What. the. fuck.
At least one TSA screener is forbidding passengers to carry more than 2 books in carry-on luggage.
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Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:24:47 pm PDT #7386 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
§ ita § - Apr 18, 2005 1:26:22 pm PDT #7387 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Wait there was a limit of 4 books? For what reason? What possible reason?
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:28:18 pm PDT #7388 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
The betting in blog comments is that a semi-literate screener is confusing the limit on *matchbooks* with the limit on *books*. But he was pointing to a book when he made the comment.
brenda m - Apr 18, 2005 1:31:13 pm PDT #7389 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
The guy in question says not, though - that the screener brought up the matchbook regs separately. Craxy.
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 1:39:34 pm PDT #7390 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Hence the "semi-literate" comment. That is, I'm betting this isn't actually official TSA policy, it's one not-too-bright person's interpretation of said policy.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 18, 2005 2:22:01 pm PDT #7391 of 10002
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Am I the only one who would be incensed enough by this to follow up with written complaints to the guy's supervisor's supervisor's supervisor?
Anne W. - Apr 18, 2005 2:26:41 pm PDT #7392 of 10002
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
No, Matt, you're not the only one. Two books is what I consider a minimum for carryon.
In other news, I have been packing up books all day long and taping them away into dark little boxes where I can't get at them. This makes me sad.
meara - Apr 18, 2005 3:32:47 pm PDT #7393 of 10002
Two books is a minimum when I'm flying to North Carolina from DC. Anywhere farther? Requires more. (Though given the number of times I've been delayed at Dulles going to NC, two is pretty minimum too).
I would SO throw a shit-fit if they tried to tell me I couldn't bring more than 2 books on a flight. I wouldn't particularily care if they told me I couldn't get on that flight, after throwing said shit-fit. Becuase really. If I"m flying to Cali, and can't have books? What's the point?
Betsy HP - Apr 18, 2005 3:39:44 pm PDT #7394 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
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DavidS - Apr 18, 2005 5:37:33 pm PDT #7395 of 10002
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If I"m flying to Cali, and can't have books? What's the point?
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