Originally Posted by
InkUnderNails
I, too, am pleased that she was rescued.
However, there is a little gremlin in the back of my mind that is itching to say something.
We quite often on this board criticize the TSA for going beyond their charge of finding WEI. Some of us complain when they find bit of marijuana and call an LEO. Or we say that it is none of their business to report a large amount of cash even though this may be a sign of some criminal activity.
Does the fact that we would have done the same thing make it different? Is it because they did it, not as government actors, but as concerned citizens make it different?
This was clearly outside the bounds of the things for which they are looking. Do we really want them to be all proud of this accomplishment so that they will report every suspicious activity, like taking pictures in the airport, having consecutive checks in ones wallet, and having photographs they deem pornographic that they find by accident?
I have told my gremlin to shut up now.
She somehow indicated that she needed help. If someone reaches out to you in that situation, my feeling is that you can respond -- police officer, mall cop, TSA screener, concerned citizen, whoever you are. If she had said "I'm fine. I'm recovering from a facelift," they should have gone no further.
I get where you're going, but this isn't anything at all like probing someone's purse to see if they are carrying too much money onto a plane. I'm not interested in swatting their hands for this at all.