Woman Accidentally Leaves Pepper Spray On Keychain When Crossing TSA. She Doesn’t Expect Them To Miss It Completely: ‘What Else Are People Getting Thru??’

A Michigan woman is terrified after she accidentally left pepper spray on her keychain while passing through TSA. What else is making it through these days?

TikTok creator Ella (@im.just.a.girl.06) posted a video from the plane. “Totally forgot I had pepper spray on my keys and somehow made it through airport security even though it’s a strictly permitted item,” she writes in the on-screen text.

But Ella isn’t celebrating the fact that she made it through security unscathed. “How does that even happen?” she writes. “I’m scared now, because what else can people be getting through.”

In the caption, she writes, ”I’m guessing with a bigger item they’d catch it or at least I hope.”

How Did Airport Security Let This Woman’s Pepper Spray Through?

In the comments section of the video, viewers reacted to the idea that TSA let pepper spray through the airport security checkpoint.

“TSA is security theater,” one person said. “They have failed almost every single actual test they’ve been put through since inception.”

“Don’t worry, they took my Dr Pepper so we are very safe,” joked a second person.

“My makeup wipes got flagged and the search agent through it was bread and was confused on why either was flagged by the scanner,” a third person said.

Someone else said, “My 4-ounce sunscreen was flagged. My 16-ounce bottle I forgot was in my laptop bag got through. Same scan.”

TSA Fails Undercover Safety Checks

According to ABC News, the Department of Homeland Security recently sent undercover inspectors to airports in the United States to test just how well the system holds up. Unfortunately, what the inspectors found was not good.

Apparently, the entire system—from the people doing the screenings to the equipment and the procedures instituted by management—is plagued by issues. A report produced after this undercover operation found that some part of the security apparatus failed on half of the inspections.

A 2013 Cracked blog written by a TSA expert blamed the agency’s problems on a lack of oversight, political bickering by the U.S. Congress, and a lack of proper organization and management.

A 2019 study by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found that the TSA improved its covert testing process in response to those numbers, but it also needed to conduct more risk-informed tests and address vulnerabilities in its system.

BroBible contacted Ella and TSA via email for comment.