Typically I don’t copy and paste whole article. But this shit really pissed me off.
If you enjoy the content at iBankCoin, please follow us on TwitterA Hawaiian mom says she was humiliated when asked to prove her breast pump was real at an airport.
The woman says she was flagged for additional screening at the Lihue Airport Wednesday because of her electric breast feeding pump.
She claims agents told her she couldn’t take the pump on the plane because the bottles in her carry-on were empty.
“I asked him if there was a private place I could pump and he said no, you can go in the women’s bathroom. I had to stand in front of the mirrors and the sinks and pump my breast in front of every tourist that walked into that bathroom. I was embarrassed and humiliated and then angry that I was treated this way.
When the bottles were full, she was allowed back on the plane.
The TSA is apologizing, saying the agent made a mistake.
The agency released a statement, saying in part: “We accept responsibility for the apparent misunderstanding and any inconvenience or embarrassment this incident may have caused her.”
The TSA recently changed screening procedures to allow women to carry breast milk onto planes without testing it.
However, breast pumps may require additional screening.
What will they make those people who try and bring on a penis pump? Will they have to prove it works?
Why is a breast milk pump dangerous – for any reason?
Marshal,
A breast pump is dangerous for the same reason a nailclipper is… because it popped into some idiot bureacrat’s mind.
It was an electronic pump. Electronic devices of that size are a concern, because a case with wiring inside could be a bomb in disguise.
So, there was a legitimate need to verify that the pump was what it appeared to be.
There was no legitimate need to have the mother pump her breasts to verify that the pump was a functional pump and not a bomb.
Evev when TSA is behaving properly, it is a colossal waste of money and time.
Why is the TSA not an issue in the campaign? They regularly humiliate women.
The TSA are equal opportunity humiliators, so NOW and Carbonite are both big supporters.
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Maybe my memory is off, but I feel like this same thing has happened before with a different mother with a breast pump and TSA agent. Am I imagining that? I seem to remember a news story about it from a while back.
Comrads. I suggest a President “worker” program. On this historic day, we shall exchange Hoboma for President Putin. Da!
The TSA should be required to test all women’s breasts to make sure they are real breasts and not bombs!
That’s what the untested radiation devices are for.
Freedom, folks, freedom.
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anything to reduce your desire to travel…
stay home… all the better to track you, dearie…
the TSA’s real job
LOL. “The TSA is apologizing, saying the agent made a mistake.”
We see that line every few weeks, along with variations of “The TSA is reviewing its procedures.”)
When do we get to see something like “The TSA issued a letter of commendation, saying the agent’s swift and decisive action resulted in the capture of the terrorist and the saving of many lives?”
It’s been ten years and we’re still waiting.
I would rather the headline: “The TSA has been disbanded”
Subhead: “Terminal Security Outsourced to 30 guys from the Mossad, Nation Breathes Sigh of Relief.”
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this is why global tourist trade into the US is losing a ton of money. This is a disgrace
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