Originally Posted by
FLgrr
At TPA recently, I was separated from my items and the TSA said I made it up. I did not want to go through more than the metal detector and was being stopped for the pat down. While waiting, my belongings got to the end on the secure side and that was out of my sight. This was only for a few moments but that is all it takes for someone that wants to do something.
I tried to politely point out that I could not see my belongings. I was told 'you surely can if you stand here'. Which was not where they told me to stand while awaiting my molestation. I yelled for the supervisor loudly. He ran over and even ignored my information that I could not CLEARLY see the items from where they made me stand. I was given the 'we do no wrong' kind of response instead of thinking that opps something could have gone wrong.
It makes no difference whatsoever, insisting you keep your belongings in sight. Three times now at PHX I have had the TSO say “I don’t care” and tell me if I went through the RapeScan I would see my belongings. On the last occasion, my laptop and shoes ended up at different ends of the belt by the time I managed to get to them.
Oh, and don’t bother complaining because you will get a form response saying the agents are being trained and corrected, only to have the same thing happen the next week.