Good Tuesday morning to everyone, and welcome to the 5th edition of Tuesday Travel Tips with Tiffany! To read previous editions, you can find them here.
I'm going to guess that you may be amused with the title of this post: "water is a liquid." You're probably mumbling to yourself that good old Tiffany's finally lost it. After all, who doesn't know that water is a liquid?
You'd be surprised.
For our travels this week, let's head back to the security checkpoint at the airport. And let's carefully observe a sign that you'll find in any airport in America, close to the beginning of the queue for the checkpoint.
See it? Any of you frequent travelers, can you picture it? What does it say?
3 - 1 - 1
Ok, so what does that mean?
It means that any liquids you have in your carry on luggage must be in bottles under 3 ounces, and that all of your liquids must be contained in a 1 quart bag, and that only 1 bag is allowed per traveler. Simple. 3 - 1 - 1
But apparently, it's never occurred to some of ya'll that water is a liquid too!
I can't tell you how many times over the past year or so that I've arrived at the checkpoint in time to see someone indignantly hurling their bottled water into a trash receptacle when informed that it can't go through security.
I've seen people yell about it - it's not fair! The TSA folks must be Nazis! Don't people got a right to drink water anymore??
I've seen people cry about it - I'll be dehydrated! How will I swallow the pill that I need to take 5 seconds after I clear security? (Um, take it now?) The TSA folks are doing this to be mean!
And I've seen people, who obviously think that they are just the most important creature to ever walk the planet, narrow their eyes to slits, sneer at the nearest TSA person, and make loud comments about having their jobs (I'm sure they'd love for you to take them) and just see what'll happen when they call their Congressman about this situation.
OH COME ON.
It's a stinking bottle of water, not the Holy Grail! So what in the world would make you think that the bottle of water is magically exempt from the rule against liquids? Oh, wait. You're probably the same moron who believes they're magically exempt from any other rule they find fault with.
Too bad. So sad. Dump the water!
By the way - for moms traveling with small babies, there is an exemption - you are allowed to take a reasonable amount of water to be able to mix with formula for the little one.
Don't try to take advantage of this exemption, though...the screeners will be looking for formula in your bag and a baby in your arms.
That concludes this week's edition of Tuesday Travels!
Until next time...
Safe Travels!
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