Galley Gossip: Ma'am, is that a frying pan in your bag?

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Having been a TSA agent for many years and working in 30-35 different airports as part of the National Screening Force (NSF) .. I have seen many unusual items that passengers pack in both threre carry-ons and checked baggage .. Some I will not mention in this blog and some that were histerically funny .. And some gruesome .. One I remember was a young lady traveling back home to London and had a medium sized valise that had alarmed for unknown substance .. As I took the bag to a table for inspection I noticed the young lady kept watching me. After explaining all the options to the young lady and asking if there was anything inside that might harm me she just giggled and said no ! ... As I glanced inside the bag I snickered a little and looked at the young lady, who by now was laughing, I looked back in the bag and back at her and with a dumb question I said what is this ? .. She replied 450 packages of red licorice for her mother who had a sweet tooth and that was all there was in the bag. We both cracked up laughing ... One of the BETTER times with TSA ...

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