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Old Jun 15, 2010 | 4:20 am
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ArizonaGuy
 
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I stack my used bins out of personal choice of proper etiquette and I stack others' bins as well. However, I'm forced to put my stuff in the bins that I'd rather not have to do in the first place. So if I don't quickly stack up my used bins, deal with it or stop making me separate so many various things.

Also - I stand at the end of the belt rather than the rollers because I'd rather not be a victim of theft or even accidental pick-ups.. As soon as it's within arm's reach, without stretching into the tunnel, I will pick up my things. I've had a guy reaching over my shoulder to grab what he thought was his bag before, clearly in a hurry, until I loudly told him it wasn't his bag.

Two weeks ago at PHX T4 A checkpoint, as my laptop came through and just as I was reaching for it a TSO picked it up and took it 3 feet away to swab and analyze. Meanwhile I'm standing there with my carry-on backpack, shoes and belt in hand refusing to budge. I was barked at and I was in fact blocking others but was not going to let my laptop out of my line of site and let the annoying barker TSO know this - if it gets dropped or turned on, etc, I want to see it happen. Had I moved two steps down the line the laptop would not have been visible to me.

Note that I did not voluntarily delay others by asking for fresh gloves and swab pad. My laptop was simply involuntarily seized off the belt post x-ray and there was nothing I could do if I wanted to keep my eyes on it. I only wish I'd had a hand on it because at the point there would have been zero chance I'd have let go without claiming theft by the TSO.

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