Just for the Record TSA is being seen/working in other places than airports

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12. It happened to me last Tuesday in the Orlando Greyhound terminal.

I had to go to Tampa/St. Pete, and rather than put up with the TSA bullshit to fly down, I decided to take a bus for the first time in 40+ years.

When it came time to transfer in Orlando, guess who was there, checking and wanding everyone who was transferring to Titusville, Miami, or Tampa?

They never asked for ID, but my carry-on stuff (and my person) were subjected to the typical airport crap (minus a scanner).

In the process, I lost five minature bottles of liquor (a gift to the person I was buying the RV from) and my brand-new Gerber pocketknife. Shit, if I'd known they'd be doing one of their shakedowns, I would've put the stuff in a separate suitcase and checked it. But no, the element of surprise is what it takes to catch desperate tourists like me. At an airport, I know what to expect -- but on a frigging Greyhound bus???

This is where they'll get you. Connections can be tight and if you choose to stand your ground too much, they'll be happy to leave without you. The TSA person said that, if I wanted to, the driver would hold the knife and return it to me at my destination -- and the fee is $10 for that "service." Just go over to the customer information counter, pay the ten bucks, and you'll get it back when you arrive.

I declined. Besides, who's to say that, when I arrived at my destination (which was another transfer point!) that the TSA wouldn't be there, ready to confiscate it again?

So now the TSA owes me for 3/4 a bottle of tequila poured out in Las Vegas, five liquor minatures, and a genuine Gerber Bear Grylls Boy Scout pocketknife (they missed the other Gerber keychain knife that was on my keyring). Don't think I'm not keeping track...