Who would have thought having a cast would be a complicated thing when traveling. I’ve been in Beirut for a couple of days now and I am getting back today but for some reason security at the Lebanese airport is being very anal about my cast. Kuwait airport didn’t even bring it up as a problem but here I’m being treated like I am trying to smuggle a machete or surface to air missiles in my cast.
I get to the airport at 6:30am still sleepy and hungover when the first security screening stop me from going through. They’re like wheres your paper? I was like what paper? They’re like for your hand. I was like wtf? They then spent 15 minutes fondling my arm and passing it in and out of the metal detector before letting me through. Then I found out my flight got rescheduled till the afternoon so I left.
Fast forward to around 3:30pm and I get back to the airport and pass through the same security checkpoint and they stopped me again. This time I got bounced from one person to another each asking me if I have a paper for my cast. I was like what paper where do I get it from? He’s like from where you got the cast. I was like I got my cast done in Kuwait you want me to go get a paper and come back?? I don’t think they liked my sarcasm because they then wanted me to remove the cast so they could check if I had hidden anything. I told them I couldn’t remove it and wouldn’t remove it and in the end had to get my arm fondled for 15 minutes again and waved through the metal detector a few times. What a mess, glad I just had my hand in a cast and not my ass or something.
26 replies on “Traveling with a cast”
Salamat Mark.
And Sorry to hear that.
salemtak duded
salamat
and have you heard or watched the latest south park episodes featuring prophet mohammed (pbuh) alot of crazy shit going around the internet about it, personally i found it offensive in the 2nd episode heres the link https://www.xepisodes.com/southpark/episodes/1406/201.html
Kinda disappointing actually that it wasn’t ur ass, it would have made a great post 😛
why didn’t u just offer to lay down that suitcases xray machine and get over with the whole thing? :p
@charmander , do you know other similar website for other shows?
Should’ve checked-in your hand with the language.
lol
@3azeez
u can use “tv shack” to watch other episodes and movies.
@charmander
u couldn’t srsly have found the episode insulting…..
its a joke, they did much worse stuff it to jesus and budhha and u don’t see anyone else getting pissed of but muslims :/
@cartman
lol the insulting part was when they censor it when they say mohammed’s name as if its a swear word the rest was actually funny really…
@charmander again.. I just saw the episode u linked it. I honestly don’t see it offending as much as its making fun of those who are over exaggerating…
hahaha! Man being an ass to airport security doesn’t help with your situation! You were probably better off just explaining it to them! Still funny though!
that’s terrible
i’m planning to go there in 2 months and i have a steel rod up my thigh and a few screws here and there :s
now i’m re-considering
Two months ago, flying thru london, I noticed an eldery lady 70+ being ‘hassled’ about the same thing. Her arm was in a cast from the tips of her fingers to just above her elbow……..they kept her there for 90minutes while shoving things down inside it, screeening it, scanning it, testing it with swabs etc.etc. I was completely disgusted. The lady was also in a wheelchair.
She was Scottish and definitely the type of person that would be recruited to blow herself up on a plane. – was my thoughts.
Salamat Mark.
glad I just had my hand in a cast and not my ass or something.
kikikikikiki cant imagine that kikikikikikikikiki
If it was your ass , would you show the picture too ? :I
LOL !
Broken pelvis… erotic fondling 0.o
well you know,some people would pay for people to fondle their arms, and you’re getting for free, and twice I might add.
Mark, maybe it was the message on your T-shirt that annoyed them.
@ abdulaziz.m
u should be fine, my rod never triggers the metal detectors.
I had a similar experience when I went a couple of years back to the Lebanese Embassy to get a visit visa. We had decided to go to Lebanon to get our advanced divers certification, where I believe the waters are very beautiful. So back to the point….I go to the embassy with all necessary papers and the first sign in my face was … No Smoking, No Mobiles etc…Well okay this is the norm everywhere, so I proceed to the counter where this elderly guy behind the counter was busy smoking and chatting on the mobile. So I wait for this guy to finish and turn in my application, this guys has a look at it and says come after a month. A MONTH!!!! Why, I need to be there in two weeks. His uninterested answer was you need security clearance. SECURITY CLEARENCE!!! For Lebanon wtf…you have got to be kidding me. I did not go through that much clearance even when I got my visa for the US. Besides I have been all over the world, with over 10 visas in my passport. He says well, these are our rules, so take it or leave it. I took my papers back and bid farewell to Lebanon forever. To make matters worse, my Pakistani colleague got his visa in a week. Now that is unbelievable.
Beirut had previous incidents involving casts.
Hijack of plane during the war, murder in ministry of justice, another time in court
Wouldn’t it have been better if it was on your ass? They probably made a big deal about it cuz they can see it. They wouldn’t see the ass cast unless u walked around the airport naked or something, at which point security is the least of ur worries.
@Keith
“to make matters worse my PAKISTANI colleague got his visa in a week.now thats unbelievable”
Y r u jealous with your whatever passport that a Pakistani got his visa.btw i would like to thank Lebanese embassy for HONOURING the Pakistani passport by granting visa in just a week.
hehe that’s funny… they watch too many movies
Hey, when it itches, use those super long pencils and scratch. They work wonders and are instant relief. Soon you will master the art of cast scratching.
They need to get those body scanners soon.
Haha! I can just imagine. I laughed at your story, but I probably would have sobbed if it had been me!