TSA Bans Snow Globes
Posted by DDOCS in Travel, tags: Airlines, Laws, Safety, Stupidity, Travel
Think you can carry on that snow globe you bought while on your trip? Think again. The TSA will not allow snow globes to be carried on any flight because they can’t measure how much liquid is inside.
So, even if your snow globe fits in your quart bag with all your other small liquid items, the TSA is likely to confiscate it. Your precious memories must suffer for the TSA’s ineptness.
Some people are confused about what’s defined as a liquid or gel, [Transportation Security Administration spokesman Dwayne] Baird said.
“If you can pour it, pump it, squeeze it, spread it, smear it, spray it or spill it, it’s considered a liquid or gel.”
What about a small snow globe with less than three ounces of liquid sloshing about?
“I would think they would just say ‘no,’ because they can’t really determine how many ounces are in there,” Baird said.
A snow globe. Has it gotten that bad? Do we really think this makes us safer?
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