When Jill Filipovic opened her suitcase after a flight, there was a surprise for her. A handwritten note by Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officials saying, "Get your freak on, girl". That advice after the TSA discovered a vibrator in her checked luggage.
Though Ms. Filipovic purposely left the Silver Bullet out of her carry-on, the TSA made the find nonetheless and couldn't resist passing commentary.
“Total violation of privacy, wildly inappropriate and clearly not ok," said writer and attorney, Ms. Filipovic, "but I also just died laughing in my hotel room."
While she initially saw the funny side of TSA’s “love note,” she has since pondered the behaviour of airport security, and plans to file a formal complaint since the note takes invasion "to another level."
At the blog Feministe, the floodgates opened as commenter's shared their own humiliating experiences:
“About six months ago on a flight to NY, I checked an old duffel and received a kind note from TSA informing me that the condoms in the bag had expired.”
The incident isn't the first to raise privacy concerns against the TSA. Last month a breast cancer survivor was aggressively patted down, while safety officials in Los Angeles somehow managed to miss a loaded .38-caliber handgun which fell out of a duffel bag.
What, are you 14 years old? Get with the program, guys, and do your job.
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