well, you know you might be onto something!

In Europe on RyanAir, they charge for toilet use... at least they did 5 years ago when I was flying with them. It was only 1 euro but still... I could not believe the cheapness of that airline lol but then again the tickets reflect that price so, you know, you get what you pay for ;)

I'm sure someone is making a side business off of this. Leaving Vegas, I had this really cool bottle opener that I had paid strip prices for and they were telling me I had to toss it. I refused so they took me out of line, brought me over to UPS and had me pay for everything to ship it back to Canada. $20 later... it never made it to my house! I have always wondered about that one!

:S Somethings going on over there and I don't like it haha