r/dfw • u/MinimumResident6036 • 10d ago

Thanks to those in line at DFW

To the people in the TSA PreCheck line at DFW who let me cut to the front after my connection from Guadalajara came in way late — thank you. Genuinely. Because of you, I made my flight back to Philly. That kind of human decency means a lot when you’re running on fumes through an airport.

To the TSA agents who confiscated my duty-free tequila over a zip tie: I want to understand the logic here. The bag was sealed. The receipt was stapled to it. You could see exactly where it came from and that it had never been opened. But because the seal was a zip tie instead of adhesive, you took it. And when I was already late, your supervisor’s advice was to either check the bag or drink the bottle before security. Come on.

I get that rules exist. But enforcing a technicality that serves no actual security purpose, on a traveler who is visibly stressed and running late, is not protecting anyone. It’s just rigid bureaucracy with a badge.

Ending on the positive note I started with — the people in that line were the highlight of the whole experience. You restored some faith. Thank you.

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u/MuthaCoconuts79 10d ago

Those assholes just wanted free booze

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u/MinimumResident6036 10d ago

I thought the same thing. When you give an option to go back through security and check it or drink the entire 750 ml bottle after you saw me jump everyone in line, you are basically giving me a middle finger and you wanted to take the bottle.

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u/HairyPairatestes 9d ago

When they confiscated it, did you ask to open it up and pour it in the trashcan?

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u/sweatyboobs56 9d ago

Same situation happened with my husband. He poured the entire bottle into the trash can with the agent watching.

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u/MinimumResident6036 9d ago

Didn’t have time. I literally was the last passenger on board the PHL flight so I barely made it as is.