Rourke McNamara

Read this Flyertalk post. The poster was arrested at a TSA checkpoint because a ball of rubber bands he was carrying looked suspicious and then came up as “flammable residue” when checked. He actually spent the night in jail and had to undergo a drug test in order to get released.

Note to self: be very nice to the TSA people. Very, very nice.

TSA officials in San Francisco seized a dangerous 3oz. tube of Coppertone Sport from the bag of traveler Rourke McNamara as he brazenly attempted to carry it onto an airplane. The sunblock was clearly visible in the in the mesh outside pocket of McNamara’s backpack. Had he properly placed the sunblock in a one quart sized zip-top bag there wouldn’t have been a problem, but without the safety-insuring plastic enclosure the Coppertone was just too dangerous to be allowed onto an aircraft.