Brett Gaffney’s grandmother wanted his Christmas present to be a surprise – but it almost got him in trouble with airport security.
In a viral TikTok video, the Los Angeles actor explains, “I got stopped by security at the airport, and you know what? It was because of this briefcase my grandmother gave me as an early Christmas present and she said don’t open it until you get to California.”
“I asked myself, ‘What’s in the briefcase? It’s super heavy,’ adds the Kansas resident.
“Just wait until you get there,” Gaffney’s grandmother told him.
“I thought, ‘Grandma, I’m going to the airport, like I need to know,'” he recalls his words.
While he dutifully followed her instructions not to peek in the briefcase, the TSA agents had other ideas.
“They asked me what was in there and I said ‘I don’t know, I don’t know,'” Gaffney says. “They said, ‘What do you mean? You’re carrying a briefcase and you don’t know what’s inside?’”
Security guards flagged the briefcase on the X-ray conveyor belt, and the agent then opened it and informed Gaffney of what was inside.
The mystery gift turned out to be an antique typewriter.
“Who am I, Tom Hanks?” Gaffney jokes, referring to the Oscar winner’s famous enthusiasm for typewriters. “Am I going to go to the park and write a whole book on a typewriter?”
The surprise gift turned out to be an antique typewriter.
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“I almost didn’t get into the airport because of this typewriter,” he adds.
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Commenters on the video, which has racked up more than 500,000 views since it was posted last week, were delighted by the story.
“The fact that you listened and didn’t open it is so innocent lmao,” wrote one TikTok user, to which Gaffney replied, “I’m a man of pure trust.”
“I feel like the words ‘I don’t know, it’s a surprise’ shouldn’t be uttered to TSA, let alone in one breath,” someone else wrote.
After returning home, Gaffney continued to update followers on his journey with the typewriter, noting that the device was an SCM Smith-Corona 250.
“I’ve never used one of these,” he admits in another video, posted Monday. He then tries to type on a page taken from the diary, noting that he will have to buy typewriter ribbons when he sees how pale the ink is.
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In a video released Wednesday, Gaffney says he’s warmed to the machine, even comparing it to the new toys that inspired him to play hooky as a kid.
“I got this new typewriter because I’m getting old,” he says. “And all I want to do is stay at home and type on my typewriter.”
By the end of the week, Gaffney had procured tape and paper.
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On Thursday, he posted a video of himself happily typing away, with the caption: “Didn’t think I’d use this, but here we are. It’s so calming.”
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