Airport security is strict for a reason. After all, keeping everyone safe is the whole point of those checks, and most travelers understand why the rules exist. But sometimes, even when you follow every single one of them, getting through security can turn into a complete nightmare.

One Redditor asked people to share the dumbest reasons the TSA ever gave them a hard time, and they didn’t hold back. We’ve rounded up some of the most ridiculous answers below. Scroll down to read them, and if you have any similar stories of your own, drop them in the comments!

They said my shirt was a jacket. I kept telling her it was a blouse and all I had was a bra underneath and wasn’t going to take it off. After this exchange 4 times she finally let me through.

I got like four sarcastic answers in a row trying to figure out which line to join (pre-check or regular). Both lines backed up past the regular start, so there was no signs clearly visible, but there was an agent nearby. I asked casually which was pre-check, and he said "if you don't know what pre-check is, then you don't belong in that line". When I clarified I knew *what* it was and just couldn't tell *which,* he said "you don't think it's the one that's probably moving faster?" When I pointed out that neither was moving especially quickly, he said "Well I guess it doesn't really matter then, does it?" When I asked if there was a separate area for pre-check at a different spot, he said "if there was, don't you think everyone would go there?" Like guy I don't want VIP treatment, I just want to know what freaking line to stand in.

I had two laptops. It took almost 3 hours before they could find anyone to tell them "I need a windows machine, AND a Mac because of my work" is actually a valid reason. And by then I had long since missed my flight.

I traveled a lot and did government work. The rule was that you were never to have your laptop out of your sight - not even for 1 second they told us. So here I am (Milwaukee Airport / Mitchell) - shoes off, belt off and they had me take my shirt off (staples in my lung from an operation) and I was trying to keep an eye on my laptop. 'MOVE ON SIR' they kept repeating and I kept saying that I had to keep an eye on my laptop. Oh yeah, holding up my no belt pants, with no shirt (in winter), no shoes and they're trying to get me to break a strict GOVERNMENT rule. About a month later a co-worker followed their orders and her laptop was grabbed by someone else in a hurry (a standard issue HP) and she was almost fired because of TSA even though TSA tracked the laptop and stopped the passenger before they boarded another airplane.

My humira. I have a bag with an ice pack since I'm on humira to treat an auto immune disease. Taking the caps off primes the injection. Each pen costs 500$ each. They uncapped all 8 of them. I raised a stink. Because I couldn't travel without this and then my dr raised a stink when I called him for an emergency script. They were even in a special bag made for TSA in mind with all the info.

I use to work at an airport and went through security all the time. We had an employee line but it was the same deal. I would bring in bread and pb & J to save on lunches. I was once (not most the time I did it, only once) had TSA claim the peanut butter was a liquid and I couldn't bring it in. I was like open it up and turn it upside down, it doesn't come out. Another time a pilot was ahead of me and had a small screwdriver set for his glasses or something. They tried to take it from him saying he could hurt someone. The pilot then screamed " I'm a pilot, if I wanted to hurt someone I'd take the plane down". It didn't get him his screwdrivers through. Sometimes they just want to be right about something, I've never seen anyone argue and win with TSA.