Gen Z slammed over ridiculous new TSA line trend at airports: Its obnoxious and inconsiderate
Gen-Z have been slammed for their ridiculous new trend of taking aesthetic photos of their TSA security tray.
Gen-Z have been slammed for their ridiculous new trend of taking aesthetic photos of their TSA security tray.
The trend involves organizing and styling a TSA tray before snapping an overhead shot of your carefully arranged belongings before they go through the X-ray detector.
A graphic designer and TikTok influencer, Piper Taich, skyrocketed the trend after posting snaps of her own precisely presented TSA trays.
The photos include arranging items such as sunglasses, bags, shoes, cameras and jewelry.
Piper Taich, 25, is a graphic designer and TikTok influencer who assembles aesthetic TSA trays for a photo shoots at her home in Chicago
Commenters suggested that flyers who want to participate in the trend wait until after going through TSA security to stage and take photos of the arranged trays
While the trend is upsetting plenty of users on TikTok, its also becoming a trend across airports as people attempt to snap their own photos and flyers in line behind are less than pleased.
One commenter said: I work at LAX and this is annoying. Were just tryna get to work and youre in our way lol.
Another said: Girl its already stressful enough, why?
Get out of the way, write another.
Some TikTok creators have responded online making it clear that the photos they post were taken at home, with a TSA tray lookalike bought and staged as if they were in an airport.
Taich, 25, does exactly that - she prints off a fake plane ticket and assembles an aesthetic TSA tray for a photo shoot. She said she bought the tray and assembled it in her home in Chicago, according to the New York Times.
After receiving some negative comments claiming the trend to be pointless, she responded saying: The point is that its fun and its art. I by no means made up this concept, Ive seen it everywhere but its a really fun way to express my love for fashion and artistic direction.
However, the trend was staged to look so similar to TSA security that people started recreating the trend at actual airports.
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The point is that its fun and its art. I by no means made up this concept, Ive seen it everywhere but its a really fun way to express my love for fashion and artistic direction, said Taich
Taich shares her step-by-step tutorials for nailing the perfect TSA bin aesthetic with her followers
Author of How to Pack: Travel Smart for Any Trip, Hitha Palepu, told the New York Times that the trend was one of her biggest pet peeves. Palepu said that the trend is inconsiderate to fellow travelers and TSA staff, stressful and just gross.
Commenters shared concerns that the TSA security would never allow the time for people to do this anyway and feared being yelled at.
Other influencers and users suggested waiting until after going through the TSA security check before arranging the trays and taking any photos.
One commenter shared their stressful experiences of going through security without doing the trend, saying: the TSA agents at Newark made me cry because I couldnt empty my bin fast enough.
Another said: TSA would in fact smack everything in my bin around for trying this. Lol
However, a TSA spokesperson told Nexstar: As long as staged glamor photos are not causing delays or issues with other passengers in the checkpoint, there are no issues.
Travelers should take care to secure their IDs, passports and any light items on top that could be swept out of the bins when they go into the machines, he added.
