Originally Posted by
jkhuggins
And how is a passenger supposed to know that an item was left behind? Maybe the owner got sent back through the screening line again and will be along in a couple of people to claim their item. Maybe the owner was pulled aside for secondary screening, or requested a private screening, and didn't know that they should ask to have their belongings brought along with them.
There have been plenty of stories here where passengers have attempted to offer helpful suggestions to TSOs on duty, only to be told to mind their own business and move along, lest one be charged with "interfering with the screening process". Granted, not every helpful suggestion is actually helpful. But when a 6'4", 220lb. man wearing a uniform and an official-looking badge barks an order at you and threatens you with vaguely unspecified consequences if you don't comply ... you learn pretty quickly to mind your own business.
You want to train passengers to look out for others? Then train TSOs not to bark at passengers who are doing precisely that. You get the behavior you reward.
Nice how you use the height and weight I provided about myself and added the barking an order part!
I don't bark, nor bite.
And I don't want to train passengers to look out for others. As passengers they have other things to concern themselves about. As humans, wouldn't it be nice if everyone did look out for each other? But I know enough about human nature to know that we encompass the entire spectrum of behaviors, from the noble to the dispicable.
My original point was this (and we've gone off in tangent here): people do not oftendo what they should, and yes, sometimes they have to be told and taught to look out for things, to report suspicious activity and lost misplaced bags. I still believe that, and I do not think it breeds hysteria or fear. To me such activities is the product of a responsible society.