Comments on: TSA forces woman to painfully remove nipple rings with pliers

By: Tia C

Tia C — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 17:10:15 +0000

That was absolutely wrong of them to do that, and it also doesn’t surprise me at all that it happened in Texas (giant eye roll), BUT on the other hand, I think piercing one’s sensitive areas is beyond lame and I really don’t feel sorry for her at all!

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By: Loob

Loob — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 09:00:08 +0000

Infuriating. I would try to get their asses fired as well.

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By: Rianna

Rianna — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 06:27:54 +0000

thats disgusting. TSA officers dont get paid enough and are too power hungry and think they are so great. this is disgusting.

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By: rlr260

rlr260 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 21:37:32 +0000

When my mother had a total knee replacement a few years ago, she was given a wallet card with an x-ray picture of the knee joint on it. She was to carry the picture to prove she was not a threat if her artificial joint set off security alarms. She never had any trouble with setting off metal detectors, but it was good to know she had an explanation at hand if she had needed it.

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By: anon69

anon69 — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:25:21 +0000

I’m confused-why did it take pliers to get the piercings out? I’m pierced and have taken mine out for xrays and such with no problem. Maybe hers were new…..I’ve had mine for about 8 years.
I do agree that their behavior was a bit over the top and they do owe this woman an apology-especially since they tried to turn her into a freak show.

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By: MizLiz

MizLiz — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:01:03 +0000

I would be on the phone to the best personal injury lawyer I could find. If that isn’t a personal injury, I don’t know what is.

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By: Kattybitch

Kattybitch — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:08:34 +0000

What scares me is this is the fourth case I’ve heard recently of women being targeted at airports.

There was the woman denied access to her flight because they believed her skirt was too short it was ‘deemed’ inappropriate.

THere was the case of a group of girls who one of them started an altercation with a male passenger and her entire group was kicked off with police escorts (even though only ONE girl was doing anything) the male got to continue on with the flight with no repercussion.

There was another case similar to this where flight attendants were rude and belittling to two women passengers because they believed they had too much to drink so they were being ‘boisterous and out of control’…for talking and laughing with each other in the waiting area to board the plane.

What the hell is going on?

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By: Ling

Ling — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 16:18:53 +0000

Imagine if one of the holes became infected.

What bugs me is that she offered to cooperate by showing her pearcings to a female. Did they think she had artillery implants, like the austin powers robots?

Thank you for posting this story.

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By: Hollz

Hollz — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 12:58:45 +0000

From experience, i can say she will have some scars…. i know i do. I sure hope the pliers were sterilized…that’d be a NASTY infection…
I hope she sues and wins!

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By: Mairead

Mairead — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 11:00:01 +0000

But would you though? I’d love to think that I would say the same, but the truth is that humans are very, to the point of being overly, compliant with those we perceive as being in authority.

You’re there, your bags are checked on, you’re in a hurry to get to your destination or home, you’re out of your element and suddenly you’re thrown a loop. Many more people would have been compliant in the heel of the hunt than perhaps we’d like to imagine.

But these employees behaved disgustingly, preying on paranoia like that.

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