Originally Posted by
percysmith
To be fair, that sign was displayed under the monitor. Thanks for reminding me of the wording.
But it was not obvious the end of the check-in island was an inspection point for all bags checked in at that island - I thought it was merely for the bags that were checked in at that desk. Easy for you to point out now (after the above posts) "you should have known" but not obvious to me (or my Girlfriend) before the inspection.
Again it comes back to whether customers should know they have to race (as much as you disapprove of that term, I refuse to change it because that is literally what has to occur) their bags to the monitor and whether the agent has a duty to inform the passengers that this occurs in TPE (certainly not all airports have end-of-island screening - some have it in a back-office area out of sight of passengers).
The inspection point isn't some counter that security took over. Not only is there a sign under the monitor, your line of logic doesn't exactly make sense as all bags pass through the end of the check-in island, not just the bags closes to the end of the check-in island.
Furthermore, I limp when I walk (and thus also can't walk very fast) and it's always taken me a leisurely stroll to get to the end of the check-in island before my luggage goes, even if I'm coming from the other end. I'm sorry, but you're definitely exaggerating and taking up a helluva victim mentality.