A TSA Agent Yelled At Me Because I’m Blind…

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I'm Molly, a typical sushi, makeup, and fashion loving millennial girl who just so happens to be blind! I was diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa at just 4 years old and began public speaking at age 5. I started just doing motivational speaking, but now I make videos and even model! Even though I can’t see, I know that there are bright spots in everything we face. Let’s find them together. 💕

[@MollyBurkeOfficial]

Communication is SO important and people often forget that a lot of communication is non-verbal, which often means it's visual. For blind people like me, visual communication just isn't an option. Please remember when you're interacting with people around you to be kind and compassionate. You can't always tell what someone is going through or see that they have a disability just by looking at them. Have you ever had a negative experience with a TSA agent at the airport?

[@lottiemae3108]

Molly Burke hey! How are you? It’s my birthdays on Thursday!!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Isbah-Izzy-Lou]

No, I’m scared of flying. Love your videos ❤️

[@Frootloop7277]

I’m so sorry about what happened! I fly a lot to and I have never had this kind of thing happen to me. Of course, I’m not blind. But that gives no excuse to be so inconsiderate and rude. You did not deserve that. I love your channel! Stay safe! ❤️❤️❤️🐝

[@rachelnygaard2150]

The TSA people are usually a**holes, from my personal experience

[@immortxelle]

I try to communicate the easiest way for others. I've been talking to alot of international students where english isn't there first or second language so I speak normal but take more pauses for them to process and if I see confusion on their face I change how I said something. And if I'm speaking to someone who is deaf I make sure I focus on them so I dont turn away when I'm talking. I'm sorry people don't know how to properly communicate with you. I wish they taught sign language and guiding the blind in school to everyone.

[@DianaandherGuitar]

“Molly need verbal cues, etc” Molly needs human decency

[@mjpink8408]

DianaandherGuitar period!!!!

[@hollow.ex3316]

Full stop lol

[@Tina-zz5kt]

*everyone

[@sarahjo5570]

For reallllll

[@catherinemonteiro480]

The whole world needs human decency. But it's unfortunately rare to find anywhere anymore.

[@BunniBeshara]

I swear airport security is the 10th circle of hell.

[@RealElongatedMuskrat]

So true, and when most people are stressed in an airport it can make such a dramatic difference when someone at security is kind. You can totally turn around someone's day in either direction with one hurtful or kind action. It's more energy to be rude imo.

[@heartfullbutterfly314]

It's already stressful enough when you arent disabled. I cant even imagine doing it without a certain sense or ability

[@alecoloxa]

Only in US flights

[@cassandramann2699]

TSA guards all of the circles of hell, there’s no escaping them

[@avasmith2274]

Especially when you have a service dog and there like 85 fake Service dogs yapping and screeching lol

[@MelodySharp.]

One time when I went on a flight by myself. My grandma made me a vest that said “I AM DEAF MAKE SURE I AM LOOKING AT YOU BEOFRE YOU SPEAK TO ME” it helped TSA communicate with me.

[@nalu2680]

That's so cool and sweet of your grandma!

[@okramw1]

You shouldn't have to display your disability.

[@ayakotami3318]

That's smart!

[@KT-in3wb]

@@okramw1 Why? If it make your life a little easier why you should hide it? Why should you ever hide part of 'you'?

[@legendarybubbles4567]

@@KT-in3wb No you misunderstand, they meant that you shouldn’t HAVE to do that. They should been better trained to deal with these situations. But it was for the best that the grandmother made the vest, most TSA agents are morons. Most, not all.

[@kellycronin8593]

I get problems with tsa all the time. I have a condition that causes me to faint, especially when I am on my feet for a while, so I am always in a wheel chair at airports. Typically tsa will either pat me down in my wheel chair or let me skip the line walk through the machine and sit immediatly back down which is usually fine. But there was this one time when the tsa lady told me to get up so they could check the wheel chair as I walk through the machine, this was fine so I get up and walk towards the scanner and she tells me to wait so I do but she keeps on motioning people through the machine. My parents see me start to go pale and they start telling the tsa person to let me through. They tell my parents to be quiet and wait their turn, and after 1 more person I am allowed to go through. Apparently 2 seconds after I go through the machine I faint. The tsa person starts back tracking after a supervisor is called and paramedics, they claim that she didn't know that I would faint. Really, so the wheelchair, telling you repeatedly that I can't stand for long periods of time and my parents yelling at you wasn't clear enough for you?

[@horse_stan6007]

Did you file a complaint?

[@sarafernandez7785]

Wow that's horrible. So sorry that happened to you.

[@anthonyrosa5006]

Thank Obama for that. He made them federal employees, protected from dismissal.

[@shadowlibrarian400]

Anthony Rosa where did you get that 😅

[@roomijsjeeee]

jeez people like that really get on my nerves. I’m sorry on her behalf

[@AlexJReil]

*walks through with a seeing eye guide dog* TSA: “ugg! why can’t you respond to my visual commands???”

[@kucingmiumiu854]

Unfortunately, that happens with people with disability and law enforcement. I actually filed a complaint (later followed by a lawsuit) on behalf of my employee and when she, a blind person, was assaulted by a police officer. Things like this makes me livid beyond believe.......

[@bjornolson21]

Did they know he was a seeing eye dog? Seeing eye dogs aren’t the only service animal

[@SnowyWolfflake]

@@bjornolson21 it doesn’t matter. If the TSA agents saw any type of dog, which I’m sure they did, it would mean that the person is disabled. The TSA agents should know that there is a chance of that person being blind and even if the person isn’t blind they should be treated nicely by the agents.

[@Unimata246]

@@kucingmiumiu854 jesus christ! Was she okay after that???

[@kucingmiumiu854]

MAR tang Phsyically fine, a bunch of bruising and scratches, but was visibily shook up. Essentially, she was charged for assaulting a police office when she taps her with her cane. I’m like dude that’s how blind people operates in the world. Yes.... 6’2” police office with a massive steroid biceps are afraid of a blind 4’11” lady. I’m still livid when I remembered what happend to her.

[@romana316]

One time, a TSA threatened to arrest me cause they were unclear about when I should walk through the scanner and I thought they'd gestured to walk through when they hadn't. So i started walking towards the scanner and they just started yelling at me and saying I'd get arrested if i didn't stop. I can't even imagine how scary that would be when you can even see their body language.

[@Yalnif5200]

TSA clowns DO NOT HAVE ARREST POWERS no matter what they tell you. Only select supervisors have that authority and wear white shirts. The idiots at the gate do not. When they grabbed you they committed battery and should have been arrested

[@romana316]

@@Yalnif5200 They didn't grab me, they just shouted at me

[@lyllydd]

Frankly, I'm convinced the TSA hires the rejects from the Minneapolis PD. You know, the ones who are too murderous to be teamed up with Derek Chauvin.

[@notyourmama6511]

American TSA agent demanded I take my artificial leg off and then told me to go over to the body scanner. With out my leg. I hopped over. I made everyone look. I used a loud voice when saying. That guy took my leg. How do you want me to get here. Walk. The guy was embarrassed and a supervisor. RAN OVER and apologized profusely. They are not trained properly for different disabilities.

[@jerseysporekova5452]

it doesn't sound like they are trained properly in common sense and decency either.

[@Guillemcll]

No, theyre no trained on any way, not only with disabilities

[@adrianghandtchi1562]

I’m glad you called them out because good God.

[@saffrondougall2731]

I'm sorry you had to go through this and they don't seem experienced in dealing with people with any sort of disability

[@Lexillios]

Wow. Reading all the comments about disabled people being mistreated makes me so mad. I'm sorry you went through that.

[@jessicasellers3788]

Hey Molly, I manage various airport facilities and just so you know or anyone else that runs into issues of mistreatment or discrimination at an airport. You want to file your complaint with the FAA over the head of TSA. That will definitely get their attention. What they did to you is not acceptable and needs to be addressed. This goes for both airlines and airports.

[@mkuti-childress3625]

Thank you for sharing that!

[@sruthi671]

there comes a point where people like her experience this so often that they get emotionally tired of filing complaints. Its an organisation's responsibility to make sure the people they serve feel safe and welcome.

[@frostylichqueen3551]

@@sruthi671 I understand your point, but if one particular employee is way out of line, they need to be reported. This woman in the story sounds like a complete asshole.

[@qs4177]

This happened two years ago...can she still make a complaint?

[@drmayeda1930]

@@qs4177 Hopefully the airport employee Sid something to her supervisor.

[@crazycreaturestudios]

that story is exactly why I carry around a card that clearly states that I have autism and might not understand or be able to follow instructions quickly. we give it to every tsa agent at the airport whether they want it or not, just so they know.

[@catherinerowe221]

That’s something I’ll definitely have to do if I ever fly again. My last flight was so traumatizing because I got separated from my mom and the tsa people were talking at me so fast I couldn’t keep up. I have really bad anxiety too so I think I always end up looking suspicious.

[@worldpeace1822]

And so that they can be legally ass whooped. Smart! I like it.

[@xxIluvyouguysxx]

You are so nice. I’m not a morning person, so I probably would have yelled “I’M BLIND BITCH”

[@annamirosh2085]

Ur comment made me die hahaha 😂😂

[@backyardgrow5499]

Sameeee

[@happilyeverafterhanna]

xxIluvyouguysxx same! 😂 Molly is way nicer than I am

[@JessicaPradoHanson]

Lol when I turned 30 it was like all of a sudden I could do that and speak up for myself and it is wonderful at preventing me from further abuse. I highly recommend setting boundaries when being are abusive in any way, our culture just accepts it and they want people to ppl polite while facing harm and I'm sick of it. I want to keep my mental in balance and that requires telling people to fuck off with a fierce grace before I explode. Before I was too damn nice and people would just see me as a person they can dump their shit on.

[@frantasmetak2569]

simp

[@EFantasic]

Whoever they were, they should have been fired. That's horrible. My aunt was blind and I was always so protective her before she sadly passed away. I hated anyone who didn't take her blindness seriously and so I often just dragged people if I felt they were inappropriate.

[@leahhicks1]

Emily this story makes me so mad

[@claramampinda7150]

No taken in prison cause I want them to suffer like I swear when you have no respect for my people then I loose it cause molly been trough a lot like why put her in more trouble like back in school she had bullies but not she in a okay life but this lady I'm so temper up that like why molly whyyyy I'm like go suffer.

[@massielrodriguez9077]

?

[@sandramagnusson7799]

Maybe the TSA should just be trained better.

[@Cacowninja]

What do you mean by dragged people?

[@eybeetee]

Thank you for sharing this story! My deaf mother had a really awful experience with TSA as well. She has a really hard time with people perceiving her as disabled because she can still speak, but she can't hear at all, especially in a place like an airport where it's difficult to read lips. But basically this TSA agent was yelling at her at the xray machine and she could only see him getting angry, but couldn't understand him because he was overly emoting and he was making her panic. This guy ended up like, grabbing her stuff and physically throwing it in front of her nastily and continuing to yell at her, and she started crying. Awful, awful experience. There needs to be some sort of at least generalized training in place for employees at places like airports.

[@paulawilson5472]

Girl, they don’t even take people seriously when they are in wheelchairs. I am fully disabled I have full body CRPS. I am bedridden 99.9% of the time I only left my house to go to doctor appointments but lately I’ve obviously been doing them over the phone. However when people see me in public in a wheelchair they literally will tell me you are too pretty to be in a wheelchair you are far too young to be in a wheelchair....crap like that ....gets on my last nerve people are absolutely oblivious ignorant and honestly quite stupid.

[@Lily_and_River]

I agree, people are ignorant and stupid. Most of the time when people act like that I think they get confronted with something they can't deal with. I experience this even as an abled person when I say I've been through something or I say something about myself that the person can't handle. They will react as if it isn't true or isn't there. It's mindblowing sometimes. I say: 'x' And the person will say: yeah but not 'x'. And I'm like: uh yeah that's what I just said. And it isn't about a trivial thing that someone just misunderstood. It happens when I made myself perfectly clear on a very serious topic. But in your case it's even more frustrating that they don't even think it's true when they can see it with their own eyes.

[@doodledania]

So only “ugly” people can be in wheelchairs?? Tf??

[@debbieatkinson7802]

I have CRPS! I'm not in a wheelchair but have a very noticeable limp and the majority of my time is in bed. I get comments like that all the time. U look fine, get of bed and just do something etc. It pisses me off when people won't understand what I tell them. Kinda rambling but wanted you to know I totally understand how you feel 💜

[@paulawilson5472]

Debbie Atkinson thanks girl! I’m so sorry that you have CRPS! It’s the worst! I’ve had it for 5 years in May... completely changed my life. It spread like wildfire (literally). I’ve seen well over 100 doctors... lost all my friends. It’s been beyond hard...I just spent my 32nd bday alone in bed with my 2 dogs...my bday was on the 10th. 🤷🏻‍♀️ People have no idea what I go through! I finally got fully favorable disability in January and my first check came RIGHT on time!! Right before everything Coronavirus! I think some people FINALLY understand that clearly CRPS is bad enough to get approval for disability (one denial but they back dated my disability to the date of my injury that caused CRPS). I have a group on FB I run for CRPS it’s called CRPS life the good bad and the funny. If you’d like to join!

[@paulawilson5472]

Doodle Dania you’d be surprised how many times I hear “your too pretty to be in a wheelchair”!!! It’s insane what comes out of people’s mouths! My lawyer for my disability case said something along the lines of “at least your still very pretty”. People are so ignorant!

[@angelahebert4561]

In a grocery store with a long white cane. "Where is the cheese section?" "Over there."

[@mxrichardsonsneighbourhood5402]

Angela Hebert i just point in a random direction when I get this. Props to my old boss on this one.

[@whychoooseausername4763]

It's a reflex, sorry ! Though I will offer more clear directions or to accompany people (providing I'm not in a frantic rush, or I'll make sure to find someone else who does have the time) when I get the question from visually impaired people (or even illiterate people or older people or lost tourists).

[@metrognome7921]

NO!!! Say it isnt true

[@elliegidney3768]

Oh that happens all the time I'm half deaf and they turn around facing away from me and saying it's over there.

[@ryanm7249]

What I do to try an avoid that is start off by saying I'm blind and need some help with something please. Then they usually won't say come this way or something like that.

[@heatherkevinm]

My husband is a quadriplegic and paralyzed from the the chest down. TSA told him to get out of his wheelchair and he responded "I cant" and they said "well you have to". They wouldn't let him explain and was threatening me to stay back and not interfere. The agent was getting madder and madder raising his voice. Thank goodness another agent finally stepped in to help us. It was crazy

[@singingstars5006]

That's insane 😳

[@rossvegas1346]

I wonder what would have happened had the other agent not stepped in?? Like he physically can’t get out of the chair?? Would they have pulled him out or something????? What the fuck??

[@fuddyduddyhorsemanship]

Heather, how totally fucking bizarre

[@molybdaen11]

Finally we found the cure for people in wheelchairs: we just have to yell at them to stand up...

[@DefenderOfHumanity]

It's insane! :( TSA tried to make my mom take apart my brother's entire wheelchair piece by piece (God knows what they thought that would accomplish lol). She had to tell them like seven times that that was literally impossible for her to do.

[@desktopkitty]

Practically every TSA Agent: I hate people, I think I'll get a job working with the public

[@iCANT_BELIEVE_YOU_SAID_THAT]

😂😂

[@melanietoth1376]

I've known a few people who were tsa. They didnt give one sh*t about people and just told horrible stories and laughed, happy to be cruel. Horrid

[@jordiflower]

YEP

[@xxxsheilaxx]

EXACTLY and people at the dmv too 😂

[@ClarissaMcLaughlin]

It’s not that every TSA agent is a bully, but if you’re a bully there’s a good chance you’ll want to go into a career that gives you aggressive power over others like a TSA agent

[@matthewgreen8859]

As someone who flew as much ad you do, I can attest that “Filing a Complaint” is a waste of time. IF it happens again, and they grab you, yell out loud (for all to hear) STOP, YOUR’E HURTING ME! Then ask for police assistance loudly and quickly. Police will file a report (by law), and the TSA will actually review those reports (and video evidence provided by police). They won’t be fired, but discipline and training will flood the agents at that airport quickly.

[@MelanaC]

Matthew Green this is, sadly, excellent advice!

[@schoomzer]

Thank you...

[@AlxMar5]

That could work... for a white person.

[@RebelRhiannon]

Heck yeah! Thanks for the tip

[@nzabamwitaemile619]

@@AlxMar5 Come on now, no that is not true do you really think everybody is racist from a black young girl not racist at all I can claim that that is soooooooo false

[@Ella-cg8he]

"I`m blind" "Ok grab that" Um... excuse me?

[@TheSqueeQueen]

I am autistic and been flying my entire life. The whirring noise of the screening machines bothers me. Some days more than others, depends on my sensitivity for that day and a whole list of factors. We were going through security and I was in the machine trembling and tried to plug my ears or cover them but the agent kept on telling me to stop. My mom called over "she is autistic and the noise is bothering her" The agent then began to talk me through it moment by moment. It helped so much. Once I was patted down and I warned them I was autistic and they assured me it will be fast and even apologized. I been blessed with good experiences and that lady was just on a power trip.

[@otomodachifan]

Same here. I am sighted but because I'm autistic I have a hard time navigating unfamiliar places. Places that are crowded, bright, and loud (such as airports) are particularly disorienting. It is hard for me to focus on where to go or understand what someone is telling me over everything else that's going on. I don't have a good sense of direction in general so if someone isn't helping me I'd easily get lost (one time I was found sitting in the middle of a large hardware store reading a book). Thankfully I haven't really had issues with TSA agents, though I had been worried about the "quiet skies" program that was planned but was later scrapped due to controversy, where any behavior considered "unusual" would be interpreted as a security threat.

[@Rybread973]

That's so nice

[@floortjekaandorp8489]

Me too

[@bethbayless5652]

I'm autistic and people ignore me when I tell them. Then they see me having an attack and say I'm faking it.

[@hobbybugs1286]

Im autistic as well and I have an assistance dog who also travels in the cabin people are alot kinder in Australia at airports

[@s.s.2048]

I wish I was shocked by this. A few years back a TSA agent screamed at my father and threatened to arrest him for not answering his questions- my father was in the last stages of Parkinson's Disease and was no longer physically able to speak. We went directly to his supervisor who, after a long delay, told us that the agent denied doing any of this and that he (the supervisor) believed him. He then added that even if it had happened, the agent was just "doing his job." Needless to day, to this day I am "barely compliant" when dealing with the TSA.

[@Anastasia-ot6si]

Oh my god, that's terrible

[@estelarodriguez9653]

They BOTH need to be fired...whos his boss dont tell me its another idiot

[@lisalisa6840]

Damn, can't you get a lawyer?

[@Br0nto5aurus]

So I get that it's been years but if this is happening to anyone more recently, file a complaint. This is discrimination, it's illegal (not his job, the opposite of his job), and he should've been fired for it and charged. A formal complaint leaves a mess they can't sweep up with "doing his job" because it requires more than one person to see it and leaves a paper trail of that agent being ablest so the next complaint is even more convincing, though it shouldn't have even happened once. It is common for most people to speak but deafness, dysarthria, dysprosody, articulation disorders, phonemic disorders, mutness, apraxia of speech, aphasia, autism, stuttering, vocal injuries, throat cancer, auditory processing disorders, learning disabilities, and Parkinson's Disease are all totally legitimate reasons for not responding with expected, verbal answers to verbal questions. It's not acceptable for anyone in a position of authority to threaten arrest due to being unable to speak, hear, or understand; it's abuse of power and for that supervisor to imply that his agents do not have a responsibility to assess ability before making threats of arrest, that's in violation of the ADA. "Can you hear me? Can you understand me? Can you speak English?" That's all it takes to get a baseline of whether someone is unwilling to comply or unable to comply. www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/file-consumer-complaint sorry for the rant

[@Guillemcll]

Tsa agent aire just people with no studies and with delirium of grandiloquence. Just morons that do not deserve anything

[@normmcrae1140]

I am Diabetic and need my insulin on a regular basis. I'm NOT shy about it and have no problem taking my insulin in public. My sister is now in Insulin, too, but REFUSES to let ANYONE see her use her insulin - and has even admonished me about it. I once had a little girl ask me about my needle and pills, and her mom was all embarrassed about her little girl, but I told her to not worry, and explained to the little girl that I had a condition called Diabetes, and this was what I needed to do to stay well. Then I told her that some drugs are good, some are bad and you need to talk to your Parents and Doctor to know which ones are which. I showed her my needle and stuff, showed her how I tested my blood, and she was interested, and asked questions that were very mature for her age. When I was all done, she was all happy and went to go tell her parents all that I just taught her. It was FUN! And educational for my Sister, especially. DON'T be embarrassed about your condition - TEACH people about it! Unfortunately, some people just don't want to learn......

[@Taetaer]

@@filmbuff000 What is wrong with you? Obviously, the kid did not have a problem with it, and neither did her mother. Do you enjoy being rude and calling people out for absolutely no reason? If you wanted to share your opinion about using insulin in a public place, you could have done it without being insulting.

[@Taetaer]

@@filmbuff000 Sure, I understand where you’re coming from. I just think it's usually best to be kind when trying to voice your opinion because if you don’t, it can start unnecessary arguments. BTW my name has nothing to do with K-pop or anything. I just made it up using my nickname when I was 4.

[@legendarybubbles4567]

@@filmbuff000 I wouldn’t want to go find a room somewhere out of everyone’s sight just to use life saving medication. I have family members who are extremely afraid of needles, but I highly doubt they’d object to someone needing to use it to live.

[@dannichols6261]

That little girl was lucky to have you explain so much to her, and she clearly enjoyed your explanation & remembered it & was enthusiastic to tell what she'd learned! Well done!

[@jessicakelley9695]

I'm a sighted person and I find words like "this" and "that" confusing to begin with.

[@frostylichqueen3551]

I know, right? I hate when people aren't specific and then get impatient when I can't read their minds. I have had arguments with my husband about him pointing at things and not using his *words* when I'm driving.

[@gamersupreme7980]

Someone: “Go over there” Me: *does 360* “what?”

[@qs4177]

Me too and "over there"

[@qs4177]

@@gamersupreme7980 I posted my comment before reading yours

[@xxnelliexx]

Yeah...my mom just randomly tells me to “get that thingy from over there on that thing” like wdymmm

[@melanietoth1376]

I met my manager out of work at the pet shop, she was waiting outside watching me from what she said waiting for me to notice her. I'm not totally blind but I'm very low vision. She knows this because I'd been explaining it to her and my colleagues for two years ever since i started there. Qhen i got close to where she stood, then she said something, like "I was wondering when you would notice me." :/ I once again had to explain that I actually legitimately cannot see. Two years and I still have to justify my disability

[@mrbillhilly343]

Nobody hires me because of my disability, I have to keep "checking my whyte-male privilege" & pull a job out of my arse.

[@mariferj8320]

@@mrbillhilly343 that isn't at all what white privilege is... we all have different types of privileges you being white means society in general isn't going to question if you enter certain stores, walk around a rich neighborhood, do x,y and z. Personally I would be privileged in not having a disability, privileged in being cisgender, or having access to school or whatever, but not privileged in my skin color. Privilege is based on a scale... some have more some have less

[@singingstars5006]

@@mariferj8320 And that is a very Marxist way to look at life.

[@mariferj8320]

@@singingstars5006 knowing the definition of privilege?... sure? if that's how you see it 🤨🤷‍♀️

[@rossvegas1346]

@@mrbillhilly343 white privilege and male privilege are real, and it does NOT mean you cannot suffer if you are a white man. It means that when you DO suffer, it is not BECAUSE you are a white man. When people discriminate against you, it is because of your disability, not because you are a white man. That’s all it means. It doesn’t mean you can’t be discriminated against, it doesn’t mean you can’t face hardships in life, it doesn’t mean you are automatically living in the lap of luxury. All it means is that when you do face hardships, those hardships are not caused BY you being a white man, they are caused by something else, like disability, socioeconomic status, etc. hope this was clear and not too rambley :)

[@anjiliveach3267]

"... before she physically grabbed me and pushed me over to the side" So a more accurate title would be "A TSA Agent ASSAULTED Me Because I'm Blind" 😐 This makes me so mad...

[@irayz2677]

Unwanted touching is assault. This TSA agents name should be defendant.

[@mrsengeseth]

++ok

[@mrsengeseth]

Oh my gosh. Im sorry. My reply was weird. I watched the video and then stuck the phone in my pocket. I must have swiped over buttons in the process. But, yes...that agent totally assaulted Molly. Totally unprofessional.

[@ناصرمباكه]

@@mrsengeseth should have just deleted the comment

[@Reno_Slim]

Someone needs to teach that agent some manners...with extreme prejudice.

[@america9704]

A TSA agent yelled at me, "what's in your pocket!", I had to yell back, "nothing, it's just fat!"

[@amandalane4971]

Omg...good answer!!

[@susie7336]

Hahahaha

[@ilive4anime.]

Lmao

[@Hellothere1244]

Lol

[@humi191]

Oml 😂😂💀

[@Rmaxx13]

TSA has out grown their usefulness, they have NEVER have found and explosives

[@minreie]

But with me, they have found tweezers and M&Ms...

[@nataliereamer5123]

Molly is a true California girl until that Canadian “sorry” comes out, so cute

[@scorpiaz8895]

"Oop, sorry buddy"

[@mollyelizabeth2009]

It’s not a Canadian sorry we say it the same as you

[@sussycecil]

Crazy Duckie Canadian accent

[@ashketchum596]

Hahah love that

[@cyberneticsquid-godofmassd3759]

You know you're Canadian when you've used sorry five times in a scentance before

[@laurenswain5495]

Shout out to the person who was pushing your wheelchair for actually trying to help you lodge the complaint and standing up for you! Even in a horrible situation there are nice people around

[@alliebrown4790]

Lauren Swain the wheelchair pushers are always the kindest. I am disabled and use a wheelchair at the airport and they’re always great 😊

[@alexandernoel2479]

I feel very similar. I have a disease which caused me to drive in a motorized wheelchair (note I am a very intelligent and capable, almost 21 year old) and many people for some reason, see me and assume that it is a intelligence issue and not a physical one. They often ask questions about me to my parents or chaperone instead of myself. "Groan"

[@arnietapp423]

it is an intelligence issue

[@arnietapp423]

@Cyndi Rothrock Like I said to Alex , these people apparently aren't that intelligent .... I guess They either assume too much or too little ....

[@danielfinch362]

@@arnietapp423 exactly these people are not just ignorant they are of low intelligence. We've been primed since children to be aware of people with disabilities.

[@grahvis]

There used to be a programme on the UK's Radio 4, which was about disabled people and how they lived their lives. They were perfectly aware of how people in wheelchairs were treated, it was titled "Does he take sugar?"

[@LovinglfDesigns]

The intelligence of the people talking to your parents instead of you is what is suspect.

[@jordan5012]

Molly, you could be wearing a neon sign around your neck saying “I am BLIND, please use your words to give me direction” and people are still too stupid to understand.

[@Limoneaid819]

Exactly

[@Lucifer666Est]

Bold of you to assume people can read lol

[@karenschuster6613]

They still might not care pple r so rude

[@avagemini3471]

True, very very true

[@Moo-2310]

Yeah. Some people just can’t be helped.

[@Emmastayofftheinternet]

On a flight once they took my wheelchair out of the hull and gave it to an old lady. I was stuck on the plane sobbing while they had to go and find my wheel chair. This passed me off so much when I had been so clear with the cabin crew. It blows my mind. And the old lady would have known that it was not an airport wheel chair it was a personal one. Having that taken away from you is so upsetting

[@meaganwallwork5395]

Damn that sucks, did you manage to get it back? I know wheel chairs aren't cheap.

[@emersonkinnally8211]

I am so sorry my gramma needs a wheelchair and I know that aren’t cheap one of hers broke do she had to get a new one and it was so expensive also why do they make things need to live so expensive like a wheelchair or a service dog or a cane like why

[@mrbillhilly343]

Get some high-viz green or orange material & get your surname & phone number embroidered into the material & attach it across the tubes from the back-rest to the front of the arm-rest, with your surname & number facing the inside. That should help reduce their "Duh, we didn't know"..... People like that annoy me, where they don't care.

[@leahtv7778]

That old lady may not have even needed a wheelchair. Unacceptable behavior on the crew's part

[@andrearich7351]

Thats horrible! The crew probably thought it was hers when she asked for it. Even if it was a mistake that is actually terifying

[@paulstott3444]

What a good tutorial, I'm 68 and had very little contact with blind people, I now realise how badly I would have dealt with a blind person, you have opened MY eyes, thank you.

[@dondeestoy7040]

I was next in line to a woman who was deaf ordering a coffee in a train station and she very clearly told the woman serving 'I'm deaf by the way so I need you to face me when you speak to me so I can lip read'. The server immediately turned around to make the coffee asking the woman questions about her order with her back turned to her 🤦🏻‍♀️. The woman realised the server was talking when she saw me say 'she can't hear you, you need to face her!'. Some people are so slow, so ignorant and so wrapped up in themselves and the irony is they are so much harder to accommodate than the people with disabilities they fail.

[@Huntracony]

As long as the server wasn't rude, I have sympathies for that. When you've been doing the same thing the same way over and over again and suddenly you're asked to do it differently, especially when you're tired because you've been doing your boring job for hours, I can imagine not being able to immediately switch over. They probably (rightfully) felt pretty dumb afterwards.

[@tinydancer7426]

@@Huntracony It is common courtesy to face the person to whom you are speaking, hearing impaired or not. simple common courtesy.

[@brysiax3]

@@tinydancer7426 yep, but oftentimes you have to follow a bunch of rules that you don't want to follow, but your boss tells you to do so. Talking to the client and already preparing the stuff they asked for is time saving, so often you are asked to do this by your boss.

[@Garysmusic1964]

@@tinydancer7426 Common Courtesy, like Common Sense doesn't really exist in this day and age anymore... I suppose they should change the definition of these words... Sounds like I'm being a downer here, but I think of this a lot... Seems like a lot of people are just in it for themselves anymore.. I do run into a few (very few) people that are still polite, but it's getting very rare anymore.. I do live in California, so that should explain my position :-) Have a great day!!

[@kos_m824]

@@Garysmusic1964 You're right, California perfectly explains why you run into so few polite people.

[@mj95b]

I, too am blind and I am permanently in a wheelchair. I always have trouble with tsa as I have a few medical implants and an ostomy. They are also usually unkind to my service dog, who was the sweetest, most complacent and obedient dog. Usually, they ask me to stand up (my chair is not the standard 'hospital' chair, but one of the expensive, specially fitted powerchair) and get rather aggressive when I tekl them that I literally cannot get out of my chair, but if they bring me another type of chair or stool I can transfer. They usually act disbelieving and as though my chair is for show. On this day the agent grabbed my cane (telescoping travel cane) and literally tore it apart. My husband had been calling to the agent not to do that to the cane because she was breaking it, but she continued to break it apart. She had the nerve to hand the pieces to me to "reassemble" my broken pieces of medical equipment. When we complained to her manager he dismissed me; after I complained to the headquarters and requested the money for a new cane; I recieved a form letter thanking me for my input and I wasn't reimbursed for my cane. I no longer fly unless we can't drive to our destination.

[@IoOrganism]

I'm sorry that happened to you, MJ95B. Alex's suggestion to "raise hell on social media" is the _only_ way to get massive corporations to respect their customers. Unfortunately, we americans are far too divided/disillusioned to ever successfully pull off a proper boycott or a proper political protest, so using social media and notifying the press are our only recourse. The political aspect of this is far more important than the airlines themselves. The TSA was formed to help prevent another 9/11. Because most Americans were paralyzed by fear, very few of us protested the sacrificing of our civil liberties to gain a sense of security. I was a kid at the time so I couldn't protest in 2001/2002 but now I'm vigilant of laws like "The Patriot Act" getting passed. Sadly, It was just renewed again without _any_ media coverage... What we did with the TSA is analogous to putting a metal detector in every school in america and treating every student like a potential criminal. It's disrespectful, traumatizing and a total waste of tax dollars. Instead of being a reactionary culture, I believe we should be a proactive culture. Most people don't just wake up one day and want to harm others, Humans aren't wired like that. Most treats are a form of revenge. So if America and every other wealthy country focused more on diplomacy and fair trade instead of for-profit wars and exploitative resource gathering and foreign labor exploitation, Perhaps we could prevent the world from wanting to harm us in the first place. For a Christian dominant society, it's very strange that the golden rule of "treat others how you wish to be treated" only applies to us commoners but not to our politicians. It's a long winded way of saying that we need to vote out pro-for-profit war politicians so people around the world can stop hating us. Instead of wars, Our country should be ramping up it's global charitable contributions to gain the world's respect. People respecting us is infinitely more valuable than people fearing us. Our government and the TSA by extension are running off a mentality of fear, It's why they're so militant and needlessly disrespectful to us civilians. America is better than this. Quote: "Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." - Benjamin Franklin I hope this post gives you a bit of "light at the end of the tunnel", so to speak. We all have to become more politically engaged so America can be for "we the people". Also, I'm not assuming that you aren't aware of all of this. Sadly, most Americans don't have too much interest in fixing our societal problems. They just accept things as they are and stay politically disengaged, which further empowers egotistical politicians whom erode our dignity for their and their hyper-wealthy donors' benefit. So I tend to play it safe and explain things to people as if they're politically disengaged. Have a great day, MJ95B. :)

[@corbinbrier0]

@wolfygirl xyxy Likely how Molly responds to comments using text to speech to read them and voice to text to have them typed.

[@BankruptMonkey]

Go to the FAA if you are unfortunate enough to experience this again. They are actual professionals unlike TSA, and they actually frown on discrimination based on disabilities again unlike TSA.

[@alejandroojeda1572]

Honestly from what i see the real problem are the supervisors. There's bad TSA agents but Also really good ones....the only common link on all this stories IS the supervisor being an asshole, or not showing at all.

[@humi191]

MJ95B That’s ridiculous I’m so sorry that happened to u :(

[@tkram97]

I was taught at a work conference that when a tough situation arises to take a step back and think “what is this trying to teach me?” This story is a perfect example of your ability to grow from a horrible experience. Thank you for sharing! ❤️❤️❤️

[@minreie]

Sometimes horrible experiences aren't "trying to teach you something." It's possible to learn from horrible things but not in all cases. Sometime the only "lesson" is "I'm unsafe because I'm disabled"

[@brynntermeer9951]

"Molly👏 is👏 blind." "Molly👏 can't👏 see." - Molly

[@LocalEquestrian1]

444 likes.. *Time to ruin it...*

[@buddygames12]

👍🏻

[@glamorouslynothere4785]

Molly and her friends:says that comment TSA: *suddenly becomes deaf* Me: *triggered*

[@HorsesCanRunFree]

I've cried because of TSA agents more times than I can count. I have an insulin pump that I can't remove that shows up on the full body scanners and often looks like something is in my pocket. I have had so many experiences where the TSA agent doesn't know what to do about it or starts yelling at me about taking it out of my pocket (I can't its stuck to me). I have had more then one agent actually rip the pump off me because they wouldn't listen to me and started patting me down without bothering to let me explain that it is a medical device. I have enough practice now that I usually can stop them and explain before they touch me, but sometimes it still goes badly.

[@frostylichqueen3551]

OH my God, there's no way they have the right to rip the pump off of you. They literally should be fired on the spot for that.

[@a_arrow]

Oh my goodness, I'm so sorry that happened to you!! As someone on a pump too I'd probably cry on the spot if a TSA agent did that.

[@irimac1806]

I am sos orry for those experiences. May I ask what happens when this pump gets ripped out? I heard of those pumps but dont know how or where they are connected to the body. I know I sound childish but if you bleed bc it gets ripped off I hope they got the blood all over their clothes and hands and go into shock.

[@JessicaPradoHanson]

Oh my God I am so sorry that happened to you! I cannot believe that they were that stupid to do that! That is actually really fucking horrible and makes me want to rip a person's throat out I am so sorry. My heart goes out to you! They send you so much love I know how hard it is to cope with being abused like that and wow. What an abusive power show me a person that is not mature enough to use the power wisely. We really need to start questioning who we give power to in this country and why we give them power and if we should be taking it away. If not these people are really just going to get worse than worse in general across the board. Again I send you so much love

[@pullybungieharder]

Every model of insulin pump and infusion set has a detach point at the infusion set. That may be under your clothes and somewhere requiring privacy to remove. . (And yes, I'm wearing one right now.) The tubing connecting it to your body is typically 3 feet long, so it's not normally quite that drastic to have someone grab your pump. And yes, I've had one pulled out by accident. It happens, it's why we carry spares when traveling in case it gets caught on something. It's alarming and invasive and frustrating, like having someone snatch glasses off yoru face. Insulin pumps are common enough that I've not run into an agent since 9/11 that didn't have procedures for checking one.

[@annaartusa7816]

Never has a statement been more true... “the ableds are at it again”

[@Mojohjohjoh]

What I learnt in this video when you encounter someone with a disability Ask them if they are familiar with whatever they are doing (e.g. flying in this case) - if they say yes, ask them what works best for them and actually do it - if they say no, talk options with them to find out the best solution DON'T assume anything!!

[@houseofmortality]

Honestly, it seems like she was looking for something to scream at. The tsa agent knew Gallop would beep, and she still made you go through with him.

[@zieglersama2018]

I've only ever flown once. I'm not good with loud sounds or being touched. I am a person that easy easy to 'trigger' into a panic attack. Complete with near passing out, hyperventilating, and some pretty bad shaking. Getting yelled at while going through your first flight because you forgot to remove you phone from your pocket is not fun. This person was tall and broad and loud. I'm absolutely tiny. I'm not even five feet tall. Nearly everyone I meet is taller than me. I had this big guy just yelling at me, getting in my face, making threatening gestures towards me as if they're going to shake me... I don't have a disability. I'm just prone to panicking. But that set me off and resulted in the line being a bit back up while I dropped to the ground, curled up, and proceeded to hyperventilate until they got someone that was able to calm me down. That was my single flight experience. I'm afraid to fly now. You fly all the time and just dealing with everything without vision... That thought is just terrifying. Doesn't matter what someone's disability is, you never yell at them. Like, I'm a person whose entire being is made up of visual qs. Will I panic, will I flinch, am I nervous, am I going to bolt in the other direction. I have maybe three auditory qs to certain things. That's just me. But even I know, when dealing with someone who is blind, to communicate more clearly. For crying out loud, I work in retail and my home town has at least four different blind people. Two with dogs, one with a cane, and one that switches between. I'm a naturally quiet person and I enjoy checking them out. They're friendly, upbeat, and overall wonderful people. I can't imagine anyone yelling at them because they don't understand visual qs and just... making them cry? The thought kills me. And a TSA agent doing that? What is WRONG with people these days? I'm glad the experience is behind you though and I hope you'll never have to deal with that again.

[@sheilasullivan1950]

Ex military failures usually. Grunts is the nickname now I know why. Power tripping and bullies.

[@matthewserie4]

"We say it up, down, and sideways" it sucks that you have to do that, people should be able to hear it once or maybe twice and acknowledge it and pay attention or at least keep it in mind

[@rebeccas2801]

ShadowCat19 it happens so often. My partner is deaf and I’ll have to phone on his behalf for banks etc. They’ll refuse to talk to me even after I explain the situation. “Can you put Mr X on the phone to give approval?” Me “he’s deaf he can’t hear you” I’ll be signing to him and getting his reply to relay to you” “I can only speak to Mr X” One hour later They finally understand that they can’t speak to him 😒

[@amnz-pq6py]

@@rebeccas2801 You should hold the phone so that you can hear the people on the phone and sign to your friend what to say in order to respond to the person on the phone. They'll NEVER know the difference. :)

[@TikkaHorse]

@@amnz-pq6py There are deaf people who are not able to communicate verbally or who would not be able to speak in a way that would be intelligible over the phone. I don't know if that is the case for Mr X, but it may well be. There are also accessible phone numbers for many businesses as well as TTY phone services, but maybe that may not be available for Mr X. Edit: I have several deaf customers and some prefer calling with a TTY service and others prefer coming into my office and verbally talking. I have also picked up some bits of sign language but I can't hold a conversation that way yet. Some of my customers are easier to understand than others, and some of my staff have an easier time understanding them than others. I remember one customer fingerspelling the breed of her new dog, and we had fun with me teaching her how to pronounce it. She got a shih tzu . . . yeah, we were in stitches from that one!

[@brittanyholtgreven4106]

@@TikkaHorse i love your story! I remember a bar I worked at had a deaf customer one night and I was luckily there not on the clock and I sat down next to her with printed blank receipt paper and a pen and we talked the night away. She seemed so delighted which made me sad because I wondered how often people are willing to start a line of communication with her.

[@eeiity8600]

i d o n ‘ t s h a v e f o r s h e r l o c k h o l m e s

[@noramcnabb1361]

“SoRRy, IM BLIND, so give me BASIC HUMAN DECENCY”

[@yo-sm8ii]

As a mom of 2 visually impaired kid, the type of communication you are talking about is something I am still learning. And now my 6 years old son have learned to tell people that he can't see well when he does not respond properly. My husband got into an argument with a substitute teacher because my son could see enough to color a project but was unable to use the scissors. She could not understand that visually impaired kids have some vision but they also have problems with fine motor skills. I love what you are doing.

[@Lexicon_Luther]

OMG. Story time. I used to work at an airport for three years. We had a frequent flyer who was deaf and he would communicate by texting on his phone and I would write down information for him. Well one day we had to switch the gate this gentleman’s plane was flying into. I worked every position so I wasn’t handling this gentleman like I did regularly. AND THE GATE AGENTS DIDNT TELL HIM THE GATE CHANGED, they scanned his ticket (which beeped in the way that it wasn’t the right flight) he just walks on as usual, the supervisor yells after him to come back (but hello he’s deaf), I had just come back BUT I HAD TO CHASE DOWN THE DEAF GENTLEMANS ACTUAL PLNE WHICH WAS CURRENTLY BEING PUSHED BACK. Before I ran straight to the other gate, I had to yell at the supervisor HE CANT HEAR YOU HES DEAF.

[@finleygrey]

@Alexus Miller yikes

[@legendarybubbles4567]

At least you did something! That’s more than many people would’ve done unfortunately.

[@lydwinaofschiedam2685]

Thank you for your loving kindness.

[@amloweb]

As an attorney that advocates & represents individuals with disabilities, this frustrates me so much. I am so sorry that you had to experience this and our population is so stuck in their stereotypical views of what "disabilities look like." But thank you for continuing to provide a voice, shouting that there is no ideal view of disability. Stories like this also continue to help me think of ways I can better communicate with the communities I engage with.

[@jwilliams2833]

Your sweet

[@mrbillhilly343]

If you did a pro-bono for people in these circumstances, you'd make money suing the TSA for their heartless attitude. After they accuse the rest of us for having an "attitude."

[@jgdooley2003]

@@mrbillhilly343 Sue the so and so's. It is the only thing toxically ignorant TSA people will understand. When money is taken off them they will treat the public with more respect. Also fire a few of the worst offenders, preferably publically in a airport concourse so that the travelling public can see what happens to rude ignorant people.

[@motherofthreeb6337]

I was left in tears at an airport in Washington State because of the agent speaking to my special needs son who didn't understand his commands. As I was trying to tell him that he didn't understand because of he's special needs.... IGNORED ME! I had to raise my voice that brought the attention of another agent who got the supervisor; fortunately, he cared. Pulled him out of service! Filed a complaint but never heard back.

[@thomaspiekos3440]

That is unfortunately the only real way to get anything done This people just can be so incredibly incompetent 😔

[@helloalex12345]

That sounds worse than all of my blind TSA stories combined.

[@natashaw401]

Omg u had stories too frig

[@CreatePeace612]

The fact that those can be considered a category of story is heartbreaking

[@skylardoesthings9201]

Me: *gets this notification* also me: WHO TF AM I FIGHTING

[@user-sk8sj2fu9m]

SAME

[@VamiGwen500]

sameeee

[@pamelamatheson3676]

Lol same

[@dragonistic8045]

Lol

[@mysticalmisty9769]

thats lik me wen som1 says they dont like guac aka my bff

[@tenguronin1597]

I am so sorry that someone could be so abusive to anyone. You are amazing and thanks for sharing your experience. We all have something to overcome...your tsa suffers from a limited ability to empathize.

[@baileychicks2]

I honestly would just talk over her and say like: I’M BLIND I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WANT. ugh this is so frustrating

[@BickyToya]

agreed. and if i was her mom i would have just walked through the metal detector

[@marcellava]

I would’ve shrieked and gasped until it got quite so that I can but in to say I’m blind (I’m not but that’s what I would’ve done)

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@BickyToya No, because that would have meant getting arrested on the spot. These people have too much power so that is part of the problem.

[@Lily_and_River]

You don't really know what you would've done in the situation... it can be really intimidating when someone doesn't even let you talk. And it probably happened really fast. I think we've all been in situations where we say to ourselves what we should've or could've done after it happened... But it's actually the person who intimidated and mistreated us, who should've acted differently.

[@robertct06]

James Curfman no you wouldn’t. What she said is right. If they’re not letting you talk talk over them and make it clear that you don’t know what they need and why or wait till they’re done saying what they need to say but in this story it’s better to talk over them

[@deborahgrubb]

Several doctors have diagnosed me with a condition that will leave me totally blind in 3 to 4 years. I almost lost my license this year WITH corrective glasses. I live alone since my wife died. Since I am a Wilderness Chaplain helping veterans and addicts, the realization of going blind leaves me spooked and shaken. On your worst day, you inspire and coach me to keep going no matter what. Scared spitless but saddling up anyway. Thank you!

[@holosexual6607]

I wish you luck and thank you for helping those in need!

[@sleepybread4900]

Are you able to get a doggo that could help you when that day comes? It sucks being alone, and after the help you've offered, you definitely deserve a companion that will help you

[@Mariamunro95]

As a blind person born sighted myself, I can understand how scary this is for you. I won't say I'm sorry for you going blind, though it isn't something I would wish on anyone, because I also know first hand that life is no less beautiful and fulfilling just because it can't be seen through the eyes of the physical. If there is anything I can do to support you and yours in any way, please do reach out to me. I and a network of friends who are also blind all around the world uphold a support system for blind and visually impaired persons everywhere to help them however way we can lead the normal lives they deserve. If you're on Twitter, you can follow me and drop a DM at @Darkdweller95, or try sending me a private message here if that's preferable though it may take a bit longer for me to answer here, I don't get a lot of messages through youtube. God bless you

[@thedarkangel156]

Good luck to you! Remember you are strong inside!

[@pullybungieharder]

You and our friendly You-Tube broadcaster have my sympathy: I lost much of my vision due to cataracts over the last few years, and the surgery has been very successful. I *tried* to help out more, but the retinal implant work I did decades ago hasn't panned out for artificial vision. The artificial hearing works surprisingly well, one of the best days of my life was when I got a custom-designed cochlear implant working for a woman who'd been blind and deaf for decades.

[@Ohm_mega]

My father was asked loudly by airport security what he had in his pocket, so he responded slightly louder with _"Nothing, I have a hard-on"_ He waited a few seconds during which the airport was absolutely silent, then asked the security guard if he wanted a feel.

[@flordelphinta]

So did they touch it?

[@privatename2648]

You lie, but made me laugh out VERY loud, for a long time, thanks! I'm your 14th thumbs up!

[@mskjaer496]

😅😂🤣

[@DovesSweetSonnet]

OMG!!!! ILMAO over THAT one. I'll tell ya what, if THIS IS true, and your'e NOT just AMAZINGLY witty, tell your father he has a fan!

[@Ohm_mega]

@@DovesSweetSonnet I would if I could, but he pegged out in the early nineties, about a decade after the incident in question. He had spent twenty-five years in the military so he wasn't exactly a shrinking violet, neither was he going to be pushed around by some security guard with delusions of grandeur.

[@nalu2680]

Molly telling the story: "Molly is blind, Molly can't see, Molly needs you to be verbal, Molly needs you to grab her hand." Subtitles: "Molly is blind, Molly can't see, Molly needs you to be verbal, Molly needs a robbery." Edit: I know this is probably such a nerdy thing to say, but thanks, everyone who liked my comment! I thought I'd just be insulted to making a weird comment or something, but I'm glad I didn't! Thanks again. :)

[@destree6348]

Honestly, that's the only reason why I leave the CC on 😂

[@TheNurulaulia]

😂😂😂

[@dua_junaid]

Cana Fisher Haha right? I put CC on cause I’m watching at night with no headphones (supposed to be asleep)- and I was so confused when she “said” that 😂

[@caledoniabeautifuleden8584]

I am moderately- severely deaf and the only way I can understand what is going on on screen is to use the captions. But it is hilarious how often the captions get it SO wrong!

[@nalu2680]

@Life is a Rainbow In my free time, I would love to be able to write the captions to make sure they match what the KZbinr is saying, but I don’t really know how. I think it would be fun, and hopefully helpful.

[@kurakaiyami]

Saw the title and I was like OOP there’s gonna be some tea sis

[@tanagiberson4770]

Love the pig in your picture

[@kurakaiyami]

Tana Giberson Thanks so much!

[@adiarainfoster]

Tea? I'm guessing we're not talking about an actual drink but some kind of saying or phrase I'm not familiar with?

[@kurakaiyami]

Adia Rain It means secrets or gossip.

[@bethanmaunders230]

When I was 14 I was going through chemo and had lost all my hair so was wearing a wig and the metal in the wig triggered the metal detector and the security didn’t believe me and kept saying “take it off then” and wouldn’t even let me go into a side room to take it off and was so traumatising c

[@sersastark]

That’s a medical device and billeted hippa please see if you can still do something about it

[@jjjones1960]

So sorry you had to deal with that!!

[@collierincolor8972]

The use of visual language is something I have never thought about as a sighted person, so I will definitely keep that in mind in the future. Of course that type of language would be inaccessible to someone who is blind, but I think growing up sighted and only around sighted people, it's something people don't think about. Thanks for sharing Molly!

[@alyks6312]

Not sure how Molly comment, but I have a tendency to use both visual and auditory words when I am describing objects and directions to other people. I have good enough vision, and good hearing, and I suffer chronic pain. On days of acute pain both senses can be overwhelmed to the point where it is hard to interact with whom ever. I am often walking badly, moving slowly as my leg muscles wont move freely. I tell anyone that listens that I am in acute pain and close my eyes. Then everything becomes verbal and much slower.

[@l1z4rd67]

I really want to like this but it's at 69 likes

[@frostylichqueen3551]

My friend who is blind tells me she doesn't like when people use unnatural language around her because they are considering that she is blind. Like, she says she hates when people say "listening to a movie" instead of "watching a movie." But I think everyone is different, so as much as people say it's important to be educated about disabilities, I still tend to ask people directly what they want me to do or how they feel about certain situations.

[@k.j.l.t.]

As a TSA Agent I am so so sorry that you experienced this! I wish that I could say this surprises me but it doesn't. I am regularly shocked by the lack of decency in my co workers and I try my best to always be kind and as accommodating as I can be while maintaining my job as a security agent. I feel that as someone in a position where I am regularly going to encounter animosity from the traveling public because I inconvenience their day, it is my responsibility to make sure it is as positive an experience as possible. That way the next time they travel, they feel positive from the start and that type of energy spreads.

[@willpaul5202]

I'm 6foot 8 inches and 350 pounds..I've never had a problem with tsa agents they're very polite.

[@BryanTorok]

That is such a wonderful attitude. It is a shame that more of fellow employees are not more understanding. I get that it is a high stress, high pressure job, and that dealing with same cluelessness over and over can be trying. Bless you for trying to lower the stress level.

[@Garysmusic1964]

I'm glad to hear this.. I wish there were more agents like you out there.. The traveling public can be clueless I'm sure, but as a agent, you have to remember that they may be traveling for the first time in years, and don't understand all the procedures and such, as well as you would.. Add in the people with some sort of disability, and it would go a long way to be more compassionate and understanding with said people.. It can be quite nerve racking at a airport.. When I write "You" I don't mean you.. just using it in general. :-) again, I wish there were more of "you" in the agency.. There should be a standard in the hiring process.. If one doesn't want to deal with the public in a kind way, then they shouldn't have a job that deals with the public.

[@BryanTorok]

@@TaRa0350 Truly commendable attitude.

[@cristlewrite7944]

@@willpaul5202 lol that might be why. My dad was a bigger man and nobody ever wanted to cross him XD

[@tferguson2910]

I found this story amazing, and I appreciate you sharing it. It would've been so easy to grow permanent bitterness from these incidents, but instead you just learned from them. I truly applaud your strength of character.

[@Codeaholic1]

The TSA and security checkpoints are what's called "security theater". It doesn't make sense. It doesn't make you safer. It doesn't stop dangerous actors. It's there to present the illusion of security. Yes it's all for show. As a dialysis patient, who outwardly looks normal, I've had my share of TSA agents who don't understand my dialysis catheter or what's going on. You have to speak in very short, very direct terms, very early on.

[@shoshimp1309]

TSA is so pointless. They don't know their own rules or how to do their job properly.

[@princess181800]

U sound really dumb , you forget about 911? Has there been another 911 since TSA?

[@princess181800]

@@dreamingbig98 lol @morons I'm not a moron, we have a job to do like all jobs got rules to follow. we didn't make them

[@noonenowhere877]

I feel like it would make me safer if a blind girl wasn't being physically and verbally assaulted though. If I saw that in a Airport I'd think the security guard had rabies or that there was a bomb or something.

[@Huntracony]

@@princess181800 Just because there hasn't been another 9/11 doesn't mean it's because of TSA. After all, there wasn't a 9/11 any time before 9/11 either. There have been plenty of studies that show TSA lets through the vast majority of dangerous things and there have been no instances where TSA stopped a credible threat. The biggest claim that you could make is that it discourages trying 9/11 type stuff, but terrorists aren't dumb, they also know TSA is useless.

[@everettturner4269]

I’ve got lots of “trans at TSA” stories as well. They always say they are trained for these things but boy howdy. Training should include all sorts of things to ensure the safety of everyone !!

[@Beltranandco]

As a TSA officer I have taken the training, it really isn't a good training... I am hoping to help develop a better training.

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@Beltranandco AWESOME! Good thinking! Hope it works out, for EVERYBODY's sake... :)

[@everettturner4269]

Costa's & Co. that is awesome of you! I don’t blame individuals for it at all. I know it’s more of a system issue. I’ve had problems from extra screening (I’ve never not been taken aside) to awkward handlings of my body/possessions to people straight up not believing I am who is on my ID. It’s stressful and hard to explain things without outing yourself to everyone near. I don’t know the solution! But I’m grateful for everyone trying their best to do the best job they can! It’s all you can really ask for 🤍😄

[@tazza3918]

@@everettturner4269 oh I've never thought of that, how does that work if you present differently to how you look on your ID? Can you get an updated photo?

[@everettturner4269]

Natasha Korbut sometimes! I present similar to how I do on my ID the issue is my name and gender marker! Which can be hundreds of dollars to change, unfortunately (the cost depends on where you live). People think it’s not me and I have to answer questions like my birthday and driver’s license number and stuff just so they know it’s me! It’s hard to be like “oh yeah uh I actually am X lol” while looking the complete opposite. 😓😅

[@lilianaguerrero8033]

Molly 💖, I’m binge watching all your videos, here’s my experience: I’m Mexican and I went to Las Vegas on January, the TSA agent we’ve got didn’t speak loudly enough, he was wearing a mask (obviously) and he pointed to the left so I moved and he started getting super aggressive and yelled at me, I replied: I didn’t understand you and he yelled: “I was using clear body sign language so of course you’d understood me (he didn’t)”. Even the female agent that was next to me and checked me gave him a look like: calm down. I understand English quite good I wouldn’t know what to do if my mother that doesn’t speak English at all got yelled like that. He also touched my brother really inappropriately, we purposely wear clothes that will not lend to any type of “confusion”, meaning, only clothing without pockets or buttons, and fitted, so is clear we’re not “hiding” anything (the things we do as foreigners just to avoid mistreatment) and never in all these years flying had my brother being harassed this way. They get away with discrimination, harassment and in our case, racial profiling, this man felt really confident because they believe that as tourists we are not entitled to human decency or something. It’s sad, we didn’t even complained because we knew that wouldn’t get anywhere and we wouldn’t been taken seriously. I cannot imagine what it must be like having a language barrier and a disability. I’m so sorry you went though this. TSA agents are the WORST and undertrained.

[@christineproietti9619]

I would’ve just screamed “I’m blind, I don’t know what you’re point to” but then again I’m not blind, I’ve never experienced anything like this and I’m not as nice as you

[@insertname1667]

@Christine Proietti had a lot of issue getting into the US because I'm missing an eye but the picture in my passport isn't (because British rules for appropriate passport photos can sometimes be strangely literal at times), so when it came to entering Chicago's airport and getting my passport looked at and my eye scanned, I ended up getting detained for four hours and interrogated by some really rude and short tempered guys with their hands resting on their firearms at all time because "things didn't add up". No amount of telling them that I'm missing my eye and what the rules of British passport photos seemed to help, I was only allowed in because they couldn't pin anything on me and a few phone calls to my friends I was visiting backed up what I was saying.

[@nuggetinevitable4971]

reminds me of toph from avatar

[@Moo-2310]

Insert Name everyone involved in that is just stupid. You’re missing an eye, can’t they understand that you might have lost your eye after your passport photo was taken? Passports last (I think) 4 years.

[@mimo_7174]

Yea my first thought was the same, to just yell 'IM BLIND THATS WHAT THE GUIDE DOG IS FORrrr' but in the moment it was probably pretty scary when you can't see anything.

[@mgcoulter1877]

I’ve had this happen to one of my blind friends too, it’s ridiculous☹️

[@MollyBurkeOfficial]

Very frustrating!! Hopefully this video helps some people learn how NOT to communicate with blind people!

[@jamescurfman3284]

@@MollyBurkeOfficial But Molly, didn't you already do that video a couple of times? lol, never mind.

[@thomaspiekos3440]

@@MollyBurkeOfficial just wanted to ask Have you ever tried using a big paper with all the necessary informations about how to speak with you,... We [I asperger autism spectrum, 2 friends nearly blind, 2 guys with strong anxiety disorder, our "caretaker"] started showing papers to the train personnel,... In case something like this happens to us [again] Nicely done video by the way

[@ashleywright3755]

You are such a strong person and even though I myself am not blind...I feel truly inspired by you and hope to be as happy and kind towards the world when I am older

[@queengeorgia8594]

When he thinks you're too drunk but you're actually blind...

[@jamescurfman3284]

Maybe HE was so drunk that he was too blind to see that she is blind. Good thing another person was also working security or she would have missed the party entirely. :P

[@xkklistoff3677]

"TSA rules" yeah im pretty sure they just make it up as they go along since they're so drunk with power. they've also made me cry on multiple occasions for being trans

[@insertname1667]

@XK Klistoff so actually it's not that the rules are made up but rather they don't actively train their staff in what the rules are, or update their training whenever the rules are changed. Literally you've got a bunch of people with authority who have no idea what they're doing.

[@JessicaPradoHanson]

@@insertname1667 that explains the experiences we are all having. Absolute power corrupts absolutely and we need to start holding people accountable in the United States whenever they are corrupt or we are all going to end up getting killed by the Billionaire's so they can make more money. But what will they do if they are the only ones left? They will be just a bunch of stupid trust-fund babies and a handful of actual Smart Ones LOL can you imagine how much Humanity would Thrive if we actually allowed the best of all seven billion of us to rise to the top? I bet you still like cancer would already be cured if we actually gave everybody access to the same education so they can have an equal chance four things. I think the elites want to make everything a secret because they don't want actual competition because they realize that they are not actually that Superior, what I am saying is that they're inferior because they're inbred when you go to some countries or they are just so dumb because for Generations nobody actually did any work but they got credit for other people's work because they were the rich kid. How many of these kids didn't actually earn their way into college? What are some other person would be better utilizing that spot? I don't know how I got there with the TSA but I have just been thinking about how corrupt everything is and how we could possibly start calling it out so things can change. For one the TSA should be abolished they have done nothing to improve the health or safety of Americans. But we should do something about those white supremacists that keep murdering people , for one we should consider them terrorists. I really hope we can become a country that treats everybody the same no matter how much money they have because we would definitely benefit from deciding to function that way. Allowing a small percentage of us to be above the law has never been good for any society ever. Do many people have power that they did not learn and that they are not mature enough to use wisely and that is why so many of us are suffering. When immature people have power what more could we expect from them? Expecting them to create a mature society that is healthy is expecting The Impossible. We should instead be voting for mature people that are educated but unfortunately a large portion of this country does not want to do that.

[@IoOrganism]

​@@JessicaPradoHanson Damn I love your post. I know it won't be seen as totally "on topic" by some but it IS on topic, It's just bigger picture. I've said everything you've said in this post before, so it felt great reading a like minded post. And as a fellow lengthy YT poster, I know we may not get many reads/views and therefore not get many "likes" (long posts aren't too welcome these days because of text/twitter culture) but hopefully these more analytical lengthy post inform and/or inspire a few people to research. I'm fascinated by sociology, psychology and politics so everything you said made perfect sense to me and I agree 100%. It's funny/tragic that everything you said about a person not earning their Ivy League education and our country being run by immature people PERFECTLY describes that poor excuse for a president, Donald Trump. He's the embodiment of everything that's wrong with our society. It's actually quite impressive how he managed to be that mediocre in every aspect of his life. My better/compassionate side actually feels bad for the guy. I'm totally capable of giving him credit if he does something good, but I'm not holding my breath that he'll resign or do anything, which is too bad. If I may suggest, You should use the enter key when writing longer post to format them a bit and use two spaces after every sentence so your post is easier to read (it'll increase your reads/views numbers). I get that you probably wrote this in a hurry, I'm not trying to be judgmental in any way. I just noticed that readers appreciate when there's formatting and two spaced sentences. I'm not an english teacher or a pro writer, I'm sure my grammatical errors prove that, LOL. Your post made a great impression on me so I checked if you were a content creator, and wow is your channel really profound (I saw your Bubble Theory video). Thank you so much for focusing on heavier topics. I know it's not the most commercial friendly thing to do but you're doing so much good by uploading those types of videos. Sadly, very few things of substance are ever financially rewarded. Good journalist are poor, good politicians are poor, good music with powerful positive messages are always drowned out by party music, so on and so forth. The reward for these people is helping their follow man, but they're usually destined to a very financially strained life. So I have absolute respect for people whom willfully choose this difficult path. I've subscribed to your channel and I look forward to seeing your other videos. And the same goes for Molly here, Thank you YT algorithm. :) You mentioned that you were in music in your video, I'd love to hear your work. I too am heavily interested in music, (I still have much to learn but I love getting lost in it) It'd be great if we could discuss music sometime. :)

[@joshualocicero6799]

What did they do to make you cry? If you don't mind sharing in its none of my business.

[@spookyboy8127]

XK Klistoff I’m so sorry, TSA really sucks, I’ve pretty much given up air travel (I’m also trans).

[@dreamaelstun646]

I kinda relate with Molly, I'm colorblind so when I was younger and someone said "go get me colored item." I never understood, because I can't tell what color it is that you want me to get. I literally got in a tiny bit of trouble for trying to color the grass yellow, but that's the color I see, and I've tried to color the sky purple too many times to count, the purple looks the same as the blue.

[@miaj8068]

My ex is colorblind. A funny thing that he likes to say is purple is a lie.

[@redneckwithajeep5001]

Green is yellow for some people I know. I’m still not sure how they drive with kind of confusion

[@tanvijadhav5077]

I am colorblind and this is so relatable.

[@ryano.5149]

I didn't realize how bad my red/green colorblindness was until I took a theatrical lighting design course. The prof was great and totally understanding when we realized the situation, but when he was first trying to explain to me how that *brown* scarf can look *purple* under the light we had, I had no idea what he was talking about. His words when I mentioned my red/green colorblindness were "Well...you get an A!" and dramatically swooshed the loose end of the scarf around the dress form! Loved that class despite the challenge though! Long story short, I can get you light on the stage, but don't ask me what color it is! lol

[@rossvegas1346]

I knew a boy who was colorblind in high school and we were in the same watercolor class. At the beginning of each class I would go to the paint bin with him and help him pick which colors he wanted to use since there were a bunch of different shades and hues. One time the teacher thought we were just dicking around and asked what we were doing and I was like “I’m helping him pick out colors” and the teacher was like “does he REALLY need help picking out colors?” Assuming that I was just making an excuse. He and I both looked at her for a second before I went, “........... yes? He’s colorblind?” The teacher was super apologetic bc she knew that but had totally forgotten.

[@moonlogic1986]

I work for an airport, so I am often the person guiding someone by hand or pushing the wheelchair. I like that you give clear instructions to the staff about what your needs are, as the people categorised as BLND (which ranges from blind to people with some limited vision) are a very diverse group. I am always a little bit relived whenever someone opts for a wheelchair, as it is the easiest and quickest way to get where you are going. I usually speak to the TSA agents when we arrive, so that they know what is up. We usually have a good relationship with our TSA agents and most of them are great, but we do consider the people we help our responsibility, so if a TSA agent is rude to our costumers, we take it kinda personally. If this had happened at my airport, I would have gotten one of the women I work with to speak the the TSA manager. I have some savage colleagues. They would tear him a new one. Hope you don't have any more such experiences in the future!

[@worldpeace1822]

Thanks, that’s exactly what should be done. Yes they are making sure everyone is checked but that’s no excuse for having a low EQ in such line of work.

[@julesoxana3630]

Thanks for the info!!

[@TadanoCandy]

I thought TSA agents being rude and intimidating was a normal thing, so much so that when they're actually humane, I'm super surprised.

[@elizabethmathews4450]

Same! Every time!

[@jordiflower]

Sad

[@nalu2680]

I've pretty much always had a good experience, which just goes to show that there are nice people and bad people in nearly any group imaginable.

[@laragazzaviola80]

Thank you for explaining what a tsa is, as English is only my second language, often English-talking people give for granted that everyone knows what the acronyms stand for🤗

[@user-rw4uc8co8w]

"I cant see I cant hear everyones gettin lit" -Molly Burke 2020

[@Aaron-TheHandsome]

It seems it's kinda.... her type of thing. I guess even blindness can't stop a drinker🍷🍾🥂🍺🍻🥃🍸🍶

[@TheKatarinaGiselle]

Aaron B ? How does it sound like “her type if thing”. Your talking like she’s a regular drinker.

[@galesk344]

Aaron B that’s rich coming from a guy begging for money in his description

[@pissonmytoast]

Gail H oh dang girl this just got saucy

[@bobsalamone9798]

Gail H he removed his about 🧐 of course!

[@StrongOaker]

Someone I know actually wears a sign that says "Yes, I am blind" because her wife does her make up and so people just assume she isnt handicapped. They always go arm in arm in the airport as due to severe allergies a guide dog was never good. The metal detector is the most stressful as they cant go arm in arm through it but the sign has made a huge difference. Should you have to do this? Absolutely not, but the TSA shouldnt have ignorant agents but like every other profession out there plenty of ignorant people working. Before anyone asks, yes she tried T-Shirts but people dont notice it like a sign hanging around your neck.

[@Rebecca-vg2ef]

In my country some people wear a yellow bind with 3 black dots (similar to the nuclear power symbol) around their arms.

[@rfabbas]

@@Rebecca-vg2ef My blind wife got very offended when a man bumped into her. When he found out she was blind, instead of apologizing, he asked "Where's your sign" putting the blame on her. I think he was visiting from another country because she said he had an accent.

[@AutumnRainneMusic]

The first time I flew I wasn't aware that I had to take my laptop out of my backpack and they yelled at me. I was already shaking because of my anxiety disorder from being nervous in the first place and I ended up having a full blown panic attack right after. It was awful. To say the least, I learned my lesson to take my electronics out of my backpack. They had no right to yell at me the way that they did though.

[@BrendenJohnFilms]

I know precisely how you feel. I was born with a profound hearing disability, 80% loss in both ears... and much like you I don't "appear" to have a disability, I don't wear hearing aids yet I speak just a clear as you speak which is unusual. Your reason for the wheelchair use has to be an interesting perspective for the outside viewer, I have to ask for the blue ticket to get on the plane first cause I can't understand the intercom. I've had to overly fake or simply not talk to indicate my hearing disability cause my speech is too clear to indicate any sort of hearing disability. It's actually frustrating that I got so good with speech that it's actually caused more headaches. It's so unfortunate that people are conditioned to judge with out realizing there may be other reason, much like what the mainstream news is doing with politics, just horribly responsible for division and labels. Anyhow, I am glad that you told this story cause it has many elements in it that most people would never even think of as an issue for people with disabilities. BTW, I too live in LA.... maybe one day we will get to hang out... Brenden-John

[@ellerj641]

I was born with 50% hearing loss in my right ear and 40% hearing loss in my left ear so I was able to learn to speak, though with a deaf accent and I still mispronounce some words. Nowadays I only have like 10% of hearing in my left ear and my right ear is gone. I can still figure out what people are saying if I have my hearing aids in or if I can read their lips, but I refuse to speak and have had to fake being completely deaf on multiple occasions just so people will accommodate me. As soon as I open my mouth, people think I'm faking being deaf and will stop accommodating me. It's frustrating.

[@mikem6382]

@@ellerj641 I have people still get aggravated with me for not listening or missing words, especially with the fact everyone is wearing a mask. I will flip my hearing aid out of my ear, and that seems to make people think that, “you have hearing aids, what’s the issue?”

[@lindseeharrell3844]

I feel this on a personal level as someone married to a 27 year old man who wears hearing aids and cannot understand anyone/anything without them. It's actively made me think about what I can do to accommodate him when we go places where his hearing aids aren't 100% effective (mostly any place with a lot of loud sound coming from all directions). There are times people don't believe that he has hearing difficulties because of the fact that he's "so young" or "doesn't look disabled". He literally needs to see people's mouths when they talk and it's too loud or noisy for his hearing aids to pick up. When applicable, I often repeat directions/questions/comments facing him so he can read my lips. Blows my mind how people assume so much based on how someone looks.

[@Anon1604]

As a low-vision person I was given a cane expressly because I don't "Look blind" and people will not help otherwise. I've forgotten my cane and gone out to eat and people just can't grasp the sentence, "I can't read that, I cannot see well". I've even had my cane in some instances where people use visual language and gesture to things while I raise my cane higher and higher off the ground like, hello~?

[@simplykiara4719]

I like how you describe it as 'speaking in another language' with body language I never really thought of it like that. Amazing video, so insightful thank you for sharing!! 💖

[@tsukuyomiakari]

When I was 15 and I travelled BY MYSELF back home from studying abroad, the TSA agents had 0 patience with me. I had no clue what to do because when I travelled with my parents before there was absolutely none of this demanding and odd random steps that weren't asked of me ever before, so I almost cried because of the agent's screaming and tone. I don't even remember what she was mad about, only that it was very traumatizing.

[@bridgetc9273]

The biggest thing I noticed about this is that you say “ I’m sorry, I’m blind” I personally do this all the time as a VI individual and have to cognitively be aware that I am NOT sorry . I am NOT sorry it’s an inconvenience that I can not control. Still takes me to this day to not be apologetic but getting better ❤️

[@chloe3355]

Ugh. I know that TSA anxiety all too well. I’m deaf so I don’t always understand when TSA are trying to tell me something or ask me something.

[@calamityjean1525]

And in these days of anti-COVID masking you can't even read lips.

[@rebeccawayne1758]

@@calamityjean1525 about 2 weeks ago we (I work for tsa) had a deaf woman come through in a wheelchair. Couldn't stand. Called over another female to do the patdown. We specifically told the other officer to remove her mask. ( Masks are mandatory currently) So the woman could read our officers lips. We understand there are good and bad officers. However the one thing that helps the most is when we communicate with each other and when we inform passengers which officer to speak to about medical devices, being blind, having an animal etc. I try to help people through the check point, I have flown through other airports I understand that isn't always the case.

[@dangeiger9796]

It’s important for people to be educated about people with disabilities, which is one reason why your channel is good. I have in the past worked with an organization that helped educate people on interacting with people with disabilities. We did have a blind man and so I learned how to guide him.

[@SimplyjustKatey]

Your night club experience reminded me of the time I went to a concert with my friend who is deaf. Because it was ladies night I didn't have to pay a cover at the club that was hosting the event. After the guy checked my I.D to make sure I was of age, I started to head over to the bar. When I heard someone yelling, I turned around to see what the commotion was about, and saw the bouncer yelling at my friend. I walk back over to see what the problem is about. It's very dark but I see my friend is trying to sign to the bouncer that he is deaf and can't understand. Then my friend notices me walking toward them and points me out. The bouncer turns around and says your friend can't come in because he is refusing to pay the cover. I explained to him that my friend is deaf and couldn't understand him. The guy then says, "If he is deaf why the fuck is he coming to a concert.", a bit taken back by his comment I explain that he likes music and can feel the vibration. Besides this, he is enjoying a night out with his friend. The guy then goes, "Oh", beyond annoyed at this point I ask him how much the cover is. He tells me not to worry about it and allows my friend in for free. The funny thing about the whole situation was I was the fuming and my friend was like, "It happens all the time" and was so chill about it.

[@pm1660]

Wow, some people are entitled and rude! It is none of his goddamn business why your friend wanted to go to the concert. Luckily you seem to be calmer than me because in that situation, I would had been filled with rage.

[@EleanorJosefina]

My phone: new KZbin notification from Molly Burke Me: drops everything

[@lorelikesthings]

Yes same!

[@crystaleclipse178]

Omg me too. I finished my schoolwork first tho😂

[@laurasofie]

Is it just me that had in 1 grade D.E.A.R (drop everything and read) but now I'm like D.E.A.W (drop everything and watch)

[@Tinker_Balambao]

Thank you for the awareness increase. Trying to be more aware of disabilities that often get unnoticed or disregarded. The story of being at the club blew my mind.

[@libbykatie4981]

I'm loving these storytimes

[@neavemurphy2192]

Same

[@jj-qu2ml]

Same

[@jj-qu2ml]

@@neavemurphy2192 yessss

[@plaguedoctor9523]

Libby Schofield same

[@notmatilda5700]

Me too

[@EmilyCheetham]

I’d just scream at the TSA officer “shut up I’m blind!” At the top of my voice. I have epilepsy and autism and have been stopped and frisked before. They patted me down and also they thought my hand held games console was a bomb. It wasn’t so bad unfortunately they wouldn’t tell me what was going on at first and then it took me several minutes to find my parents after. That was the scariest part.

[@noonenowhere877]

I always warn them in advance when something electrical is going through so they don't freak out. Also as a general rule if you try to make yourself look as meek and confused as possible I think that also works. But don't look anxious they can smell your fear and see it as you having something to hide.

[@serenasongbird]

Im autistic and epileptic too what 😳

[@TidanLikida]

@@serenasongbird Wow. I'm also epileptic and autistic as well. 3 people with the same disabilities. How bizarre, right?

[@violethelianthus1436]

Did some quick googling and apparently epilepsy is somewhat common in people who have autism. Go figure.

[@EmilyCheetham]

@@violethelianthus1436 well it was the epilepsy that caused the autism. Epileptic brain seizures can cause brain damage and memory loss. Every time I had a seizure it would everything that had happened that day would be wiped from my memory. I’d have no recollection of it. So the autism was a byproduct of the epilepsy. Since I had open brain surgery to remove the tumour causing my epilepsy my seizures have dropped from 3 to 4 a week during the day to 1 to 2 seizures every 1 to 2 years while I sleep. So my memory is much better and although I still have autism it is a lot less prominent than it used to be and I can do a lot more nowadays. I remember a lot more. Also where I rarely used to have dreams I dream a lot more at night nowadays. So it’s not a lot of people with autism have epilepsy but a lot of epileptic people have autism- due to their seizures. The younger you can fix the seizures a lot less damage is done. I didn’t have my surgery till I was 14. I was one of the first people to have the type of surgery I had (not all Brain surgery is equal). I had some pioneering Brain surgery for the time & things are getting even more advanced now. My parents have also helped me become the person I a today as my mum used to be a nurse. So I have had much support.

[@marjoriegoodwin2993]

I`m glad you shared. I would never have known how difficult it is for you. Thank you.

[@milo4707]

5:03 I had a similar experience but when traveling to Spain. I was literally like 11 and couldn't speak anything but Finnish and a bit of English. The woman kept speaking to me in Spanish even when I didn't understand and said: "What? I don't speak Spanish" multiple times and she just GRABBED me and dragged me to like this spot you stand on and swabbed my hands and stuff. I was crying and she literally rolled her eyes and gave this weird look to one of the other people. Thanks lady, totally not traumatised now

[@marialindell9874]

Ah! Suomalainen.

[@holosexual6607]

Trash. Some people just can’t comprehend that not everyone speaks the same language. I’m sorry that happened to you.

[@Wlynn342]

Thumbnail: They made me cry Me: Sharpening my pitchfork and readying my torches

[@kristen144]

I’ll get the angry mob. 😠😡😠😡😠😡😠🤬 Aight, where we going?

[@jeanfangz]

Just Lynn oh yah lets go

[@frankish5314]

You were way more polite than I would have been! Thankyou for taking the time to educate us on some of your specific challenges. This will make me more aware going forward.

[@Jim-fe2xz]

I had a tsa agent ask me when I was going to have the metal wire stitches holding my sternum together after open heart surgery removed. Maybe a little more training or are many of them just dim bulbs?

[@doritoking2519]

They seem to hire the dumbest people they can find.

[@amandalane4971]

Omg for real??? People are so stupid.

[@Moo-2310]

I laughed at that! Do they hire the dimmest bulbs in the box on purpose ?

[@Nyxiria-r4g]

Jim, what did you said back to him/her?

[@ivynova5883]

Thanks for calling 3 people i know stupid

[@isadoravieira4477]

Precious Molly, try to switch the "I´m sorry" for something like "oh, by the way" before communicating that you´re blind. I know you´re just trying to be as polite as possible, but the other way may sound apologetic when there´s no reason to be :)

[@Aniram789]

She's Canadian, they're sorry by default. Ok bad joke. But all silliness aside, I think it'll be a long while before she stops saying sorry when she has nothing to apologize for.

[@rpurdy5591]

Sorry, Canadians can't help it. lol

[@bubbleteafaerie]

I catch myself doing this too! Ive cut down a lot on apologizing for mishearing or accidentally ignoring someone, but the occasional "sorry I'm hard of hearing" still slips out

[@tamhuy10]

Yeah, that's more an ingrained thing that comes naturally sometimes (speaking as a french person) like the "you know" "like" "I mean" and stuff you say without realising

[@camilathesunshine3886]

@@bubbleteafaerie I have a similar story! I was on a summer school trip to D.C. (I'm from Arizona) and we were in the airport at Baltimore to get on the plane back to Phoenix. When it was time to go to the metal detector thing, I don't know why, but I got a little bit nervous. Probably because I am not very comfortable around strangers.😐 Anyway, it was my turn to go through the detector and the TSA was trying to say something to me without letting me explain my reason why I couldn't understand. I am deaf. I literally had to have a chaperone next to me during the entire airport experiences, even during part of the tours that we went on, to make sure that I knew what was going on. We eventually got everything straight with the lady there and I remember being so embarrassed because I was not the last student in that line to go through the metal detector. Ughh... sometimes those guys can be so stupid..😤

[@KristinaArntz]

that's ridiculous. I've had experiences like that where I was catching public transportation after dark and the driver accused me of being drunk rather than blind.

[@gobosMommy]

TSA blows. Period. my 90+ y/o grandpa was brought to security in a wheelchair. they made him take his belt off after he made the metal detector beep. i dont know if you've met many 90y/o white men, but they have ZERO ass. so they made him raise his arms to wand him down, which made his pants drop, so he went to grab his pants which made them yell at him to put his arms back up, which made his pants drop again, which made him reach for his pants again... lots of yelling from TSA and him by this point. of course my mom is just crying laughing because we're that kind of family and now he has a new story for the rest of the family, but seriously TSA, this poor old man's pants keep falling to his knees! let the poor guy hold on to them at least while you wand him! or have another TSA agent hold them up for him if it's so imperative to have your hands in the air

[@ian_edits_]

@@dharma__3 Sir, this is a mcdonalds drive through... If you want to spew wrong ideas about coronavirus, please don't do it under a video of this nature, better yet, get off the accepting side of youtube altogether.

[@zoeyb2098]

Hi Molly, my name is Zoey. I am blind as well and I am 15 years old. I was wondering if we could talk at some point because I’ve been through a lot of experiences as well. You are such a nice person. And I would really enjoy that I could get to know you. Thanks. Zoey.

[@Moo-2310]

And if anyone is wondering how this has been typed this out there are things that your voice to type. Are used it for this sentence. BTW not blind myself but use it when I’m lazy.

[@jadynmichele3125]

@@Moo-2310 She could've had someone type it for her like her parents because she is 15

[@sheilarogers8719]

You are far more forgiving then most. Stay Happy

[@alea8008]

When I went on vacation a few months ago, one of those tsa agents was talking to me and my mom so rudely that I couldn’t even respond to any of her questions because I was so stunned by her rudeness

[@MollyBurkeOfficial]

So sad! I'm sure their job is very stressful at times but there's no excuse to be rude to other humans!!

[@Mmmmkkaayyy]

Thank you for posting this! My dad has RP and whenever we fly together there is often a lot of problems with TSA agents not respecting him or listening to us at all. We’ve had to literally scream at people that he CANNOT SEE WHERE YOU ARE POINTING over and over before they understand. Often also just having a cane and not “looking blind” is a red flag and he is pulled aside for extra screening, which is stressful all in itself. I really appreciate your videos telling stories like this so more people will be able to understand when on the other side of a situation like this. You are an awesome voice for this community.

[@littlepocketstudios8569]

I remember the first time my family and I went somewhere when my Dad was wheelchair bond, so we didn't know how to get from the floor we were at to the floor we needed to be. So we see a security guard type person and my dad asks him how to get to the next story up, and the man gestures to the escalator behind him. we all look at the man, utterly dumbfounded. so my Dad just gestures to his amputated leg, and then he says, "Here's the escalator". had we not have been so taken aback by his stupidity we all probably would have cussed him out. but luckily, Idk who spotted them (i think I did) but we ended up following someone in a powerchair which lead us to these big elevators witch had like 3 other people with wheel chars inside with us. I can remember my dad saying "people don't know how hard it is to be in this chair", and no one even looks at him. I'm assuming that those people didn't really view it that way, and they had been in the chairs for all of there lives.... this has made me really sad now, but I would like to add that people who are blind, deaf, in a wheelchair, can't speak, or anything of that nature are still people, but they still need help. don't treat them like they're 5, but don't ignore them because it makes you uncomfortable, or you don't understand.

[@katouise1864]

Had a similar experience with airport staff. Was wheeled off a flight disoriented and essentially unable to see or walk. They left me at the exit alone. My mom found me as some stranger nearby called 911 and paramedics arrived. The airport didn’t care either... Glad you had your mom with you. It’s a terrible thing to feel so undervalued as a person.