Originally Posted by
Kangol
Yes, the person in charge admitted to intentionally giving my passport to another passenger. There was no admission of a mistake, sorrow, regret or human error despite several rounds of questioning and many opportunities to make a concession. This was a purposeful omission. A reasonable person who made an honest mistake would admit it. Maybe they were trained to not admit fault regardless of what happened. This is a common stance in some legal circles.
Let's just say, there is a reason why certain people have certain roles. As has been mentioned, the smarter person would have taken the details themselves in a more secretive manner. But maybe there was malice involved - that cannot be ruled out. Hanlon's razor notwithstanding, your term "dense criminal" is not unlikely.
Think about what would have happened if they had damaged the photo page, or any other page..... think about why that would or should be different.
Originally Posted by
nancypants
I’m sure I’m not the only one that is not getting any clarity here
-“admited to intentionally...” what exactly did they say? And what exactly did the “several rounds of questioning” involve?
-what on earth does “there is a reason certain people have certain roles” even mean?
-“think about what would have happened if...”- did they? If not what does that entire line have to do with the price of fish? What if they’d taken their pants off and run around the terminal singing Yankee Doodle?
what did the unnamed airline say when you reported it to them? And the police? Since you’re alleging a crime has been committed?
I have to agree with you. There is so much drama and hyperbole in this, that I'm not sure I really understand the problem. A passport is a document meant to be seen by lots of people, the data on it are stored and recorded at many places. Identity theft was no more or less likely to have occurred in this described (and frankly, bizarre) episode than in any other interaction with people meant to handle your passport. I have no idea why OP felt it necessary to get a new passport. I'm also not convinced this mistake required expressions of sorrow or regret.