31 Wild Reasons People Were Stopped by TSA

Traveling is already a nightmare, but there’s always one thing that can make it worse. No, it’s not the people who clap when the plane lands or spend the whole flight barefoot, it’s much worse than that — it’s the Transportation Security Administration. 

TSA agents claim to “ensure our safety” by yelling at us to take our shoes off, patting us down in a room full of people, and of course, carrying out the “randomly selected search.” But that almost always seems like an excuse to power trip and/or get handsy. Either way, these Redditors have had their fair share of run-ins with TSA over the years and shared some of the craziest reasons they were stopped by the agents. Spoiler: TSA agents think a lot of things look like bombs.