Knitting Needles Poke Security the Wrong Way

[gunslingingbird]

A North Texas woman is asked to leave a Balch Springs Social Security office after a guard accused her of carrying dangerous weapons: her knitting needles.

“The armed guard came up to me and said I have to take that outside,” said Rachel Vines.

Vines said the only thing she was trying to kill inside the waiting room was time.

I take it intelligence and common sense aren't job requirements for security guards at the Social Security Administration. :dunno:

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[Will E Worm]

That doesn't make any sense. Not that too much these days does make sense.

Those would be great to take any place your property is checked.
Even if you don't use them. How would they know? :tongue:

Needles too. :hatsoff:

 

[mrtrebus]

The question is, what was she knitting with them?
A bomb?

 

[D-rock]

Maybe she was one of those secret ninja grannies.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

No, they aren't requirements for the job...but maybe he was more worried about the possibility of someone taking them from her, and using them as a weapon. My mother used to knit and crochet all the time, and a couple of pairs of the needles she used to have, were pretty fucking menacing. Point is, my mom never thought about it...but the first thing that came to my mind was, you sure could stab a fucker with these, if you needed to.

 

[Ace Boobtoucher]

...but the first thing that came to my mind was, you sure could stab a fucker with these, if you needed to.

Wow. That's the first thing that popped into your mind? So prison rules apply when you were dealing with Mom. Nice.:wave:

Common sense is so uncommon anymore that it should be listed as a super power. I can understand wanting to ensure public safety but this is a case of someone who takes their authority a little too seriously.

 

[gunslingingbird]

Common sense is so uncommon anymore that it should be listed as a super power. I can understand wanting to ensure public safety but this is a case of someone who takes their authority a little too seriously.

You know that the rent-a-cop who did this was probably 5'4", 120 lbs., used Coke bottle glasses, and had never been laid because he was always afraid that girls would laugh at his 3-incher. Why else would he be trying to prove himself by taking away a woman's knitting needles? Either that, or maybe his mom made him go to bed without dinner the night before because he refused to massage her bunions. :dunno:

 

[Lungzyn]

Common sense is so uncommon anymore that it should be listed as a super power.

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[Mr. Daystar]

Wow. That's the first thing that popped into your mind? So prison rules apply when you were dealing with Mom. Nice.:wave:

Common sense is so uncommon anymore that it should be listed as a super power. I can understand wanting to ensure public safety but this is a case of someone who takes their authority a little too seriously.

Think for just a second dude. My MOM could have used them for defense, if she had to. My mother was a tough lady, but she sure as hell wasn't packing heat. If you broke in, she might whack you with a rolling pin, or the cast iron frying pan on the stove, but she would carry her knitting with her sometimes, instead of a book to read. If she had to, she would have figured it out. Prison rules always apply when it's my family and myself, vs. anyone that would want to do them, or me harm.

I agree, that common sense isn't common anymore, and the guy probably was a few notches lower then Barney Fife...but these are the new rules our politicians have created...it's called the Patriot act. My Aunt is 83 years old, they search her purse EVERY time she goes to social services, and we walk through metal detectors...but the employees don't. This guy most likely enjoys his job a little more then he should...but I doubt he made the rules.