and people wonder

why i don't fly! (and oh, i'm being serious here)

Airport officials forced woman to remove nipple rings
David Edwards and Muriel Kane
A woman in Texas has charged that Transportation Security Administration officers at the airport in Lubbock, TX caused her pain and humiliation when they forced her to remove her nipple rings before allowing her to board a flight.
Mandi Hamlin says she offered to show a female agent the jewelry that was setting off the metal detector, but her request was refused. She eventually had to resort to pliers to remove one of the rings and heard the officers snickering on the other side of the curtain as she struggled with it.
"My experience with TSA was a nightmare I had to endure," Hamlin stated. "No one deserves to be treated this way."......