As we continue to unpack the last few things from our bags we find out a very unpleasant but pleasant surprise. Unpleasant because this never should have happened and pleasant because we got to keep our stuff... let me explain...
If you've read my first post about the airplane ride to Korea you may remember that when we first got to the airport that Sunday morning there was a very unpleasant women who made us re-pack some of our bags. The one bag that we had intended for carry-on we had made sure that there was nothing in it that you are not supposed to take on the plane, such as lighters, liquid, anything sharp like tweezers or knifes. The other bag that we were then forced to take as a carry-on instead we had not been so careful about and originally had all of those things in it. Well when we were being forced to transfer things from one bag to another we tried to comb through our new carry-on bag as fast as we could to eliminate anything that would be a security issue.
When we got to the security check point we went through with-out a hitch, the only thing they stopped us for was because we had 4 containers of baby food and they had to do some special tests on it before we were allowed to go any further... but besides that everything was perfect. At the time I was actually surprised that we didn't get stopped for anything just because since we had to change things so fast I was sure we must have missed something... right? But apparently not because beside the baby food we were good to go.
Well as I unpacked my carry-on bag after we got to Korea I found a list of things that should have set off the alarm causing them to go through our bag. Such as... a sewing pack full of needles, scissors, and a stitch remover, a few bottles of liquid items like rubbing alcohol, a pocket knife, and a lighter. Needless to say after my discovery I was completely shocked. The airlines scare the crap out of you telling you that you can't take anything on a plane now days and we were able to unknowingly get all of this past security without a problem.
I have to say that I do not feel completely safe about going on planes anymore. We were able to get numerous things past security that we should never have been allowed... but hey, you have to give them props, right? They did find the baby food!
1 comments:
yes, that does seem a bit odd... hey- though you have to admit- would you be caught dead eating baby food? Sure, a pair of scissors could basically kill someone, but compared to forcing someone to eat baby food... hmm, tough call.
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