they were training the british tsa that day and bc i got to the airport so early, pulled me aside for the training line but in doing so one tsa agent had directed me to the training line and the other to his own line and the two literally ARGUED about where i was supposed to go 😭
then in the training line, i set something off so they had to swab my hands and pat me down. and as if that wasn’t enough, they had someone in training not very supervised search my bag. she emptied ALL the pockets in my backpack, thoroughly swabbing inside each of them. people were staring!!! and when she turned to her supervisor asking if that was good he told her it was “more than enough”
then i had to face the chaos of the terminal’s waiting area which has a weird layout and not enough seats. i was dealing w a recent painful knee injury, but they only told you your gate 15-20 minutes ahead and i was worried i’d miss my flight so i had to go to my airline’s help desk and ask about it. it turns out they already know all the gates anyways they just don’t tell people ??? then on the flight there was a baby who scream-cried the entire time whose mom did little to help them. which is not heathrow’s fault but was the cherry on top
May 27, 2025
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Worst airport I hate that place so much. I arrived once at the time specified for my flight and they hadn't even opened security and there were no seats so I had to sit on the floor for an hour
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First time flying alone at 18 years old. I had just been dropped off and was dozing off in the TSA line. I was wearing jorts and I had forgotten a bobby pin in the pocket. Cut to me getting a genital patdown in front of everyone in the entire airport. Felt like that John Mulaney bit where he just leans over for a colonoscopy because he's trying to get prescription xanax
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ok i’m being a little dramatic here but i’m not fully convinced the people who designed that place will be seeing heaven that was the worst airport experience i’ve had (and i’ve had flights at CDG and EWR…)
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