Originally Posted by carmelita
when a bag is closed and nothing can fall out then that bag does not need a bin.
somethings when its busy we dont have enough bins upfront and some paxs uses bins for everything using many bins for bags that are way too big and dont need bins. however when I approach a bag in a bin and I see that all the bins are stacking up on the rollers, screeners are busy with passengers and there is nobody to return them to me (im out of bins)..I polite say to the passenger" miss/sir you dont need a bin for this closed bag....ussually the pax doesnt mind me taking away the bin..but when they say that they do need it for some reason then I just let it go in the x-ray w/out arguing...
I definelty agree w/ both of you that screener was way out of line .maybe thats why the other screeners just ignored him..cuz they already know his attitude.
Since stuff reguarly get's crushed coming out of the x-ray, I reguarly put all soft-sided articles into a bin. I will continue to do this until such time as stuff stops getting crushed upon egress from the machine.