Originally Posted by chollie

The screener who did not properly dispose of the items in the first place should be fired.

Why were the items 'set aside'? If they were determined to be a potential aviation hazard, the pax declined to exit the checkpoint to mail them home/check them as baggage, they should have immediately been put in a trash can - a trash can that TSA can't retrieve choice items from at shift's end.

Unless, of course, the screener wanted to keep them for some reason - personal use, Ebay, clown around with them with his/her co-workers - none of which are appropriate.

"See something, say something"? Not one screener questioned the presence of the items at the checkpoint for six hours?