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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 9:55 pm
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One of my co workers just returned from a trip & on the outbound(out of CLT) the TSA stole food from his checked bag. I guess one of them forgot lunch. He said he was missing mangos & a couple other food items.

There was a greeting card in his luggage from the TSA
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:05 pm
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Organized crime at its finest.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:29 pm
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Organized crime at its finest.
Yeah, I think the police will eventually to be arrested some of TSA officers. They will get fired from their job. So I can't believe it they didn't breaking the laws. So its does not followed the capable rules at work. So it will have to leave it there someone's checked bags. Shame on him!
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:51 pm
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Originally Posted by coachrowsey
One of my co workers just returned from a trip & on the outbound(out of CLT) the TSA stole food from his checked bag. I guess one of them forgot lunch. He said he was missing mangos & a couple other food items.

There was a greeting card in his luggage from the TSA
IF the items were all fruit and depending on where your co-worker was going, the TSA may be innocent of this one and the agricultural department may be the guilty party.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:54 pm
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IF the items were all fruit and depending on where your co-worker was going, the TSA may be innocent of this one and the agricultural department may be the guilty party.
It was a domestic flight.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 10:58 pm
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Originally Posted by coachrowsey
It was a domestic flight.
Where the bag heading out of CLT?
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 11:01 pm
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Where the bag heading out of CLT?
The bag was checked from Clt.
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 11:02 pm
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Originally Posted by coachrowsey
It was a domestic flight.
Some states have prohibitions about bringing fruit or vegtables into the state without proper documentation.

Where was the co-worker going?
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Old Jun 9, 2009 | 11:09 pm
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Originally Posted by coachrowsey
The bag was checked from Clt.
I believe TSA didn't screened the bags through CTX machines. That's why it was failed to followed the capable rules at airport. It was taking out the personal items with someone's bags. This is not appropriate for behavior at CLT.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 12:02 am
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One of my co workers just returned from a trip & on the outbound(out of CLT) the TSA stole food from his checked bag. I guess one of them forgot lunch. He said he was missing mangos & a couple other food items.

There was a greeting card in his luggage from the TSA
Really, so you have proof that the TSA took it and not a baggage handler?
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 12:40 am
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Really, so you have proof that the TSA took it and not a baggage handler?
No, only TSA personnel.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 5:37 am
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Really, so you have proof that the TSA took it and not a baggage handler?
You really need some new material, Bob.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 6:07 am
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Really, so you have proof that the TSA took it and not a baggage handler?
What self respecting baggage handler would stoop to eating food stolen from a passenger's luggage? If they go into a person's luggage it is for other, easily sold items.

I'm going with either the Agriculture Dept took it or a TSO who was late for lunch took it as a snack.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 8:27 am
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Really, so you have proof that the TSA took it and not a baggage handler?
The answer should not matter if the concern is aviation security. In either case the TSA failed its mission by allowing a criminal access to the checked bag. If the criminal can take something out w/o getting caught, he/she could just as easily put something, e.g. a bomb, into the bag. The all-to-frequent reports of theft from checked baggage indicate that the TSA either does not really care about security, or does not understand the concept at all.

Of course if one is concerned with the covering of rear ends and passing the buck, then the answer matters.
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Old Jun 10, 2009 | 9:29 am
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Originally Posted by coachrowsey
It was a domestic flight.
To Hawaii?
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