I was flying out of the US to join my fiancee. My bags were very strategically packed for weight limits. My carry-on got flagged. I had one of those Woodwick Boat candles. She really liked them. If you dont know what they are, they can look strange. They are football/boat shaped, and instead of a normal wick, there's a long chunk of wood to serve that purpose (which makes a pleasant crackling sound when lit)
TSA guy had no clue what it was and ttying to make sense of it.
"Its a candle."
He was not buying it. I ended uo having to go through a full patdown afterwards. I have no idea how having a candle in my bag requires that, but whatever.
I wasnt able to keep my mouth shut though and tried to joke with him, "You guys really take candles seriously, huh?"
Heard the same thing happen in an IceCreamSandwich video, where he was bringing a candle through TSA, but apparently people have hidden bombs or something in candles and that might be why
The TSA doesn't really give a shit about drugs, and never really has unless you're caught flying with like a huge bag of unmarked white powder or something.
Can confirm, I’ve brought heaping servings of weed and mushrooms all across the country, but the day I had a container of baby powder left in my toiletry bag I almost missed my flight because they needed the advanced testing kit
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u/soccer1124 29d ago
I was flying out of the US to join my fiancee. My bags were very strategically packed for weight limits. My carry-on got flagged. I had one of those Woodwick Boat candles. She really liked them. If you dont know what they are, they can look strange. They are football/boat shaped, and instead of a normal wick, there's a long chunk of wood to serve that purpose (which makes a pleasant crackling sound when lit)
TSA guy had no clue what it was and ttying to make sense of it.
"Its a candle."
He was not buying it. I ended uo having to go through a full patdown afterwards. I have no idea how having a candle in my bag requires that, but whatever.
I wasnt able to keep my mouth shut though and tried to joke with him, "You guys really take candles seriously, huh?"
Got a stern, "Yes. We do." in response, lol