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TSA workers now quietly encouraging vibrator use
By Virginia SmithOctober 24th, 2011, 8:30 pmComments (29)
TSA workers are known for flagrantly violating passengers' privacy, but now at least one of them seems to be doing it in a friendly, sex-positive, but still super-violating way. Witness: the overly friendly note (above) a female passenger found in her luggage, next to a vibrator she had packed, reading, "GET YOUR FREAK ON GIRL."
Blogger Jill Filipovic, who was lucky enough to find said note in her checked luggage, explains, "It was a $15 bullet vibe from Babeland, about the most basic sex toy you can imagine. It has now been officially retired, since I have no idea if the TSA agents manhandled it."
Um, sounds like a good call. And there you have it: a lesson on both the importance of packing strategically and the importance of proper sex-toy sanitation. I think we've all learned something here today.
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Commentarium (29 Comments)
That's stupid, you could just clean it.
Anyway, packed vibrators often need to get checked because they start buzzing or making noise. They don't just check them to gawk or masturbate.
you would be surprised, buddy
how anyone could see this an anything other than good fun is beyond me. how silly to retire a perfectly good bullet just because it might have been touched by a TSA worker. Chill, girl, and then yeah, get ya freak on.
Are we sure this is real? Sounds like it could also be a publicity stunt from Babeland...?
babeland would NEVER work with the TSA
You should take the batteries out before travel. And I've travelled multiple times with all manner of adult goodies, and had my bags openly searched in front of me, yet none of them were ever found (packed towards the bottom of the bag). I don't know if that makes me more comfortable or less comfortable.
you hire high school dropouts to government jobs "protecting" our airspace and they abuse their power. I don't know how anyone could have seen that coming. If we only had some sort of historical document outlining our rights; then we could avoid these things.
So right. I mean, seriously, how dare they check out mysterious vibrating luggage. It's not like bombs vibrate or anything! Ugh, those damn high school dropouts that spend their days dealing with obnoxious jet-lagged assholes who think they're too good to go though the same security proceedings as everyone else are sooooooo annoying. Really, it's not like people ever try to bring weapons or illegal substances on to flights. I say who needs 'em?!
@@TW - What part of leaving a creepy note involves checking out luggage? I for one am all for security. What the TSA does is silly theater. True security requires professionals. The TSA workforce fails the test of a professional security force.
Miracles do happen. Publius, I couldn't agree with you more.
they check the bags in front of the passengers, so i dont know how a tsa agent would be able to write and slip a note into the bag without the passenger seeing.
The note is to alert passengers when they've had to open up and inspect checked luggage.
No they don't Checked luggage gets handed to TSA in their screened off area. They search at their leisure out of the public view. Perhaps this is the problem.
I say video tape the TSA screeners! Who knows, TSA could easily be infiltrated by terrorists who want to plant a bomb in your luggage. The fact that they can write creepy notes and play with your toys shows they are largely unsupervised.
to retire it. I work for the TSA and I'm always wiping my ass with items in luggage that I check.
I love it, when the staff leaves snarky notes for me on the receipt or take out bag. It makes my day to have a little giggle and see someone else isn't a complete robot.
Maybe you should just buy a new dildo at your destination if it's $15.
How convenient that she's a blogger and this happened to her.
Totally making it up.
Yeah, I'm getting a weird vibe from this story.
+1 for the story vibe
I love how a woman masturbating is "getting her freak on"
Yeah, when I get found out I am labeled a pervert. For shame.
And she just so happens to be a "Feminist Blogger."
This "facts" in this story smell kinda fishy.
Ha-Ohhhh
I hope this leads to a shake-up of sensitivity training at TSA.
Nice going, blogger. You got this person fired for having a bit of harmless good natured fun at what is probably a very boring job...you blog about sex, right? I'd think you'd have a better sense of humor than to complain about this. How can you sleep at night knowing you caused someone to get fired when the economy is so f'ed up? I hope you get over yourself very very soon.
That's not a vibrator, he is just shakey...
I can't bleeive I've been going for years without knowing that.
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