Originally posted by robtcorl My recent flashlight purchase came in a blister pack that almost defied opening. Bad words were flying out of my mouth.
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I am retired, but did a lot of business travel by commercial air over the years. I only took essential items with me on such trips, and if essential I did not trust checking bags and hoping they made it to the same destination at the same time. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) frowned on any edge with a point in carry-on bags. Such blister packs were a bane to my travel. I did finally figure out that children's short rounded nose scissors were permissible. On one trip I stopped at an office supply store and purchased a pair. After paying the clerk, I asked to borrow a pair of scissors. The clerk looked down at the scissors in my hand, and looked at me like I was crazy. I pointed out that I had no means of opening the bloody blister pack. After the little lightbulb went on over her head, she loaned me the counter pair of scissors.
For the record, the edge on those Frisker children's scissors or the point on my ball point pen could do just as much damage to flesh as the pocket knife I usually carry when not travelling by air...