Baron_von_Retard

I use a double-edge safety razor to shave; like this.

I take it with me for travel. The razor blades that I use are, of course, against carry-on policy. To get around this, I usually pack one razor in the holder within the bag, another loose one within my toiletry bag, and two more elsewhere in my suitcase. Sometimes they don't even catch one of them, and to date, they have never caught more than one.

Sometimes they give me a hard time about the one that they catch and throw away, and when the agent is a douchebag, I want to tell him how he/she is doing a terrible job and missed the others, and criticize them for masquerading for security.

If I were to do this and say that there were more, even if I handed over the 2 or 3 other blades that were hidden, what are the possible repercussions?

I would assume that they would do a more thorough screening of the rest of my suitcase, but would there be anything possibly more severe than that?

Thanks for your replies, and also for not being an ass while at your job. While the policies are universally useless, it's nice coming across an agent who's not a dick.

You're not the only one. I have been listening to NPR every weekday for almost a year now, and I have thought it was "Ira Plato" as well.

OP gets a downvote until this is answered. I believe it's fair to qualify this as proof.

There's not much of an art to it. I just put it loose in a small outside pocket. Would be easy to argue that I just forgot that I had it there, since it's in an easily accessible area, and wrapped in its protective sheath.

You bring up an interesting point, though. The TSA's screening techniques are ineffective at finding a sharp razor blade that could, in theory, be used to cause bodily harm.

That's a great argument against their practices - extremely invasive, yet still ineffective.

Anyways, I don't feel too bad about my intentional deception, since the only blood that will be drawn by it is my own. :P But not if I'm careful!

edit Thank you for the thoughtful response!

The reason the bitch is going to agree to be on the show is because she'll get her costs paid too. She'll come out of this with a freebie.

That's the shitty part.