These strange things that people carry in the bag – 01/04/2019

Trying to get on a plane with something similar in the post-11-S era is impossible. But people do not resign themselves. And in the bag, for example a pomegranate fragrance to the surprise of the authorities of the Transportation Safety Agency (TSA) of the United States which, of course, will confiscate the object without any doubt.

David Johnston stands in front of a table full of this type of special items confiscated at Dulles International Airport: there is a shiny purse with a mittens on the spit. The perfume bottle shaped like a pomegranate. A rusty circular saw …

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Johnston looks closely and feels that something is missing until he sees it. Here: a guitar in the shape of a machine gun. And now The combo rarities is perfect for downloading on social networks of TSA.

Johnston, director of social networks at TSA, follows in the footsteps of Curtis "Bob" Burns, who has created a bit of excitement on the Internet for an agency not always loved by displaying the strangest objects that travelers contain. He died suddenly in October at the age of 48.

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Burns' work has created a model for other federal agencies. The extravagant photos combined with a great dose of humor helped to attract more than one million followers on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, who would then see important messages about what should or should not be done in air transport.

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"How are we going to replace Bob? The reality is we can not," said Johnston. "We had a unique situation with him, but we can always entertain ourselves and help people as we find the way to go without him."

On the blog, Burns shared a weekly count of guns that TSA officials discovered at checkpoints across the country. He made a summary of knives and other strange objects and sometimes creepy that the travelers had put in their bags, pockets, wallets or suitcases.

In an Instagram post, someone tried to put a glove with a razor blade on their fingers and Burns (of course) did a joke "Nightmare on Elm Street".

"He is sure to sleep again in Elm Street, Freddy lost his glove at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)," he wrote.

The agency's Instagram account won three Webby Awards last year, including the People's Voice award for marketing odd social content. In his acceptance speech, Burns reviewed the price, shook it and said: "This website has been approved as handbags! "

Johnston, who had been with Burns for about three years and had been in government for almost 10 years, tried to keep everything alone, but it was difficult.

In Dulles, in the Prohibited Articles section, Johnston sees some possibilities for the TSA YouTube video series titled "What did they bring?" (What did they bring?), Which includes a big snowball with a huge white fairy trapped in some sort of liquid (it's scary and contains liquid, something forbidden on board).

Johnston examines four pairs of nunchakus (yawning, you can not believe how many people bring them) and a handful of pocket knives. He stops at a big bullet from Afghanistan that has been changed to be a lighter and a pen.

"The things people think," he says. Johnston became more serious for a moment and emphasized the importance of showing these objects, especially to people with little traffic.

"The bottom line is that our social networking pages make travelers to be better informed so they have a better experience and free our officers of what they have to do: look for the bad actors, "he says.

Source: AP

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