Originally Posted by
Trollkiller
This is a direct result of the TSA. People have been taught that if you act up at the checkpoint you will be punished. People are scared to make a scene by calling after a stranger no matter how innocent the outburst is.
Be sure to congratulate your superiors for a job well done.
No, I believe this is because of human nature and has nothing to do with TSA. Friend of mine works for a local shopping center, same story there, albeit different things in the lost and found, as people usually do not take luggage and such to the mall. And I remember many years ago I walked into a mcdonalds, sort of full, and I saw a man sitting by himself, upper body laid out on the table, arms thrashing, having some kind of seizure. No one helped him, no one called 911. I was the only one that helped, everyone else watched and ate their meals as I tried to help while paramedics came. No TSA back then (mid 90's).
No, in general people do not take responsibility for much around them, as the theory of the diffiusion of responsibility indicates. People often have to be taugh to do these things.