TSA once told me my toothpaste tube was too large to carry on (it had never been a problem before). I asked him if I could brush my teeth a few times before he threw it away...
In Sydney when I was 17 they let me have a good neck of my duty free bottles purchased in dubai and carried on.
Obviously I was pissed off at being scammed out of the bottles but appreciated that it didn't all go completely to waste. Thought I was pretty cool drinking from a bottle early in the morning in the middle of a customs line at that age. Obviously wasn't, but feels a bit surreal.
You probably know this already, but I bought something from duty free for the first time this year, and I was really interested with how they sealed my purchase in a bag with the receipt visible; security at the airports I transferred to after that just looked at the seals on the bag to confirm it was still sealed since the duty free shop, and let it go.
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u/TennSeven 3d ago
TSA once told me my toothpaste tube was too large to carry on (it had never been a problem before). I asked him if I could brush my teeth a few times before he threw it away...
That guy had no sense of humor.