Originally Posted by
milepig
At ORD, and maybe other places, the bins have numbers on them. Does this imply that they periodically put the bins in order to see if any are missing? What do they do if one IS missing??
I seem to recall other postings here that indicate that numbers are used to identify the bins --- say, when a passenger is undergoing a pat-down and has requested that their belongs be brought over to them. ("Which of those completely identical looking grey bins have your items?" "Numbers 12, 8, and 15.")