One note I want to add to the musician's instrument is that it was custom made and fine tuned to exactly the way he wanted it and to how he played it, essentially meaning that it was one of a kind. So, that's literally never coming back, and it's a damn shame.
@@thepriceofsalt9003 im not even a musician and still seeing the broken instrument honestly made my heart drop. so disgusting of the tsa, im freaking LIVID for the musician
Potato King exactly. And I think whether it's something custom or not, it's a personal item, and those inherently have a lot of value, and should be treated with respect.
Every. Single. Time I’m going through TSA, I get lit up so I have to get patted down, or get my bag searched. Because of this, I get to sit to the side and watch people get profiled by the TSA. When you actually have the time to sit and watch for more than the amount of time it takes to fly through, the profiling is obvious. It’s PAINFULLY obvious. Last time I flew (three weeks ago) was heartbreaking. There was an older foreign couple getting ALL of their items swabbed in front of me. They had packed wrapped gifts. Food, small household items, a set of books, all with Arabic packaging. So of course all of the gifts needed to be unwrapped, opened, inspected, swabbed, all while they were nearly in tears and afraid they were going to miss their flight. Obviously they didn’t do anything wrong so when the agent was finished humiliating them they were sent on their way with all their items disheveled and needing to be re-packed. All of the gift wrap ruined. And that’s just your run of the mill, every day process of getting picked on by TSA.
Huh. Had that happen to me before where the TSA agent was like "I need to do a more thorough check. Let's move somewhere else for more privacy." and I was like "No. Do whatever it is here." They gave me this weird look and all they did was pat me down. Why would I need to be somewhere private for a pat down? Creepy af.
Yeah they usually pose the question as “would you like to move to a more private area” (which honestly is less off putting because it makes clear that the screening is not going to involve Removing clothes or anything) but also if you would prefer to be in a more private area there will ALWAYS be a second employee present and if there isn’t you are fully allowed to ask for the TSA lead / an alternate screener without fear of retaliation.
When I visited the States a few years ago, I wore a shirt that said 'kiss me im canadian' I was going through TSA and the guy was hitting on me saying "If i kissed you I'd get in trouble" he then checked my ID and was surprized that I was 19 because he thought I was 16. But mind you he's talking about kissing me when he still believed I was 16... Which was the weird part of the story :S
Once almost had a TSA agent (female) pat me down when I was because 13/14 because I, "had something in my pocket." I was wearing jeggings. They do not have pockets.
The Kora is a HUGELY cultural instrument. It's the ancestor of the guitar. It has the most beautiful sound ever and the musicians often have such poetic lyrics. You have to be MAD SKILLED and often even come from a family that played fir generation to reach a certain level. If he is playing internationally, he's more than legit.
something people don’t talk about nearly enough is how much tsa destroys wheelchairs. it’s SO FREQUENT. i have friends who literally won’t travel because they’re scared their wheelchair will be damaged. and they never get reimbursed for it, ever. incredibly expensive medical equipment, often having to pay thousands out of pocket, our literal LEGS being taken away from us on national trips, with no apologies or reimbursement.
Unfortunately not just the tsa, I live in Europe (Austria) and am scared as hell to fly anywhere because no airline refunds the actual price when they destroy or loose it. You have to check it in with your luggage and if something happens you sith somewhere on the planet without your wheelchair. I need a surgery abroad and that's one big issue to solve. Thanks for bringing it up 💜 soooo many people don't even know that's a struggle
This is a genuine questions. Why don't people sue. Destroying a wheelchair of someone who isn't hiding anything feels like abuse of power and in a court of law you could say it's descrimination against people with disabilities. I've never traveled outside of Canada so idk how it works.
@@Lilspringroll-295 Much like the instrument featured in this video, TSA will likely claim it never happened, or that it wasn't their fault. And there is no way that a single person can afford to win a lawsuit against a government agency.
@@Lilspringroll-295 because you agree to their terms of service you check your luggage in and it's only insured for a certain amount of money. You can't sue them, even if they lost it (and they lost dead bodies which were transported for the funeral). You get a little insurance payment, that's it. It doesn't matter that the wheelchair did cost 5000$, you get f.e.200$. It's not discrimination because they don't pick ONLY wheelchairs and destroy them on purpose. Of course it sucks, but the law isn't always fair.
I was born with an illness called cystic fibrosis, which has ravaged my body. I have chronic pain resulting in mobility issues, and am immunocompromised making airports dangerous for me so I always wear a vog mask. The TSA made me stand up from my wheelchair, even though I was fatigued and in pain. They gave me a full body pat down, and even though the agent promised she would be gentle, she hurt me. Finally they forced me to take my vog mask off even though my mother kept telling them I couldn't, that it was too risky for me. We even offered for them to pat down my mask so they could feel there was nothing inside but my face, but they said no and we had no choice. I literally asked them while they were examining the filter on my mask, what if I get sick? All the agent said was, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience Ma'am- but I'm just trying to do my job." To the TSA, the risk of my personal safety and yes, even my life, was nothing but a minor inconvenience. Thankfully I got lucky and didn't get sick but it felt kind of violating all the same.
@@lyricalbelle I KIND OF get it to an extent because people have hidden explosives in their underwear before so why not in a face mask. But there should always be exceptions made for people like myself and the pregnant and the elderly. I probably scared the hell out of the TSA agents by coughing up blood and little bits of lung or stomach lining or something in front of them though, so that's at least one bright side
How was it meant to temporary and dismantled? I thought it was created due to what happened on 9/11. Tried to search it up and nothing about it being temporary came up anywhere.
@@sepulchrums Yes it was. But it was meant to be temporary, due to that thing. Then when it died down, they remove it. Ya know, like how South Africa did it after we had an issue. And then we dismantled it.
semisardonic agreed, really nice colors. also on a more on-topic note i totally agree man. i was chosen for random selection at 12 and it made me so damn scared.
kareem abusalah I was 7 when my sister died and then the next day she told my mom that I am dying from cancer and my hair was flowing in the wind but then mom closed the shoes in half and that happened yesterday thank god it’s almost my 12th birthday
My friend isn't even muslim, just middle-eastern descent, and when we were travelling together she warned me that she might be called for a random check - and then she was. She said it happens to her so often and I definitely believe it. My country's border security doesn't seem _as bad_ compared to the TSA though 😰
@@comfortloid2195 Bro, I don't think you understand the entire situation. A) this is the internet anyone can claim anything. B) I don't think you understand how screening works by TSA. They only touch someone from 3 reasons, Random Screening, Alarm Resolution, or opt out. That's it, so if a child is being touched that means it's an alarm Resolution. TSA is not allowed to touch anyone without thier consent and has to do so for the resolution for alarms. I'm telling you because I literally work the TSA, yes thier are creeps and the agency works hard to purge them but you need to understand that we screen millions of people a day, seriously a couple of situations happen a month and it's get media attention.
@@tomraines6554 My guy, I worked there for five years a long time ago. I was actually a Behavior Detection Officer for three years (you know when that was still a thing). People will almost never be educated on how the screening actually works because the SOPs will never be made public--for good OPSEC reasons. And because of that, people will make assumptions and draw their own conclusions until the end of time--and those assumptions and conclusions will never be positive. Then when you get into a comment section like this it will be an echo-chamber of, likely false, anecdotes just reaffirming everybody's non-educated confirmation bias. You and I both know there isn't an AIT or walk-thru metal detector on the planet that actually shows a real-life naked image of the scanned person. You and I both know how secondary screening of persons and baggage works and that if people deviate from the very specific SOP in order to assault somebody or get their jollies off, they will be fired AND criminally prosecuted. And we both know seized items are never kept by individual officers. If you sat outside an international checkpoint after a flight from Mexico clears customs and enters the checkpoint, to the lay-person it will probably look like Hispanic passengers are being "profiled" for secondary screening when, in reality, passengers flying from Mexico into the US almost always have huge containers of homemade candy and large blocks of homemade cheese that look exactly the same as large masses of plastic explosives (semtex and C4) on Xray and therefore always HAVE to be cleared by secondary screening as not being an explosive. But unless you wanna' reply these explanations over and over, ad nauseam to every comment on this section, you will probably find peace if you can just ignore all of them and keep it moving (or just completely ignore the comment section on posts about airport security all together).
The TSA isn't even that old. It was established in 2001. Isn't it weird that we, as a generation, will never know what it was like to go to an airport and not have our bodily privacy constantly invaded?
I live in the uk, and we fly every summer, I have never had a pat down, we have a door that just does the job. I knew I was never going to america but this just crosses the line
I play French horn, and the way my case is I couldn't fit it in the top in the luggage area on the plane, so I brought it as a carry on, and still they refused to let me have it with me, even though I explained it is an INSTRUMENT and FRAGILE and they literally shoved it in the back in a random locker and when I get it out and try to play (I had a very important concert in Vienna) It was broken, and had to rush to a music store and fix it. Worst experience ever.
that's so awful, I play french horn as well and it was so difficult to find a horn that my family could get because they're such an expensive instrument
Yes I have experience with this. My dad travels a lot for his music because he’s on tour and last time he left his ONE OF A KIND drum set to TSA it almost broke. So he now only drives with his drums. It’s horrible how they treat such delicate things. People spend so much time and energy on that type of stuff and TSA breaks it or takes it away. I think if they take it away they should hold it somewhere then when you come back they give it back to you. It’s crazy
The tsa also regularly destroys wheelchairs and if the person can get a refund for the damage its normally less than $1,000 when most wheelchairs cost $10,000-$50,000.... so yeah even if their instagram actually was funny it wouldn't help their reputation in my eyes
Can confirm, have had a wheelchair damaged in TSA. The estimate you put is pretty high, you are thinking of power wheelchairs, my wheelchairs and others that aren't electronic are usually only 1000-5000$, they rarely give compensation unless you report it as soon as you land at the baggage office thing. They blatantly disrespect people with disabilities, they once forced me to stand up because they saw me walking an hour earlier before getting in line, I promptly passed out. Know of someone with cf forced to take off her mask during a pat down despite it being very dangerous and forcing her to stand up as well.
I knew someone who was illegally forced to strip search and she sued them for a lot of money. I can’t remember if it was in a foreign country or not but imagine going through that knowing there is nothing you can do.
I remember me and my brother spent months collecting Inspector Gadget parts from McDonalds. We actually completed it and were so proud - it was both of our favorite toy. TSA took it from us because it was "a weapon", and then the TSA officer proceeded to hand the toy to her child that she took to work that day. And I'm still mad about it.
She just gave her child a weapon??? Someone call CPS. I say you find that person and file a tip for child endangerment and neglect. What mother identifies a weapon and hands it to her child???
I can confirm TSA are some of THE WORST PEOPLE EVER my dad is a pilot and my mom is a flight attendant so we fly a lot. My mom dated a TSA guy before meeting my dad and she said most of them would "Confiscate" things then just keep them. It's super messed up. Although not all TSA workers are trash. (Thank god)
This reminds me of a situation where this woman was getting on a plane, and was getting texts from an unknown number saying how pretty she looked in the grey blouse she was wearing. Turns out a tsa agent looked at her luggage tag and wrote down all her info. She got off the plane to see hundreds of texts and calls from him and he even started showing up at her house!
I got held back by TSA once for 20 minutes after my chest got highlighted on that giant “WHOOSh” scanner and I was panicking because since I’m trans I wear a chest binder and so they asked me if I was wearing any jewelry and I whispered to them “no, I’m transgender so I’m wearing a chest binder” and they thought I guess that I was MTF (I have a baby mustache and I am very masc) and so they started calling me ma’am and she and it was in the loudest voice and people around me could tell I was uncomfortable because I was about to cry and my mom had gotten through faster than me so she said she would meet me at a store once I got through and I couldn’t tell her that I was being held up until she saw them asking me very inappropriate questions about myself. They insisted they had to pat me down and they asked who would make me feel more comfortable to get patted down by and they didn’t even acknowledge the fact that I told them a woman would be more comfortable. They just gave me the guy who had been calling me a girl and he started to pat me down slowly and I had seen them pat someone else down far faster, and I started to get even more uncomfortable when he got to my chest (yeah!! he wasn’t even patting down my chest at first! The fuckin area that got me flagged) because he started to mumble stuff under his breath and he seriously started to press into my chest! After that happened I went to the bathroom and cried for 10 minutes before I had to board my plane. This whole thing happened last year when I was 15!! I’m a minor and they treated me like shit
Natalia Stone they didn’t even care. The person in charge came over and told them to get rid of me before I started to cry and the only sympathy I got was from a flight attendant who watched it happen from her desk across the airport
@@primordialgazpacho I'm not sure if that's the right word but basically the guy couldn't urinate properly so he had this thing attached to his body to help with his bodily functions and they yanked at his equipment and made it burst
On our way to a convention once, my girlfriend got one of her cosplay parts back with all the fur shaved off of a huge chunk of it. She of course freaked out and tried to figure out what happened, apparently one of the airport employees shaved it because they thought it 'looked better'. I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't seen it! Never went far or got any resolution to the issue because none of us were quite sure what to do in that situation.
To clarify in advance if anyone asks, the piece wasn't in any form of luggage case because it was very large; essentially a giant pillow. I believe she had it in a bag on its own.
wtf that's messed up,,,, it literally takes so much time to make a cosplay (or money if they bought it) and they ruined it bc they thought it ''looked better that way'',,, this is why I only go to cons near me :(
When I was about 10, I had went on a plane trip, and they touched my butt and my.. frontal private areas because they thought I was "Hiding things". 😳 I don't think I can do illegal things with tissue for my nose as a ten year old minor. 🙄🙄 After that day my family only did road trips no matter how long, and if we couldn't go somewhere we stayed home.
The TSA does literally nothing by the way. It’s actually a whole thing called security theatre. Look it up, it’s really interesting. The Atlantic did an excellent article on it.
Yes, the same who profiles women with hijabs, men with beards , people who wear turbans or « ethnic clothing » .. I won’t even go down the rabbit hole of skin color profiling , names , country of birth - country that issued your passeport.. beautiful land of the free .. where you are free to be a white Christian
When he started the video I thought to myself "what's so wrong with the TSA?" As an American who regularly flies since I was a baby. Then he brought up how the instrument broke while in TSA custody and I thought nothing of it because its just what the TSA does. That was the moment I realized what he was talking about
whenever I hear tsa all I think about is how when I was a kid my parents would always tell my brother and I that we shouldn't speak spanish (we are latinx) in airports and honestly the fact that my parents had to tell a three year old that is absolutely disgusting
@@anonymouslyanonymous1781 So before I continue I'm going to assume you want me to use they/them to describe you right? If my sentences are a little off I'm not used to having to use they/them but that's the end of that. Latino or Hispanics already includes everyone there's a reason if you have a mixed group you simply use latinos to address them all it's the equivalent of saying "hey guys" in English to a mixed group and don't try to say it's problematic.
I’m telling you I haven’t flown in years and years because the last time I was at the airport I felt horribly violated.. I was pregnant and made to get almost naked and then some dirty old man told me “at least I look good” I was mortified.. I had a women touching me but men were able to watch.. I was more than groped and it felt incredibly unnecessary and so I’ve never flown since and when people ask why I say it’s because I don’t feel like being violated again just to get on a plane.. it’s definitely no joke and needs to be taken more seriously. Thank you so much for talking about this!!
If you can you afford therapy what you describe is post traumatic stress disorder. If you have a large university around you might be able to get community service therapy for free/a reduced rate through a psych department, and college students are frequently better trained than boomers anyway, so its a win/win. Its not the governments right to sexually assault you. We are talking Homeland Security, when boomers try to make government, the same people that run concentration camps for children. They are the US version of Nazis, seriously.
I’m from Europe right next to a relatively small airport and the stories of US airports are terrifying. My best friend’s mum is a senior purser who’s been flying for over 30 years and she now never flies US because she can’t handle TSA anymore. She prefers to fly Libanon to Beijing because American airport security is just a violation station. I’m so sorry you had to endure that.
Honestly this is really sad, Korra players are rare even in west africa. Not to mention the word that goes into making it, and how hard it is to play. Its kinda sad. I'm learning how to play and it kinda scares me to see this.
When my grandma was flying here for a visit from Ireland she was bringing Christmas ornaments as gifts and the tsa opened one of the bags and broke the ornament to check it and then they made my grandma go through a strip search next to another woman. My poor grandma was crying 😢
It takes over a year to get hired by the TSA...so yes it is their issue when anything happens. How do you do so many background checks that it takes over a year to just get hired..but you hire sexual abusers?
you‘d be surprised how slippery some nasties are. that jerk likely didn‘t have any sexual abuse incidents before he violated that woman, and got into the job just for that reason. TSA must have facepalmed so hard when the found out what he did
Seeing that instrument broke my heart. I haven’t even played my flute in over a year but if anyone so much as dented her I would throw hands. Especially such a beautiful, custom (and surely expensive) instrument... that poor man
As a former musician, (I haven't played anything in years), seeing the damage to that beautiful instrument is heartbreaking. And next time I see a TSA agent I'm throwing hands
Ikr, whenever I fly my guitar goes with me, I don’t care if I have to buy a seat for her or not, the poor thing is my age and my most precious treasure, I couldn’t handle it if it got destroyed
Accurate, I may be a terrible trombonist, but if anything like that were to happen to my instrument I would personally find the person responsible and hang them.
Every musician that I know takes their instrument on the plane with them if they can, I've even known a guy who always bought a seat for his cello. They are known for breaking instruments.
I've had so many bad experiences with TSA. Just to clarify, I'm white, as are my parents. However, my father was born in Africa because my grandfather was in the military and was stationed in Morocco while grandma was pregnant so my dad was born there and they left when he was like 2 and has never been back there. But because my dad was born in Morocco, the moment they see that on his forms he's immediately selected for the random searches. And they don't play around. My father is disabled and in a wheelchair. They tore it apart. They literally took his wheelchair apart because he was born in the 'wrong' country according to them. My mom has a C-Pap machine. Which is a machine that helps her breath while she sleeps. After they took my dad's wheelchair apart they flagged my moms suitcase. The machine can't go under the plane, it has to be in a carry on. So it goes through the scanner after finishing with my dad and they flag the suitcase as a bomb. A freaking bomb! Security is called, they're swarming us, they open the suitcase, and it's just a breathing machine. And they were so rude and snarky about it. My mom told them before hand that her breathing machine was in her bag. And they flagged it as a bomb and almost had us arrested. Then of course there were my school trips. My parents saved up for me to go on school trips to Europe 3 times. And every single time I was treated horribly. I like to write. So I bring notebooks and pens with me. I pack them first and then stack my clothes and everything on top of them cause it's easier that way. Note that on these trips I was 15, 16, and 17 years old. And I don't like being touched. Due to events that happened when I was younger, being touched by people can be very triggering for me. Only my parents and my best friend are trusted enough to touch me. Even just brushing against my shoulder makes me VERY uncomfortable. So I opt for the full body scan thing. Which I still don't like because it means grown men looking at images of my naked body for the sake of 'security' but it's better than being touched. And we were always given the choice of the body scan or a pat down. And I opted for the scan every time so I wouldn't be touched. And they still touched me! I go through the machine, nothing pops up. But they pat me down anyway. Which again can be very triggering for me. So I visibly cringe while they do it. Which they notice and go "what, do you have something to hide?" so they then get even more handsy with me. While I'm a minor! Which leaves me feeling extremely violated and on edge of a panic attack from all the touching especially when they were extra thorough in my private areas. Once again, I was underage when they did that to me. Then they'd flag my bag every time. So after physically violating me, they'd move on to humiliating me. They'd open my bag and start throwing all of my stuff on the table for all of my classmates to see. Including my underwear, bras, and feminine hygiene products. Just tossing them on the table for everyone to see. And when you're pulled aside like that, people stare. So all of my classmates are staring as they're basically stripping my bag while I'm shaking and trying to keep it together. All to pick up my pen, look at it, then go "All clear" and then walk away. Leaving me to put all of my stuff back with everyone watching me. And I'm trying to put everything back the way it was so that it'll all fit and I can close the bag. But I was too slow for them and the TSA would get in my face about it. "Hurry up, you're holding up the line". Like...I'm not the one who threw everything everywhere and then just walked away. You were the ones who took extra time patting me down multiple times, leaving me feeling violated and humiliated and then threw my stuff everywhere and walked away to make me clean up your mess. Thankfully my teacher was a wonderful lady and could tell that I was barely keeping it together and helped me out and then sat down with me alone while we waited for the plane to help calm me down. And she did that every year of the trip. They did this to me every time. And you can't say anything to them about it because they'll come up with some reason to arrest you. If you file a complaint they try to arrest you so you can't say anything. The TSA is just an excuse to violate people and they get away with it because "it's for security". But it's not. It's not effective and it's violating.
Oh Jesus- I hope you’re okay and feeling well! I hope you recovered from this fine and well. Being touched like that is horrible and I really hope you’re doing okay
I actually had an extremely traumatic experience with the Canadian TSA equivalent where an employee pulled me out of line for special extra screening and said to my face he had been waiting for someone pretty to come along so he could pick them. He kept flirting and all that the whole time and made me thank him at the end for letting me skip the line. His coworker rolled his eyes in jokey disapproval but didn't stop him. i felt terrified the whole time and can only imagine how much worse it could've been without the mildly disapproving witness. I wasn't going to do anything, just wanted to get out of there, unfortunately I have PTSD from this type of thing already and when I was going through customs right after I was near tears and couldn't speak and was super sweaty and the customs agent is obviously supposed to notice that as suspicious. I had to write down on a little note what happened because I felt if I spoke I would break. I am lucky she was a woman and also was the manager of that employee, but truly I don't think anything was done given how most workplace sexual harrassment is dealt with. Thank you for addressing the issues, D'angelo, and for admitted that you initially didn't believe the women in your life and that you should have, that is very big of you and helps make the world a little less scary.
when i was 10 year old girl i travelled to new york with my family and was given a full pat down by an old male TSA worker. my older brothers did not get a pat down.
when i was 15 i was flying to holland through new york and my mom (she’s a scary woman, nothing gets past my hispanic mother) had to yell at the tsa agent cause he was basically just groping me. 😑
I’m non-binary, but my close friend is trans-masculine, and he’s had some bad experiences with wearing his binder in airports. Obviously he’s never snuck anything prohibited into an airport, but he’s definitely had some really invasive requests made to him to the point where he doesn’t wear his binder into airports anymore.
my cousin has "female" in her drivers license, shes trans, and they literally patted at her chest and genital area because she "could be hiding something there." she cried for days on end, even on the airplane because they made her feel like her birth genetaila was visible, and like her breasts were visible implants. we spent most of our vacation days ensuring that it wasnt visible or noticeable, because it wasnt, the only reason they checked is because shes open abt being trans.
The TSA agents laughed as they threw away my crayons while I was crying (I was 5 years old) because apparently I was going to use them to blow up the plane apparently??? They had absolutely no sympathy and that is the reason why I have a fear of flying and the TSA
Agreed. The first time I traveled I was stopped for an extra frisk and was scolded like a child as this random tsa woman frisked me. It was humiliating, especially since it seemed like she was trying her best to fit in with the older males by being rude and more handsy than necessary. She was new as well. Now that my cousin works there (female) she often talks about the toxic environment that the TSA cultivates. It's honestly scary.
As a trans guy, being pat down by anyone feels completely wrong, especially when they reach my binder or packer and point out my birth gender. Incredibly uncomfortable.
carondelet wtf in the Uk they don’t get confused I didn’t know that happens in the USA
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Isaac actually can't breathe please help him holy- that’s what we call on the biz a “pero gamer move”, mostly because being a gamer requires you to be sexist, racist, and homophobic. It’s right at the top of the gamer sign up sheet.
@@pinkqueenscookie transphobia is pretty common in TSA. our body heat is also distributed differently than cis folks. like.. MTF women can have their chest set it off because of their developing breasts while also having it signal that there's a peepee there. it's tough...
last time I went through TSA one of the people had a straight pride tattoo.... not just a regular tattoo that might be about straight pride this person literally had STRAIGHT PRIDE in big black ink across their forearm
Not the TSA but I once had a security check when I was eleven, the checker ppl were two older men and one of them rubbed their littlz device over my privates, and the other laughed and said something inappropriate I honestly do not remember It was just awkward in the moment but looking back on it its gross
so fun not so fun tsa story; when I was 14 my family took a trip to Hawaii. I have a medical device that prevents me from going through the scanner things (the wand thingy, and the ones where you stand there, or walk through them), and so I had to get a pat down any time I was in an airport. One time they urged me to go through the scanner and almost pushed me through, because it would be "faster, and easier for everyone". (Everyone but me, who would end up with a broken medical device that keeps me alive.) Another time, the like tested whatever was on my hands (that was fine and i just wanted to get on with my day) then it went off. (The agent said glycerin was why it went off. It is in so many things, but the lady only guessed that, that was what set it off. )Then she tells me that I need to have a further pat down, so she directs me to a very small room. She told me the procedure for it, and I was like can we just get this over with. I could not leave that room another agent had stood in front of the door after the first agent had closed the door. The thing about that time was that she spent an unnatural amount of time near my inner thighs, and also near the location of the devices on my body. It was so uncomfortable for me, and it held up my entire family. ANother time; we were approaching the scanners and by then I had sorta figured out that I needed to just hang a few feet away from my family going through the scanners and wait a very short amount of time when I should be next. I then say that I can't go through the scanners because of a medical device. This time the agents had to call for a female agent (there weren't any females in the gate we were in), and we had to wait and the agents were displaying being annoyed about having to deal with anyone at all. They literally glared at me. Also apparently because, I was 14 they had to get a female( they asked me how old I was too, I later found out it was because of my age). Since then my brothers joke about tsa, but it is a very touchy subject for me because I have been the recipient of unwanted advances. I like traveling but hate the way tsa does things.
My friend from Russia told me about his first encounter with TSA (when he was coming to America) 😂 they did a really obnoxious and thorough search on him and asked him all these questions because he looked nervous (and therefore a threat?) but he was just looking around nervously because he has PTSD and schizophrenia. Meanwhile his sister, who was on the same plane and everything, managed to bring a pocket knife on board. She didn't understand that it was against the rules but wtf TSA? Just do your job without prejudice and make sure that no one brings weapons or something on board.
the TSA's a complete joke. they probably let more people with concealed weapons in while they're too busy doing "random searches" on foreigners and "suspicious" people for bombs and weapons
@@nikjuttun5677 exactly lmao, at the very least do basic proper searches on everyone and stop doing the longer searches on people bc they look nervous or they're wearing a hijab or something (that one is super common based on my experience flying)
Even without ptsd and schizophrenia he had every damn right to be nervous, especially after the stories I’ve heard today. I’d be crying just waiting in the line.
"They can't be that bad." As a female who has had to go through American customs/TSA many times, I can tell you that especially travelling alone as a woman is asking for harassment. I have had my shirt pulled up and my pants pulled down below my hips while standing in line, in front of everyone, by male security officers (which is supposed to be illegal as it is both public and by a person of the opposite sex). The Patriot Act has stopped Americans from having rights, but is supposed to give us "security". Given the anxiety I felt before 9/11 compared to the anxiety now, I would prefer to be blown up.
I totally get what you’re saying but please don’t say “asking for harassment”. I know you’re not trying to sound this way but it sounds like victim blaming. You were not “asking for it” you were minding your business. Also I agree about rather having the anxiety of being blown up than being violated like that
When I traveled between London and Dublin with a customer made shaker from my native island in the Caribbean, which is made of a big aerosol can filled with seeds, I forgot to remove it from my bag and they thought it was a bomb. 😬 Luckily, this was London Heathrow so all I had to do was give them a demonstration by playing for them. After which a couple of the agents asked to play it as well. It ended up being a good memory. 😊
When I was 11 they took me aside and searched me because the buttons on my dress showed up on X-ray, despite the fact that on the X-ray thing you could clearly see that the buttons were in the exact same place as on the dress. We later found out that they aren't allowed to do it to under 16's. I haven't been to America since and I honestly don't plan on coming either. I love you guys but it was really scary and uncomfortable at the time. I don't want to go through it again.
That's completely understandable and I'm sorry you had to go through that :( As an American, I can confidently say you're making the right choice. We suck--
I can't even imagine... I'm a painter who was warned not to ship paintings to Germany without insurance, because they will KNIFE the package, and may damage the canvas. Apparently this has happened more than a few times. I'm not sure if it's common knowledge but it's really upsetting. Imagine making piece of art worth 1000$ and not insuring it (quite common for art that price) and then losing the piece and the money with ZERO repercussions. Fun!
I play the saxophone and if I went traveling and trusted TSA with Stuart (that’s the name of my sax) and got home and it was destroyed like that (3:13) .......... I don’t know what I would do. Probably cry.
This! Instruments hold a lot of sentimental value to musicians I'd be especially worried about a saxophone there are so many ways to accidentally damage a saxophone and those repairs can cost a pretty penny
So I want to say my own TSA story, but first: I have an incredibly bad memory, so the fact I even remember this shows how awful it was. So I was going to visit my grandma last summer, and I brought my normal stuff (clothes, fan, tolietries, etc,...) in my cute Tokidoki rolly bag. After the flight, we rush to grandma's, and once we're there I unpack (finally getting a look at my bag). Not only did the TSA BREAK THE LOCK on my bag (which I hadn't even used! they could've just... unzipped the bag!), but they also stole some of my stuff (oh and EVERYTHING in the bag had been looked through, it was creepy). I can't remember exactly what was taken, but I remember one of the items being a very specific hairbrush (the only kind I can use on my hair). They were nice enough to include a little letter saying my bag was part of a "random security check." Thanks, guys. Very cool.
that or it's like the 2 things they found out of a group of 1000 people so they can go "see, we find stuff sometimes! that's why you need us!" even though they don't do jack shit other than harass, embarrass, and generally just be power-tripping dicks to people
@Tom Raines exactly. sure, TSA agents have done some horrible things, but that doesn‘t meant all of them are incapable of doing good things. i get agreeing with D‘Angelo but these people are going too far
@@tomraines6554 Actually there was a study done on them proving how terrible at their jobs they are. You should watch the Adam ruins everything video it’s goes it much further detail.
once a TSA guy made me come open my (well within guidelines) eyeshadow palette because he "wasn't a girl and didn't know how to open these kinds of things." Then somebody else yelled at me for walking outside of the designated area to open the palette for him to inspect. I almost missed my connecting flight for that shit. The kicker is that I'm not a girl either.
as an european who has travelled to a lot of other EU countries, i wasn't prepared to deal with the hell that was the kennedy airport in nyc. we spent 2 hours in line just to get through customs, when in the EU you just walk off the plane. then when we finally made it through, they took my dad away to confirm he wasn't a wanted criminal (we have spanish names).
You can only walk off the plane in the EU if you're an EU citizen... my husband is French and he usually has to go get a tea and wait for me if I'm flying on my Canadian passport. Of course it's much easier than what the TSA sounds like (never been through that, and I'm sorry that your dad had that experience)
@@MyChannel773 How??? You still have to wait through passport control on the way back, you just don't have to go through TSA. I'm an American+Russian citizen and it takes way longer to go through American passport control than most parts of the EU or Russia.
i went to america once and despite having a great time in new york, i genuinely dont think i’ll go back again because of the experience i had at the TSA. im a trans guy pre top surgery and of course i have experience being stopped at airport security as my binder and my chest are just a bit sus, especially considering i pass as a male and my passport has my new name and male gender marker, but i dont get a lot of trouble after i explain and im like. gently pat down. when i went to america it was a whole different story though. i was stopped and thorougly pat down, like- literally groped and i felt extremely uncomfortable as the man checking me kept going near my chest and crotch area. i know for a fact it could have been worse as ive heard horror stories from other trans people and trans poc get it especially bad from what i’ve heard- im very white and i sound ambiguously british. i hated every moment there and i had something similar happen on the way back- it also brought in quite a few memories of when i was sexually assulted. both workers were very rough and in the few minutes i was checked i felt absolutely terrified. tsa is scary. send tweet.
My old orchestra teach told me a story about how her friend had found his cello shattered and crushed (with a case) after a plane trip to a professional concert (he was playing in an orchestra)
Hi so my dad works for Tsa, don’t worry he only trains the bomb dogs, and he’s told me a lot of fucked up stuff he’s heard. He’s the reason I don’t like flying. I know to much about everything. The good thing about having a TSA dad I get early flying and I get to meet a lot of the lovely bomb dogs. I met a sweet malamute name Khaos, sweetest little pupper
good decision. I'm American and the one time I can remember being on a plane in my life a TSA agent pulled me aside and had to pay me down fully, taking time on my lower regions and chest before moving on. I was eleven and it was horrifying.
Once this whole pandemic come down and visit New York State, not just the city. We have some really amazing nature up here in upstate, I just don’t want to make you think all America is bad :(
The strict policies the TSA has had since what feels like forever were supposed to be very temporary after 9/11, speaking from experience, other countries are much more lax and forgiving and better than the TSA although you already knew that of course. The TSA should be given completely new rules and be trained as if they're working retail rather than as if they are supposed to be guarding the damn DMZ in Korea.
As someone that spent years to get a Nexus card just so I’d never have to deal with the full force of the TSA ever again. America has the literal worse airport security in the world. Almost every other country has figured it out except for the a country that had a major terror attack involving a airplane...
I couldn’t imagine what I would do if I found out TSA had broken my instrument. My instrument isn’t even a nice custom made instrument like the one they actually destroyed was, mine is a 200$ fender guitar I got 5 years ago. But I’d be devastated if it was ruined.
here are some crappy things the tsa and tsa agents have done 1. a family going to Disney with their three year old daughter who is confined to a wheelchair. a tsa agent asked to pay down the three year old and screen her wheelchair. they then refused to return the girls plushie even after it had been scanned. they did apologize. (source: abc news) 2. a mom with breast cancer was forced to a cavity search in pubic at a los angeles airport. the women said that the tsa agents could not touch her chest area for obvious reasons but they kept on saying “that’s apart of the procedure you have to do it”. they touched her skin, which they are not allowed to because of her medical condition. they said that they were going to pay down her wig. the women then took of her wig in public. the LAX then apologized and said they would retrain their tsa. ( source: cnn) 3. a female cnn commentator had a very invasive body search done in front of people. she was selected at random. the manager said she was going to have to be escorted out of the airport if she didn’t comply to the body search. the police and tsa agents talked her into being searched. the whole experience left her in tears. (source: inside edition)
They treat people with medical problems really shitty. I've had my wheelchair damaged after it was gate checked and got no compensation, once was made to stand up because they said they saw me when I was walking earlier and I immediately passed out- then missed my flight.
This is so f*cking disgusting. I hate crying in front of people and I also just hate being hugged let alone groped by the TSA. I feel so bad for all of these people.
When I was in fourth grade, I wanted to do a little recorder concert for my family (iykyk), so I brought my recorder to the airport with me. Long story short: TSA thought it was a wooden knife and I was traumatized. Luckily for my family, my recorder was fine.
The TSA has always been alright with my expired passports and IDs but when I'm wearing clothes that are tight fitting I'm suddenly free real estate... so you know... just minor things
One time, I was flying home for Christmas, and I was going to go straight from the airport to a family Christmas party, so I had pre-wrapped all my Christmas presents in wrapping paper I had hand made for each person, and TSA ripped the wrapping paper off each one. They were all super easily identifiable (book, puzzle, etc) but the wrapping paper was like completely shredded and crumpled up in my bag, removed from every present.
i was traveling with my school to italy a few years ago and i got “randomly selected” (i dressed very goth at the time) i already have anxiety over flying and this TSA agent was so rough with me that i started crying because it just sent my anxiety over the edge, and she very rudely told me to stop crying because she “wasnt hurting me”. the only good experience ive had with TSA was when i was a child.
Had a TSA agent force me to stand up from my wheelchair because they saw me walking earlier and I of course passed out when I stood up- head was an inch from hitting a metal table and thankfully landed on my suitcase, but yk I was probably just fake passing out and also somehow got a wheelchair with a fake medical disorder
I just wanna say that I live in Israel (& they take security pretty damn seriously here), and our tsa sounds way way more functional then the american one. I've never heard anything about sexual assault or large broken items... I've always felt safe and there would never ever even be a situation here where a male agent would search a female!
dang as an American I would love to have that feeling In an airport I always feel unsafe and uncomfortable while going through security despite me knowing I have nothing on me that would set off an alarm I feel like Im being watched and not in a way that anyone likes
Yes you are right., I've been to Israel They kept my luggage for a week. When I got my stuff back someone had taken my custom cuff links... I guess these were a security issue!!!!o0
I think Bethlehem is in Palestine., At least it was when I was there....and it only fits the narrative of the holy land if the take the rest of the land from the Palestinians..
lol literally every time I go through TSA my hair gets pat-down. Like they already put me through a full body x-ray, luggage, but they HAVE TO touch my hair..
Yes to see if you have drugs or weapons plus it's Bobby pins hair clips or any type of metal will make you get search it's happened to me in Canada I thought it was funny
This used to happen to my mom EVERY time she went through a body scanner. We eventually found out that she might have been holding her arms too close to her head during the scan, which somehow flagged her hair for a pat-down. Don't ask me how that works. She started holding her arms a little further up and out (still in the position they want, though) and it seems to be helping. Maybe that will help you, too. I mean, it's still idiotic, but we do what we can.
@@hannagreenman2493 I'm aware! Whether my hair is up or down, I never wear bobby pins in it while going through security. I actually find them quite stifling and avoid wearing them pretty much whenever I can, ESPECIALLY when travelling. My point is that they target women with a lot/large/ethnic hair. They also disproportionately target women with with dark hair or dark skin.
@@emilyfredrickson9009 Actually,it's the machine that targets ethnic women and large women,women with dark hair and skin.Talk to the US government about that.
seeing his instrument in pieces like that made me want to cry. having something so personal and unique to you and your culture destroyed out of ignorance hurts.
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i apologize on behalf of all americans LOL anyway what should we talk about tomorrow?
dangelowallace the sexualization of young male actors (like finn wolfhard)
@@alexmbbwaffles yes
Whatever you want
Those overly patriotic Instagram accounts (like the ones always posting about America, beer, guns, and trucks)
Ur mom ;)) jk jk
dangelo: lets talk about the government
me: *yes.*
Wouldn't you rather hear him sing "Chocolate Rain"?
Me:coppa... ok there was my rant
@@commentcopbadge6665 Omg 😂😂
@@commentcopbadge6665 omg yes
One note I want to add to the musician's instrument is that it was custom made and fine tuned to exactly the way he wanted it and to how he played it, essentially meaning that it was one of a kind. So, that's literally never coming back, and it's a damn shame.
Shattered Mind
Another musican here.
If that happened to my dear violin I swear go batshit crazy on them.
No one shall hurt my child,ever.
my god, the way they treated that poor instrument, an extension of a musician's being... i'm so disgusted. i would fucking throw hands for this dude.
the price of salt yeah the whole thing just stinks of carelessness on the TSA's end.
@@thepriceofsalt9003 im not even a musician and still seeing the broken instrument honestly made my heart drop. so disgusting of the tsa, im freaking LIVID for the musician
Potato King exactly. And I think whether it's something custom or not, it's a personal item, and those inherently have a lot of value, and should be treated with respect.
I love hearing him talking about whatever he wants
Zestful it’s what he deserves😤
Jenna marbles vibes
Honestly who cares?
Taynan Nataly everybody
@@taynannataly686 Why are you being so negative
Every. Single. Time I’m going through TSA, I get lit up so I have to get patted down, or get my bag searched. Because of this, I get to sit to the side and watch people get profiled by the TSA. When you actually have the time to sit and watch for more than the amount of time it takes to fly through, the profiling is obvious. It’s PAINFULLY obvious. Last time I flew (three weeks ago) was heartbreaking. There was an older foreign couple getting ALL of their items swabbed in front of me. They had packed wrapped gifts. Food, small household items, a set of books, all with Arabic packaging. So of course all of the gifts needed to be unwrapped, opened, inspected, swabbed, all while they were nearly in tears and afraid they were going to miss their flight. Obviously they didn’t do anything wrong so when the agent was finished humiliating them they were sent on their way with all their items disheveled and needing to be re-packed. All of the gift wrap ruined. And that’s just your run of the mill, every day process of getting picked on by TSA.
that's just horrible.
Yeee, most people dont realize or see it, btw I think a Tsa person stole a Florence pin from my jacket
Ah that’s awful :(
I feel bad for them, if that ever happen to me I'm never going flying again.
That's so horrible
Huh. Had that happen to me before where the TSA agent was like "I need to do a more thorough check. Let's move somewhere else for more privacy." and I was like "No. Do whatever it is here." They gave me this weird look and all they did was pat me down. Why would I need to be somewhere private for a pat down? Creepy af.
Very smart of you.
TSA is required to offer private screening for all private area screenings. Ofc you may opt out, but you don't have too.
you dodged a major bullet
Yeah they usually pose the question as “would you like to move to a more private area” (which honestly is less off putting because it makes clear that the screening is not going to involve Removing clothes or anything) but also if you would prefer to be in a more private area there will ALWAYS be a second employee present and if there isn’t you are fully allowed to ask for the TSA lead / an alternate screener without fear of retaliation.
When I visited the States a few years ago, I wore a shirt that said 'kiss me im canadian' I was going through TSA and the guy was hitting on me saying "If i kissed you I'd get in trouble" he then checked my ID and was surprized that I was 19 because he thought I was 16. But mind you he's talking about kissing me when he still believed I was 16... Which was the weird part of the story :S
That gets a yikes from me
Oh what the fuck-
Oh no.
Ew
What the fuck. I'm so sorry you had to deal with that. Creepy.
Once almost had a TSA agent (female) pat me down when I was because 13/14 because I, "had something in my pocket." I was wearing jeggings. They do not have pockets.
yikes what a sick bitch. hope youre okay now
That is aload of yikes from me.
I am beyond calling bullshit. I am about to call Chris Hansen.
@@keleton5837 Totally cool now, thanks! I'm seventeen now, so, it was a while ago.
sir, did you have that thang on you?
The Kora is a HUGELY cultural instrument. It's the ancestor of the guitar. It has the most beautiful sound ever and the musicians often have such poetic lyrics. You have to be MAD SKILLED and often even come from a family that played fir generation to reach a certain level. If he is playing internationally, he's more than legit.
something people don’t talk about nearly enough is how much tsa destroys wheelchairs. it’s SO FREQUENT. i have friends who literally won’t travel because they’re scared their wheelchair will be damaged. and they never get reimbursed for it, ever. incredibly expensive medical equipment, often having to pay thousands out of pocket, our literal LEGS being taken away from us on national trips, with no apologies or reimbursement.
i really wish it got more attention tbh because how often they destroy our medical equipment is ridiculous
Unfortunately not just the tsa, I live in Europe (Austria) and am scared as hell to fly anywhere because no airline refunds the actual price when they destroy or loose it. You have to check it in with your luggage and if something happens you sith somewhere on the planet without your wheelchair. I need a surgery abroad and that's one big issue to solve. Thanks for bringing it up 💜 soooo many people don't even know that's a struggle
This is a genuine questions. Why don't people sue. Destroying a wheelchair of someone who isn't hiding anything feels like abuse of power and in a court of law you could say it's descrimination against people with disabilities. I've never traveled outside of Canada so idk how it works.
@@Lilspringroll-295 Much like the instrument featured in this video, TSA will likely claim it never happened, or that it wasn't their fault. And there is no way that a single person can afford to win a lawsuit against a government agency.
@@Lilspringroll-295 because you agree to their terms of service you check your luggage in and it's only insured for a certain amount of money. You can't sue them, even if they lost it (and they lost dead bodies which were transported for the funeral). You get a little insurance payment, that's it. It doesn't matter that the wheelchair did cost 5000$, you get f.e.200$.
It's not discrimination because they don't pick ONLY wheelchairs and destroy them on purpose. Of course it sucks, but the law isn't always fair.
I was born with an illness called cystic fibrosis, which has ravaged my body. I have chronic pain resulting in mobility issues, and am immunocompromised making airports dangerous for me so I always wear a vog mask. The TSA made me stand up from my wheelchair, even though I was fatigued and in pain. They gave me a full body pat down, and even though the agent promised she would be gentle, she hurt me. Finally they forced me to take my vog mask off even though my mother kept telling them I couldn't, that it was too risky for me. We even offered for them to pat down my mask so they could feel there was nothing inside but my face, but they said no and we had no choice. I literally asked them while they were examining the filter on my mask, what if I get sick? All the agent said was, "I'm sorry for the inconvenience Ma'am- but I'm just trying to do my job." To the TSA, the risk of my personal safety and yes, even my life, was nothing but a minor inconvenience. Thankfully I got lucky and didn't get sick but it felt kind of violating all the same.
VelociQueen oh gods that's horrid! I'm so sorry! :(((
The TSA saying they're just trying to do their job makes me wonder if they genuinely think harassing people like you is part of their job...
@@lyricalbelle I KIND OF get it to an extent because people have hidden explosives in their underwear before so why not in a face mask. But there should always be exceptions made for people like myself and the pregnant and the elderly. I probably scared the hell out of the TSA agents by coughing up blood and little bits of lung or stomach lining or something in front of them though, so that's at least one bright side
that's absolutely awful, i'm so sorry.
@@VelociQueen This is why I don't like the TSA, hope you're doing okay.
the TSA was meant to be temporary, it should've been dismantled years ago as originally intended
The Falling Dream
Temporary? Bc 9/11
? Sorry, european ignorance
@@Jacky.c.v I'd rather TSA get dismantled, like the instruments they destroy, and never be spoken of again.
It's not a cute look...
How was it meant to temporary and dismantled? I thought it was created due to what happened on 9/11. Tried to search it up and nothing about it being temporary came up anywhere.
So was income tax.
@@sepulchrums Yes it was. But it was meant to be temporary, due to that thing. Then when it died down, they remove it.
Ya know, like how South Africa did it after we had an issue. And then we dismantled it.
as a muslim “tsa” makes me recoil i swear the words “random selection” echo in my head man
sorry, unrelated, but your art is so nice!
i was 7 and they gave me a "random selection"
semisardonic agreed, really nice colors. also on a more on-topic note i totally agree man. i was chosen for random selection at 12 and it made me so damn scared.
kareem abusalah I was 7 when my sister died and then the next day she told my mom that I am dying from cancer and my hair was flowing in the wind but then mom closed the shoes in half and that happened yesterday thank god it’s almost my 12th birthday
My friend isn't even muslim, just middle-eastern descent, and when we were travelling together she warned me that she might be called for a random check - and then she was. She said it happens to her so often and I definitely believe it. My country's border security doesn't seem _as bad_ compared to the TSA though 😰
Big corporations trying to meme is the personification of that "how do you do, fellow kids" gif of steve buscemi
With baseball caps and skaters
how do you do, fellow backwards baseball cap boys? 😤👊
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Is the government a big corporation tho?
Since being a TSA agent involves groping people and looking at images of people under their clothing, it's not surprising the job attracts creeps.
You do know that you literally cannot see anything in person as an officer right?
@@comfortloid2195 Bro, I don't think you understand the entire situation. A) this is the internet anyone can claim anything. B) I don't think you understand how screening works by TSA. They only touch someone from 3 reasons, Random Screening, Alarm Resolution, or opt out. That's it, so if a child is being touched that means it's an alarm Resolution. TSA is not allowed to touch anyone without thier consent and has to do so for the resolution for alarms.
I'm telling you because I literally work the TSA, yes thier are creeps and the agency works hard to purge them but you need to understand that we screen millions of people a day, seriously a couple of situations happen a month and it's get media attention.
@@tomraines6554 My guy, I worked there for five years a long time ago. I was actually a Behavior Detection Officer for three years (you know when that was still a thing). People will almost never be educated on how the screening actually works because the SOPs will never be made public--for good OPSEC reasons. And because of that, people will make assumptions and draw their own conclusions until the end of time--and those assumptions and conclusions will never be positive. Then when you get into a comment section like this it will be an echo-chamber of, likely false, anecdotes just reaffirming everybody's non-educated confirmation bias. You and I both know there isn't an AIT or walk-thru metal detector on the planet that actually shows a real-life naked image of the scanned person. You and I both know how secondary screening of persons and baggage works and that if people deviate from the very specific SOP in order to assault somebody or get their jollies off, they will be fired AND criminally prosecuted. And we both know seized items are never kept by individual officers. If you sat outside an international checkpoint after a flight from Mexico clears customs and enters the checkpoint, to the lay-person it will probably look like Hispanic passengers are being "profiled" for secondary screening when, in reality, passengers flying from Mexico into the US almost always have huge containers of homemade candy and large blocks of homemade cheese that look exactly the same as large masses of plastic explosives (semtex and C4) on Xray and therefore always HAVE to be cleared by secondary screening as not being an explosive. But unless you wanna' reply these explanations over and over, ad nauseam to every comment on this section, you will probably find peace if you can just ignore all of them and keep it moving (or just completely ignore the comment section on posts about airport security all together).
@bangtan trash Anecdotes are not evidence.
The TSA isn't even that old. It was established in 2001. Isn't it weird that we, as a generation, will never know what it was like to go to an airport and not have our bodily privacy constantly invaded?
I live in the uk, and we fly every summer, I have never had a pat down, we have a door that just does the job. I knew I was never going to america but this just crosses the line
Random Person yes because moving out is so cheap and everyone can afford it :)
@@neb0101 It:s not their fault you made it sound serious lmao
@@neb0101 it's because you're just trivializing security theatre we all pay in taxes for
I've never been patted down?
I play French horn, and the way my case is I couldn't fit it in the top in the luggage area on the plane, so I brought it as a carry on, and still they refused to let me have it with me, even though I explained it is an INSTRUMENT and FRAGILE and they literally shoved it in the back in a random locker and when I get it out and try to play (I had a very important concert in Vienna) It was broken, and had to rush to a music store and fix it. Worst experience ever.
that's so awful, I play french horn as well and it was so difficult to find a horn that my family could get because they're such an expensive instrument
Yes I have experience with this. My dad travels a lot for his music because he’s on tour and last time he left his ONE OF A KIND drum set to TSA it almost broke. So he now only drives with his drums. It’s horrible how they treat such delicate things. People spend so much time and energy on that type of stuff and TSA breaks it or takes it away. I think if they take it away they should hold it somewhere then when you come back they give it back to you. It’s crazy
The tsa also regularly destroys wheelchairs and if the person can get a refund for the damage its normally less than $1,000 when most wheelchairs cost $10,000-$50,000.... so yeah even if their instagram actually was funny it wouldn't help their reputation in my eyes
Can confirm, have had a wheelchair damaged in TSA. The estimate you put is pretty high, you are thinking of power wheelchairs, my wheelchairs and others that aren't electronic are usually only 1000-5000$, they rarely give compensation unless you report it as soon as you land at the baggage office thing. They blatantly disrespect people with disabilities, they once forced me to stand up because they saw me walking an hour earlier before getting in line, I promptly passed out. Know of someone with cf forced to take off her mask during a pat down despite it being very dangerous and forcing her to stand up as well.
I knew someone who was illegally forced to strip search and she sued them for a lot of money. I can’t remember if it was in a foreign country or not but imagine going through that knowing there is nothing you can do.
Sounds really traumatizing
"...*into a strip search..."
Unless you meant that the person you knew was forced to do the strip searching of somebody else.
Id be like cha ching💸💰
If it was the TSA it has to be the USA because elsewhere it's just normal law enforcement
I read an article about a Muslim woman who had to remove her bloody pad 😬
I remember me and my brother spent months collecting Inspector Gadget parts from McDonalds. We actually completed it and were so proud - it was both of our favorite toy. TSA took it from us because it was "a weapon", and then the TSA officer proceeded to hand the toy to her child that she took to work that day. And I'm still mad about it.
What the fuck is wrong with airport security? I know the struggle of collecting those McDonald's toys. Fuckin hell.
That's just heartless
She just gave her child a weapon??? Someone call CPS. I say you find that person and file a tip for child endangerment and neglect. What mother identifies a weapon and hands it to her child???
@@smallandstressed2364 it's because she knew it wasn't really a weapon and just stole a toy to give it to her child. She's deplorable
@@ariannahoward4579 - yeah, it was an oxymoron. Her reason contradicts her actions.
I can confirm TSA are some of THE WORST PEOPLE EVER my dad is a pilot and my mom is a flight attendant so we fly a lot. My mom dated a TSA guy before meeting my dad and she said most of them would "Confiscate" things then just keep them. It's super messed up. Although not all TSA workers are trash. (Thank god)
Emo Poison a lady I know got an expensive Chanel perfume stolen from her at the airport
My mother dated a TSA agent who was also a pedophile
@@cinnabonbon imagine how many children the person has touched 🤢while “patting them down”
@@Defnotjolie And probably got away with it
This reminds me of a situation where this woman was getting on a plane, and was getting texts from an unknown number saying how pretty she looked in the grey blouse she was wearing. Turns out a tsa agent looked at her luggage tag and wrote down all her info. She got off the plane to see hundreds of texts and calls from him and he even started showing up at her house!
wtf-
*YIKES.*
Not gonna say your lying but like yeah
Wow, I'm so lucky I'm not travelling to America (I don't think America is horrible or anything) where there's this thing called american TSA around.
source?
I got held back by TSA once for 20 minutes after my chest got highlighted on that giant “WHOOSh” scanner and I was panicking because since I’m trans I wear a chest binder and so they asked me if I was wearing any jewelry and I whispered to them “no, I’m transgender so I’m wearing a chest binder” and they thought I guess that I was MTF (I have a baby mustache and I am very masc) and so they started calling me ma’am and she and it was in the loudest voice and people around me could tell I was uncomfortable because I was about to cry and my mom had gotten through faster than me so she said she would meet me at a store once I got through and I couldn’t tell her that I was being held up until she saw them asking me very inappropriate questions about myself. They insisted they had to pat me down and they asked who would make me feel more comfortable to get patted down by and they didn’t even acknowledge the fact that I told them a woman would be more comfortable. They just gave me the guy who had been calling me a girl and he started to pat me down slowly and I had seen them pat someone else down far faster, and I started to get even more uncomfortable when he got to my chest (yeah!! he wasn’t even patting down my chest at first! The fuckin area that got me flagged) because he started to mumble stuff under his breath and he seriously started to press into my chest! After that happened I went to the bathroom and cried for 10 minutes before I had to board my plane. This whole thing happened last year when I was 15!! I’m a minor and they treated me like shit
Natalia Stone they didn’t even care. The person in charge came over and told them to get rid of me before I started to cry and the only sympathy I got was from a flight attendant who watched it happen from her desk across the airport
:( I'm so sorry
wtf bro that is the worst
oh my god i am so sorry thats so shitty
Goddamn, man, that sucks so bad... can't believe they're still up and running with so many shitty cases, especially with one like yours??? Wtf???
The TSA burst this guy's dialysis bag once and he was leaking his bodily fluids everywhere. Nothing they do will ever be amusing to me after that
,,,whatz a dialysis bag
@@primordialgazpacho I'm not sure if that's the right word but basically the guy couldn't urinate properly so he had this thing attached to his body to help with his bodily functions and they yanked at his equipment and made it burst
😂😂😂
@@KrystineBrown The TSA deserved it lmao
like an ostomy bag?
On our way to a convention once, my girlfriend got one of her cosplay parts back with all the fur shaved off of a huge chunk of it. She of course freaked out and tried to figure out what happened, apparently one of the airport employees shaved it because they thought it 'looked better'. I wouldn't believe it myself if I hadn't seen it! Never went far or got any resolution to the issue because none of us were quite sure what to do in that situation.
To clarify in advance if anyone asks, the piece wasn't in any form of luggage case because it was very large; essentially a giant pillow. I believe she had it in a bag on its own.
i want to cosplay one day and this is the stuff i worry about, i’m so sorry that happened
wtf that's messed up,,,, it literally takes so much time to make a cosplay (or money if they bought it) and they ruined it bc they thought it ''looked better that way'',,, this is why I only go to cons near me :(
I don’t even cosplay but that hurt my _soul_
Those puns are so bad I feel like reminding y'all that the TSA regularly sexually assaults people, including children.
@Coconut Pal so what they said?
When I was about 10, I had went on a plane trip, and they touched my butt and my.. frontal private areas because they thought I was "Hiding things". 😳 I don't think I can do illegal things with tissue for my nose as a ten year old minor. 🙄🙄
After that day my family only did road trips no matter how long, and if we couldn't go somewhere we stayed home.
@@pinkpoodlez dumbasses
The TSA does literally nothing by the way. It’s actually a whole thing called security theatre. Look it up, it’s really interesting. The Atlantic did an excellent article on it.
Do you even watch narcos
Is it that thing where you feel safer despite the fact that statistics don't back the intended benefits of the organization?
@@MapleMilk yeah
@@thehobbler1349 Ok cool
Yes, the same who profiles women with hijabs, men with beards , people who wear turbans or « ethnic clothing » .. I won’t even go down the rabbit hole of skin color profiling , names , country of birth - country that issued your passeport.. beautiful land of the free .. where you are free to be a white Christian
Why is literally every topic you discuss on this channel so captivating
STF Studios welp now we know what tomorrow’s video is about
@@crystalleyvonne818 yikes, GeMiNi vibes over here...I'ma lose interest quick fast.
it's his voice & overall chill vibe ♡
@@oldacc2584 ?????
tanuah - wtf are u talking about
that moment when the tsa takes away your rolling pin and calls it a “beating stick”
true story
I cant even---
Lmfao tsa thought rolling pin was to beat meat
eedeeo are they stupid
When he started the video I thought to myself "what's so wrong with the TSA?" As an American who regularly flies since I was a baby.
Then he brought up how the instrument broke while in TSA custody and I thought nothing of it because its just what the TSA does.
That was the moment I realized what he was talking about
whenever I hear tsa all I think about is how when I was a kid my parents would always tell my brother and I that we shouldn't speak spanish (we are latinx) in airports and honestly the fact that my parents had to tell a three year old that is absolutely disgusting
My mom did the same thing but with Russian :(
You're also a hispanic/Latino and you used latinx? I don't normally get to say this but you are more white washed then me god its sad.
@@chrisprizzle278 I'm not white washed just non binary.
@@anonymouslyanonymous1781 So before I continue I'm going to assume you want me to use they/them to describe you right? If my sentences are a little off I'm not used to having to use they/them but that's the end of that. Latino or Hispanics already includes everyone there's a reason if you have a mixed group you simply use latinos to address them all it's the equivalent of saying "hey guys" in English to a mixed group and don't try to say it's problematic.
"latinx" kek
I’m telling you I haven’t flown in years and years because the last time I was at the airport I felt horribly violated.. I was pregnant and made to get almost naked and then some dirty old man told me “at least I look good” I was mortified.. I had a women touching me but men were able to watch.. I was more than groped and it felt incredibly unnecessary and so I’ve never flown since and when people ask why I say it’s because I don’t feel like being violated again just to get on a plane.. it’s definitely no joke and needs to be taken more seriously. Thank you so much for talking about this!!
I'm incredibly sorry that happened to you. That's absolutely disgusting
If you can you afford therapy what you describe is post traumatic stress disorder. If you have a large university around you might be able to get community service therapy for free/a reduced rate through a psych department, and college students are frequently better trained than boomers anyway, so its a win/win. Its not the governments right to sexually assault you. We are talking Homeland Security, when boomers try to make government, the same people that run concentration camps for children. They are the US version of Nazis, seriously.
I’m from Europe right next to a relatively small airport and the stories of US airports are terrifying. My best friend’s mum is a senior purser who’s been flying for over 30 years and she now never flies US because she can’t handle TSA anymore. She prefers to fly Libanon to Beijing because American airport security is just a violation station. I’m so sorry you had to endure that.
gisforgary thank you so much! I appreciate the help and kind words!
Smiya Coron thank you hun.. I appreciate that.. it just sucks it happens to so many people.
Honestly this is really sad, Korra players are rare even in west africa. Not to mention the word that goes into making it, and how hard it is to play. Its kinda sad. I'm learning how to play and it kinda scares me to see this.
Yeah! I'm West African but I've never even heard of a Korra, it's really sad to see something so beautiful destroyed.
When my grandma was flying here for a visit from Ireland she was bringing Christmas ornaments as gifts and the tsa opened one of the bags and broke the ornament to check it and then they made my grandma go through a strip search next to another woman. My poor grandma was crying 😢
That's... horrible. I'm sorry.
That’s literally disgusting. I hope your grandmother is okay!
Aw is she okay now?
:(
I'm so sorry she had to go through that! Hope she's Ok.
It takes over a year to get hired by the TSA...so yes it is their issue when anything happens. How do you do so many background checks that it takes over a year to just get hired..but you hire sexual abusers?
I ofc agree, and as far as I know that policy is not hire people like them.
you‘d be surprised how slippery some nasties are. that jerk likely didn‘t have any sexual abuse incidents before he violated that woman, and got into the job just for that reason. TSA must have facepalmed so hard when the found out what he did
@@rokukou Trust me, that's an understatement.
That's probably what they're looking for in the background checks 😐😑😮💨😒
Seeing that instrument broke my heart. I haven’t even played my flute in over a year but if anyone so much as dented her I would throw hands. Especially such a beautiful, custom (and surely expensive) instrument... that poor man
As a former musician, (I haven't played anything in years), seeing the damage to that beautiful instrument is heartbreaking. And next time I see a TSA agent I'm throwing hands
I know right? I would probably fly off the handle if someone broke my bagpipes!
Ikr, whenever I fly my guitar goes with me, I don’t care if I have to buy a seat for her or not, the poor thing is my age and my most precious treasure, I couldn’t handle it if it got destroyed
@@gatetohell9260 Yeah, I keep my bagpipes in a carry on sized case, so it always goes right above my head. :)
Accurate, I may be a terrible trombonist, but if anything like that were to happen to my instrument I would personally find the person responsible and hang them.
Dangelo really out here exposing the government huh
Period
Good.
💯
we need more exposure
also the tsa has a HUGE issue with harassing trans people. every trans person ive known who's flown has been harassed by tsa
Every musician that I know takes their instrument on the plane with them if they can, I've even known a guy who always bought a seat for his cello. They are known for breaking instruments.
I am stroking my violin and whispering to it like it's a baby crying after seeing that first picture and I haven't traveled on a plane since I was 4.
I've travelled a lot and I can say that they break instruments, strollers, and wheelchairs the most often I swear
I've had so many bad experiences with TSA. Just to clarify, I'm white, as are my parents. However, my father was born in Africa because my grandfather was in the military and was stationed in Morocco while grandma was pregnant so my dad was born there and they left when he was like 2 and has never been back there. But because my dad was born in Morocco, the moment they see that on his forms he's immediately selected for the random searches. And they don't play around. My father is disabled and in a wheelchair. They tore it apart. They literally took his wheelchair apart because he was born in the 'wrong' country according to them.
My mom has a C-Pap machine. Which is a machine that helps her breath while she sleeps. After they took my dad's wheelchair apart they flagged my moms suitcase. The machine can't go under the plane, it has to be in a carry on. So it goes through the scanner after finishing with my dad and they flag the suitcase as a bomb. A freaking bomb! Security is called, they're swarming us, they open the suitcase, and it's just a breathing machine. And they were so rude and snarky about it. My mom told them before hand that her breathing machine was in her bag. And they flagged it as a bomb and almost had us arrested.
Then of course there were my school trips. My parents saved up for me to go on school trips to Europe 3 times. And every single time I was treated horribly. I like to write. So I bring notebooks and pens with me. I pack them first and then stack my clothes and everything on top of them cause it's easier that way. Note that on these trips I was 15, 16, and 17 years old. And I don't like being touched. Due to events that happened when I was younger, being touched by people can be very triggering for me. Only my parents and my best friend are trusted enough to touch me. Even just brushing against my shoulder makes me VERY uncomfortable. So I opt for the full body scan thing. Which I still don't like because it means grown men looking at images of my naked body for the sake of 'security' but it's better than being touched. And we were always given the choice of the body scan or a pat down. And I opted for the scan every time so I wouldn't be touched. And they still touched me! I go through the machine, nothing pops up. But they pat me down anyway. Which again can be very triggering for me. So I visibly cringe while they do it. Which they notice and go "what, do you have something to hide?" so they then get even more handsy with me. While I'm a minor! Which leaves me feeling extremely violated and on edge of a panic attack from all the touching especially when they were extra thorough in my private areas. Once again, I was underage when they did that to me.
Then they'd flag my bag every time. So after physically violating me, they'd move on to humiliating me. They'd open my bag and start throwing all of my stuff on the table for all of my classmates to see. Including my underwear, bras, and feminine hygiene products. Just tossing them on the table for everyone to see. And when you're pulled aside like that, people stare. So all of my classmates are staring as they're basically stripping my bag while I'm shaking and trying to keep it together. All to pick up my pen, look at it, then go "All clear" and then walk away. Leaving me to put all of my stuff back with everyone watching me. And I'm trying to put everything back the way it was so that it'll all fit and I can close the bag. But I was too slow for them and the TSA would get in my face about it. "Hurry up, you're holding up the line". Like...I'm not the one who threw everything everywhere and then just walked away. You were the ones who took extra time patting me down multiple times, leaving me feeling violated and humiliated and then threw my stuff everywhere and walked away to make me clean up your mess. Thankfully my teacher was a wonderful lady and could tell that I was barely keeping it together and helped me out and then sat down with me alone while we waited for the plane to help calm me down. And she did that every year of the trip. They did this to me every time. And you can't say anything to them about it because they'll come up with some reason to arrest you. If you file a complaint they try to arrest you so you can't say anything.
The TSA is just an excuse to violate people and they get away with it because "it's for security". But it's not. It's not effective and it's violating.
Jesus christ I'm so sorry that all of this happened to you, the tsa is horrible and their system should be fixed
Oh god, i’m so sorry. i’m so confused why people are just allowed to do this because its “their job”
i’m so sorry, that must’ve been incredibly humiliating and degrading. sending love 💕
Oh Jesus- I hope you’re okay and feeling well! I hope you recovered from this fine and well. Being touched like that is horrible and I really hope you’re doing okay
wow. you're so strong and i'm sorry that happened to you.
I actually had an extremely traumatic experience with the Canadian TSA equivalent where an employee pulled me out of line for special extra screening and said to my face he had been waiting for someone pretty to come along so he could pick them. He kept flirting and all that the whole time and made me thank him at the end for letting me skip the line. His coworker rolled his eyes in jokey disapproval but didn't stop him. i felt terrified the whole time and can only imagine how much worse it could've been without the mildly disapproving witness.
I wasn't going to do anything, just wanted to get out of there, unfortunately I have PTSD from this type of thing already and when I was going through customs right after I was near tears and couldn't speak and was super sweaty and the customs agent is obviously supposed to notice that as suspicious. I had to write down on a little note what happened because I felt if I spoke I would break. I am lucky she was a woman and also was the manager of that employee, but truly I don't think anything was done given how most workplace sexual harrassment is dealt with.
Thank you for addressing the issues, D'angelo, and for admitted that you initially didn't believe the women in your life and that you should have, that is very big of you and helps make the world a little less scary.
That’s just fucked I’m so sorry
when i was 10 year old girl i travelled to new york with my family and was given a full pat down by an old male TSA worker. my older brothers did not get a pat down.
YIKES
Rwoent.
i hate that. awful people. im sorry for you :(
Poor you :(
I'm so sorry for you. You did not deserve that and you never will.
A few things TSA stands for:
That Shitty Agency
Theatrical Security Act
Truly Slows Airports
Those Shitty Agents
Turtle Safety Agency
the sad armadillo
Tiny Spider Ass
Terrifying Snake Agenda
"Hey look one of our agents found a ninja star one time see we're neccessary see we're useful see!!!"
*cough cough* ~70% failure rate *cough cough*
Some corporation did a test and 95% of the time, they failed to catch the weapon. T~T
Shoutout to the TSA staff stealing my expensive phone charger and refusing to give a mother her baby's milk formula even though it was screaming.
Oop
TSA destroyed my friend's beautiful handmade sitar :(
Emily Rachel Gilley wtf that's horrible, poor sitar! I hope your friend has a new one, although it won't replace the old one, it'd still be nice.
You’re friend better be demyx because if anyone deserves to be harassed by 2000 water monsters, it’s the TSA.
The best part about D’Angelo’s daily uploads is that we get to see his pretty face for more than 10 minutes a week
And that monotone
As a trans man, when I wear my binder and fly they usually pat me down. Thankfully I've never been harassed, though. That poor woman.
aw im so sorry. i've heard from some other transmen that they have been harassed about their binders and dead names. i hope you never experience that.
when i was 15 i was flying to holland through new york and my mom (she’s a scary woman, nothing gets past my hispanic mother) had to yell at the tsa agent cause he was basically just groping me. 😑
That’s disgusting shout out to your mum
@@HEHEHE67883 Indeed
My dad has had to do the same thing for early developed 12 year old me and again when i was 16 the inconsiderate touches are scarring
the tsa is also kind of notorious for assaulting trans people it’s so gross
@Thine Frick yeah
I’m non-binary, but my close friend is trans-masculine, and he’s had some bad experiences with wearing his binder in airports. Obviously he’s never snuck anything prohibited into an airport, but he’s definitely had some really invasive requests made to him to the point where he doesn’t wear his binder into airports anymore.
my cousin has "female" in her drivers license, shes trans, and they literally patted at her chest and genital area because she "could be hiding something there." she cried for days on end, even on the airplane because they made her feel like her birth genetaila was visible, and like her breasts were visible implants. we spent most of our vacation days ensuring that it wasnt visible or noticeable, because it wasnt, the only reason they checked is because shes open abt being trans.
@@koi6523 that’s terrible! I’m sorry your cousin had to go through that
Ew.
The TSA agents laughed as they threw away my crayons while I was crying (I was 5 years old) because apparently I was going to use them to blow up the plane apparently??? They had absolutely no sympathy and that is the reason why I have a fear of flying and the TSA
how would a 5 year old use crayons to explode a plane???
pretty sure he's joking....or this is just fake
@@frostysouls5022 are you talking about my story?
@@Nik-bx9kd they definitely are. Idk why though you’ve got no reason to.
@@Ejiro__Kirishima people dont have to lie for a reason. in this case, attention.
As a women I can agreee I dread the day of having them pat me down it feels wrong...
Agreed. The first time I traveled I was stopped for an extra frisk and was scolded like a child as this random tsa woman frisked me. It was humiliating, especially since it seemed like she was trying her best to fit in with the older males by being rude and more handsy than necessary. She was new as well.
Now that my cousin works there (female) she often talks about the toxic environment that the TSA cultivates. It's honestly scary.
As a trans guy, being pat down by anyone feels completely wrong, especially when they reach my binder or packer and point out my birth gender. Incredibly uncomfortable.
It’s the 21st century and these idiots are still confused by bras.
_wtf_
carondelet wtf in the Uk they don’t get confused I didn’t know that happens in the USA
Isaac actually can't breathe please help him holy- that’s what we call on the biz a “pero gamer move”, mostly because being a gamer requires you to be sexist, racist, and homophobic. It’s right at the top of the gamer sign up sheet.
"If you're american or you travel frequently you must have just groaned out loud when you heard TSA"
Me: Or if you're trans... 👀👀
When they read u as a man but the scanner says ur carring something under ur shirt.... sir those are my tibbies
When the agent calls u sir :) then says ur birth name :(
Pridera why did i laugh so hard at that-
Huh? Why would the TSA care if you are trans?? They shouldn’t be looking at your genitals?!
@@pinkqueenscookie transphobia is pretty common in TSA. our body heat is also distributed differently than cis folks. like.. MTF women can have their chest set it off because of their developing breasts while also having it signal that there's a peepee there. it's tough...
last time I went through TSA one of the people had a straight pride tattoo.... not just a regular tattoo that might be about straight pride this person literally had STRAIGHT PRIDE in big black ink across their forearm
EUGGHHHHH
Oh nooo
god, thats cringe
Even if it was small having a tattoo about straight pride is the cringeist shit.
Yikessss
I love this organization that has a 70% failure rate when confiscating and identifying contraband. :D
i know what the t in tsa stands for
*t* *r* *a* *u* *m* *a*
The Traumatic Shitty Administration
ShibuNub 犬 perfect.
Or "transphobes" maybe "terrifying"
Random Person true. very true.
*t r a n s p h o b i a*
Reading the stories of random security checks in the comment section kinda broke my heart ngl.
Not the TSA but I once had a security check when I was eleven, the checker ppl were two older men and one of them rubbed their littlz device over my privates, and the other laughed and said something inappropriate I honestly do not remember
It was just awkward in the moment but looking back on it its gross
Ludichat Meow Ew wtf? People working for TSA need a background check. This is why I’m never flying.
Ew..
Off with their heads
I hope you’re okay now
d’angelo could rank the types of diarrhea and i’d still watch
activ1sm honestly
Mood
literally
THE?
so fun not so fun tsa story; when I was 14 my family took a trip to Hawaii. I have a medical device that prevents me from going through the scanner things (the wand thingy, and the ones where you stand there, or walk through them), and so I had to get a pat down any time I was in an airport. One time they urged me to go through the scanner and almost pushed me through, because it would be "faster, and easier for everyone". (Everyone but me, who would end up with a broken medical device that keeps me alive.) Another time, the like tested whatever was on my hands (that was fine and i just wanted to get on with my day) then it went off. (The agent said glycerin was why it went off. It is in so many things, but the lady only guessed that, that was what set it off. )Then she tells me that I need to have a further pat down, so she directs me to a very small room. She told me the procedure for it, and I was like can we just get this over with. I could not leave that room another agent had stood in front of the door after the first agent had closed the door. The thing about that time was that she spent an unnatural amount of time near my inner thighs, and also near the location of the devices on my body. It was so uncomfortable for me, and it held up my entire family.
ANother time; we were approaching the scanners and by then I had sorta figured out that I needed to just hang a few feet away from my family going through the scanners and wait a very short amount of time when I should be next. I then say that I can't go through the scanners because of a medical device. This time the agents had to call for a female agent (there weren't any females in the gate we were in), and we had to wait and the agents were displaying being annoyed about having to deal with anyone at all. They literally glared at me. Also apparently because, I was 14 they had to get a female( they asked me how old I was too, I later found out it was because of my age).
Since then my brothers joke about tsa, but it is a very touchy subject for me because I have been the recipient of unwanted advances. I like traveling but hate the way tsa does things.
TSA makes me feel like I might accidentally have a gun in my bag
My friend from Russia told me about his first encounter with TSA (when he was coming to America) 😂 they did a really obnoxious and thorough search on him and asked him all these questions because he looked nervous (and therefore a threat?) but he was just looking around nervously because he has PTSD and schizophrenia. Meanwhile his sister, who was on the same plane and everything, managed to bring a pocket knife on board. She didn't understand that it was against the rules but wtf TSA? Just do your job without prejudice and make sure that no one brings weapons or something on board.
the TSA's a complete joke. they probably let more people with concealed weapons in while they're too busy doing "random searches" on foreigners and "suspicious" people for bombs and weapons
@@nikjuttun5677 exactly lmao, at the very least do basic proper searches on everyone and stop doing the longer searches on people bc they look nervous or they're wearing a hijab or something (that one is super common based on my experience flying)
Even without ptsd and schizophrenia he had every damn right to be nervous, especially after the stories I’ve heard today. I’d be crying just waiting in the line.
I mean, I understand that someone looking around nervously is suspicious (not trying to justify it, but it makes sense). BUT A KNIFE?! HOW THE FUCK?!
Constitution: Freedom of speech
D’Angelo: yes
I hate trans people
I hate the person above me
I want the kids back Karen you don’t deserve your kids back 😤
"They can't be that bad."
As a female who has had to go through American customs/TSA many times, I can tell you that especially travelling alone as a woman is asking for harassment. I have had my shirt pulled up and my pants pulled down below my hips while standing in line, in front of everyone, by male security officers (which is supposed to be illegal as it is both public and by a person of the opposite sex). The Patriot Act has stopped Americans from having rights, but is supposed to give us "security". Given the anxiety I felt before 9/11 compared to the anxiety now, I would prefer to be blown up.
Wtf how is that even allowed. They need to defund the tsa asap
That's horrible did anyone even help you?
the TSA is more of a terrorist organization than actual "terrorists" are
My fear of the TSA is greater than my fear of planes now and I doubt anyone will tell me it’s unjustified.
I totally get what you’re saying but please don’t say “asking for harassment”. I know you’re not trying to sound this way but it sounds like victim blaming. You were not “asking for it” you were minding your business.
Also I agree about rather having the anxiety of being blown up than being violated like that
as a poc, my chances of being "randomly selected" is non-randomly high.
Ok sorry for the bother 5 months after you sent this but what is a poc?
@@nobodyspecial1019 it stands for "Person Of Color" or "People of Color"
@@spacbar7510 oh ok thank you for telling me! 😊
I feel bad for anyone not white going through the tsa
“dogs aren’t gonna absolve your sins” -d’angelo wallace 2020
Review the police force that tweeted "when we have to tell someone their family member died in a crash" and then it's an office gif
**WHAT.**
bruh I REMEMBER THAT!!!!
WHAT IN THE EVEN HECK
*NAH TO THE AH TO THE NO NO NO-*
What? why did they do that?
Never thought I'd see the words government and meme so close together
Unless we are meming them
They pulled a reverse card on us
Government used Meme: It hurts itself in confusion.
@@tahunuva4254 It's super effective!
When I traveled between London and Dublin with a customer made shaker from my native island in the Caribbean, which is made of a big aerosol can filled with seeds, I forgot to remove it from my bag and they thought it was a bomb. 😬 Luckily, this was London Heathrow so all I had to do was give them a demonstration by playing for them. After which a couple of the agents asked to play it as well. It ended up being a good memory. 😊
When I was 11 they took me aside and searched me because the buttons on my dress showed up on X-ray, despite the fact that on the X-ray thing you could clearly see that the buttons were in the exact same place as on the dress. We later found out that they aren't allowed to do it to under 16's. I haven't been to America since and I honestly don't plan on coming either. I love you guys but it was really scary and uncomfortable at the time. I don't want to go through it again.
That's completely understandable and I'm sorry you had to go through that :( As an American, I can confidently say you're making the right choice. We suck--
I can't even imagine... I'm a painter who was warned not to ship paintings to Germany without insurance, because they will KNIFE the package, and may damage the canvas. Apparently this has happened more than a few times. I'm not sure if it's common knowledge but it's really upsetting. Imagine making piece of art worth 1000$ and not insuring it (quite common for art that price) and then losing the piece and the money with ZERO repercussions. Fun!
I play the saxophone and if I went traveling and trusted TSA with Stuart (that’s the name of my sax) and got home and it was destroyed like that (3:13) .......... I don’t know what I would do. Probably cry.
Julia Grace
Isn’t it also EXPENSIVE AF
This! Instruments hold a lot of sentimental value to musicians
I'd be especially worried about a saxophone there are so many ways to accidentally damage a saxophone and those repairs can cost a pretty penny
Same. I would cry too if I find my bass destroyed like that. I can't imagine that anyways. It makes me cringe so hard.
Even breaking a string on us orchestra's string instruments hurts a little. I can't even fathom a whole broken instrument in front of me
Stuart is such a good name for a saxophone
So I want to say my own TSA story, but first: I have an incredibly bad memory, so the fact I even remember this shows how awful it was. So I was going to visit my grandma last summer, and I brought my normal stuff (clothes, fan, tolietries, etc,...) in my cute Tokidoki rolly bag. After the flight, we rush to grandma's, and once we're there I unpack (finally getting a look at my bag). Not only did the TSA BREAK THE LOCK on my bag (which I hadn't even used! they could've just... unzipped the bag!), but they also stole some of my stuff (oh and EVERYTHING in the bag had been looked through, it was creepy). I can't remember exactly what was taken, but I remember one of the items being a very specific hairbrush (the only kind I can use on my hair). They were nice enough to include a little letter saying my bag was part of a "random security check." Thanks, guys. Very cool.
I believe the “found” items are fake af. Just so make us believe they actually catch shit.
that or it's like the 2 things they found out of a group of 1000 people so they can go "see, we find stuff sometimes! that's why you need us!" even though they don't do jack shit other than harass, embarrass, and generally just be power-tripping dicks to people
That's literally not the case. TSA has got a lot to change and improve but they confiscate thousands of knives, weapons, and prohibs daily.
@Tom Raines exactly. sure, TSA agents have done some horrible things, but that doesn‘t meant all of them are incapable of doing good things. i get agreeing with D‘Angelo but these people are going too far
@@rokukou You know that I definitely agree. My point was assuming that all TSA is a "security theater" is a dangerous misconception
@@tomraines6554 Actually there was a study done on them proving how terrible at their jobs they are. You should watch the Adam ruins everything video it’s goes it much further detail.
once a TSA guy made me come open my (well within guidelines) eyeshadow palette because he "wasn't a girl and didn't know how to open these kinds of things." Then somebody else yelled at me for walking outside of the designated area to open the palette for him to inspect. I almost missed my connecting flight for that shit.
The kicker is that I'm not a girl either.
As a person who has been playing instruments for 7 years it would be heart breaking if u came back home and my CUSTOM MADE instrument destroyed.
as an european who has travelled to a lot of other EU countries, i wasn't prepared to deal with the hell that was the kennedy airport in nyc.
we spent 2 hours in line just to get through customs, when in the EU you just walk off the plane. then when we finally made it through, they took my dad away to confirm he wasn't a wanted criminal (we have spanish names).
You can only walk off the plane in the EU if you're an EU citizen... my husband is French and he usually has to go get a tea and wait for me if I'm flying on my Canadian passport. Of course it's much easier than what the TSA sounds like (never been through that, and I'm sorry that your dad had that experience)
Well that's because you're from the EU- customs is usually the least bad part in my experience.
i’m an american citizen so for me i just walk off the plane in the us and in the eu it was a two hour wait
@@MyChannel773 How??? You still have to wait through passport control on the way back, you just don't have to go through TSA. I'm an American+Russian citizen and it takes way longer to go through American passport control than most parts of the EU or Russia.
every time you say “welcome back to me talking about whatever i want” i feel empowered through you
Deadass 🤣
i went to america once and despite having a great time in new york, i genuinely dont think i’ll go back again because of the experience i had at the TSA. im a trans guy pre top surgery and of course i have experience being stopped at airport security as my binder and my chest are just a bit sus, especially considering i pass as a male and my passport has my new name and male gender marker, but i dont get a lot of trouble after i explain and im like. gently pat down.
when i went to america it was a whole different story though. i was stopped and thorougly pat down, like- literally groped and i felt extremely uncomfortable as the man checking me kept going near my chest and crotch area. i know for a fact it could have been worse as ive heard horror stories from other trans people and trans poc get it especially bad from what i’ve heard- im very white and i sound ambiguously british.
i hated every moment there and i had something similar happen on the way back- it also brought in quite a few memories of when i was sexually assulted. both workers were very rough and in the few minutes i was checked i felt absolutely terrified.
tsa is scary. send tweet.
Ohh :(
im non-binary and im honestly so scared of like going through tsa after yknow the pandemic is over. :(((
My old orchestra teach told me a story about how her friend had found his cello shattered and crushed (with a case) after a plane trip to a professional concert (he was playing in an orchestra)
Hi so my dad works for Tsa, don’t worry he only trains the bomb dogs, and he’s told me a lot of fucked up stuff he’s heard. He’s the reason I don’t like flying. I know to much about everything. The good thing about having a TSA dad I get early flying and I get to meet a lot of the lovely bomb dogs. I met a sweet malamute name Khaos, sweetest little pupper
The bomb dogs are the only valid part of TSA
I never wanted to go to the USA but this was the final nail in the coffin.
Don't. It's not nearly as good as they say it is here.
@@Skygirl-rp4ob idk you can come to texas and gun down some hogs for like eh $100 or less cant remember
wise decision considering it's currently a burning dumpster fire rotting from the inside out
good decision. I'm American and the one time I can remember being on a plane in my life a TSA agent pulled me aside and had to pay me down fully, taking time on my lower regions and chest before moving on. I was eleven and it was horrifying.
Once this whole pandemic come down and visit New York State, not just the city. We have some really amazing nature up here in upstate, I just don’t want to make you think all America is bad :(
As a woman who plays a lot of different instruments, this video really makes me want to stay a thousand miles away from TSA
I dont even play instruments and I got my blood boiling
Fun fact: at TSA I got my Torah taken away because the corners were to sharp. I was going to Israel to study as a rabbi.
That’s literally the stupidest thing I’ve heard all day. I’m so sorry that happened to you. 😔
The strict policies the TSA has had since what feels like forever were supposed to be very temporary after 9/11, speaking from experience, other countries are much more lax and forgiving and better than the TSA although you already knew that of course. The TSA should be given completely new rules and be trained as if they're working retail rather than as if they are supposed to be guarding the damn DMZ in Korea.
As someone that spent years to get a Nexus card just so I’d never have to deal with the full force of the TSA ever again. America has the literal worse airport security in the world. Almost every other country has figured it out except for the a country that had a major terror attack involving a airplane...
The reason you’re growing so much is because you have a great personality and we all enjoy hearing you talking about things you enjoy discussing.
I couldn’t imagine what I would do if I found out TSA had broken my instrument. My instrument isn’t even a nice custom made instrument like the one they actually destroyed was, mine is a 200$ fender guitar I got 5 years ago. But I’d be devastated if it was ruined.
here are some crappy things the tsa and tsa agents have done
1. a family going to Disney with their three year old daughter who is confined to a wheelchair. a tsa agent asked to pay down the three year old and screen her wheelchair. they then refused to return the girls plushie even after it had been scanned. they did apologize. (source: abc news)
2. a mom with breast cancer was forced to a cavity search in pubic at a los angeles airport. the women said that the tsa agents could not touch her chest area for obvious reasons but they kept on saying “that’s apart of the procedure you have to do it”. they touched her skin, which they are not allowed to because of her medical condition. they said that they were going to pay down her wig. the women then took of her wig in public. the LAX then apologized and said they would retrain their tsa. ( source: cnn)
3. a female cnn commentator had a very invasive body search done in front of people. she was selected at random. the manager said she was going to have to be escorted out of the airport if she didn’t comply to the body search. the police and tsa agents talked her into being searched. the whole experience left her in tears. (source: inside edition)
They treat people with medical problems really shitty. I've had my wheelchair damaged after it was gate checked and got no compensation, once was made to stand up because they said they saw me when I was walking earlier and I immediately passed out- then missed my flight.
This is so f*cking disgusting. I hate crying in front of people and I also just hate being hugged let alone groped by the TSA. I feel so bad for all of these people.
When I was in fourth grade, I wanted to do a little recorder concert for my family (iykyk), so I brought my recorder to the airport with me. Long story short: TSA thought it was a wooden knife and I was traumatized.
Luckily for my family, my recorder was fine.
The TSA-Instagram is just a dad vomiting all his jokes onto the internet.
That's an insult to all dads 😂😂
It’s an insult to vomit. 🤢
The corny dad jokes
A dad that gropes you
yeah but dads who make dad jokes are usually fine people. the tsa is more like that violent creepy bigotted uncle no one likes
The TSA and trans people also don't go well together
When you’ve been a fan for so long you remember when D’Angelo did art.
The TSA has always been alright with my expired passports and IDs but when I'm wearing clothes that are tight fitting I'm suddenly free real estate... so you know... just minor things
One time, I was flying home for Christmas, and I was going to go straight from the airport to a family Christmas party, so I had pre-wrapped all my Christmas presents in wrapping paper I had hand made for each person, and TSA ripped the wrapping paper off each one. They were all super easily identifiable (book, puzzle, etc) but the wrapping paper was like completely shredded and crumpled up in my bag, removed from every present.
i was traveling with my school to italy a few years ago and i got “randomly selected” (i dressed very goth at the time) i already have anxiety over flying and this TSA agent was so rough with me that i started crying because it just sent my anxiety over the edge, and she very rudely told me to stop crying because she “wasnt hurting me”. the only good experience ive had with TSA was when i was a child.
Had a TSA agent force me to stand up from my wheelchair because they saw me walking earlier and I of course passed out when I stood up- head was an inch from hitting a metal table and thankfully landed on my suitcase, but yk I was probably just fake passing out and also somehow got a wheelchair with a fake medical disorder
I just wanna say that I live in Israel (& they take security pretty damn seriously here), and our tsa sounds way way more functional then the american one. I've never heard anything about sexual assault or large broken items... I've always felt safe and there would never ever even be a situation here where a male agent would search a female!
dang
as an American I would love to have that feeling
In an airport I always feel unsafe and uncomfortable while going through security despite me knowing I have nothing on me that would set off an alarm
I feel like Im being watched and not in a way that anyone likes
Palestine* you live in Palestine.
Yes you are right., I've been to Israel
They kept my luggage for a week. When I got my stuff back someone had taken my custom cuff links... I guess these were a security issue!!!!o0
Except if you’re Palestinian
I think Bethlehem is in Palestine., At least it was when I was there....and it only fits the narrative of the holy land if the take the rest of the land from the Palestinians..
lol literally every time I go through TSA my hair gets pat-down. Like they already put me through a full body x-ray, luggage, but they HAVE TO touch my hair..
Yes to see if you have drugs or weapons plus it's Bobby pins hair clips or any type of metal will make you get search it's happened to me in Canada I thought it was funny
This used to happen to my mom EVERY time she went through a body scanner. We eventually found out that she might have been holding her arms too close to her head during the scan, which somehow flagged her hair for a pat-down. Don't ask me how that works. She started holding her arms a little further up and out (still in the position they want, though) and it seems to be helping. Maybe that will help you, too.
I mean, it's still idiotic, but we do what we can.
@@hannagreenman2493 I'm aware! Whether my hair is up or down, I never wear bobby pins in it while going through security. I actually find them quite stifling and avoid wearing them pretty much whenever I can, ESPECIALLY when travelling.
My point is that they target women with a lot/large/ethnic hair. They also disproportionately target women with with dark hair or dark skin.
@@AndreaP_N7 this is actually a really great idea!
@@emilyfredrickson9009 Actually,it's the machine that targets ethnic women and large women,women with dark hair and skin.Talk to the US government about that.
The whole TSA gansta ‘til me and the other band kids show up and get revenge for that guy’s Kora.
can I join--
YES.
OoO! I’m a band kid I can’t wait.
Count me in
Lemme make them deaf with my trombone chile 💅
seeing his instrument in pieces like that made me want to cry. having something so personal and unique to you and your culture destroyed out of ignorance hurts.