This is why you should use an insured carrier to transport them, and receive them at your destination. Or keep them on you. You shouldn't be handing anyone else $10k+ of jewelry and biatching that you didn't get it back.

Yes, it'd be nice if they monitored their employees better, but don't expect that.

As someone who left a pair of Raybans behind on my last flight, I'm not getting a kick out of this

How else are they going to join the Mile High Club?

Thieves? In my government's agencies? I never would have guessed.

Screwed? So what do we call the ones who get the complementary full body cavity search?

The Grinch: Thieves? In my government's agencies? I never would have guessed.

most of the thieves are baggage handlers.

buk110: As someone who left a pair of Raybans behind on my last flight, I'm not getting a kick out of this

You gave someone a free pair of sunglasses? wow, what a philanthropist.

Still, about 465 TSA screeners nationwide were fired for theft between May 2003 and early October 2008, Koshetz said.

Better than nothing I suppose but I wonder what fraction of total thefts in that 5 year period the 465 whom were caught represents. Probably less than 15%.

This guy "accidentally" packed $12K worth of jewelry in his checked luggage...

Right.

I had a bag "delayed" on a flight last week. When I called the airline to check on its status, the first choice stated "if your bag has been delayed more than 25 days, press 1". Made me feel good about the situation.

Fortunately the bag showed up the next day. I could have lived if it was lost, the most valuable items were some shirts that had logos embroidered on them.

Who the fark travels with 12K of jewelry and forgets which bag it's in? If I had that much bling with me there is no way in hell I'd accidentally put in in checked baggage.

I once lost a spear of frozen piss on a plane

If you've got something of real value, send it ahead by Fedex or UPS.

Pixelvision: I once lost a spear of frozen piss on a plane

"spear"...

heheheh

Ain't Affirmative Action great?

Well Sam, for being a complete dumbass and "accidentally" packing 12k worth of jewelry in checked luggage, I'm sure some schmuck from the TSA is enjoying his new found bling and ice.

Touched in the No No Zone: Well Sam, for being a complete dumbass and "accidentally" packing 12k worth of jewelry in checked luggage, I'm sure some schmuck from the TSA is enjoying his new found bling and ice.

Yeah, because we should always cheer for pissbag thieves who take advantage of others and laugh at their victims lack of foresight, cause that's so cool when some sh*tstain on society gets rich at others expense.

Woo.

Victims are TARDS, man!

*sigh*

Gash: Ain't Affirmative Action great?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

ric romero unimpressed

I've never flown before but when I do all my clothes and valuables will be sent by Fedex a few days in advance to my destination. No joking.

MegaCorpEmployee: buk110: As someone who left a pair of Raybans behind on my last flight, I'm not getting a kick out of this

You gave someone a free pair of sunglasses? wow, what a philanthropist.

Yea, I hope they enjoyed those $300 pair of polarized shades

"Many hands touch a bag from the time a passenger packs at home until the time they reach a destination," Koshetz said. "The vast majority of bags in the system we do not open or touch."

Well duh! They use those fancy x-ray machines first to see if there's anything good inside.

MegaCorpEmployee: Gash: Ain't Affirmative Action great?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

buk110: MegaCorpEmployee: buk110: As someone who left a pair of Raybans behind on my last flight, I'm not getting a kick out of this

You gave someone a free pair of sunglasses? wow, what a philanthropist.

Yea, I hope they enjoyed those $300 pair of polarized shades

what sort of complete and total moran would spend 300 dollars on a pair of faggy shades?

what the hell?

/seriously

buk110: MegaCorpEmployee: buk110: As someone who left a pair of Raybans behind on my last flight, I'm not getting a kick out of this

You gave someone a free pair of sunglasses? wow, what a philanthropist.

Yea, I hope they enjoyed those $300 pair of polarized shades

If you get prescription lenses you get the satisfaction of knowing they can't wear them.

MegaCorpEmployee: Gash: Ain't Affirmative Action great?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

I'm not sure you have to be bigoted, just awake, to see they are obviously filling quotas w/ many of their employee hirings, this isn't exactly a secret or unique to that agency, what rock have you been under? Or in the interest of pretending these sort of things don't happen, are you just being deliberately obtuse?

FTFA: "I still look at people's fingers to see if they have a ring of mine or a necklace," he said. "You never know if someone is stupid enough to retain it and wear it."

What is a man doing with $12,000 worth of gold jewelery in the first place? The only acceptable jewelery for a man is a wedding band.

/and that was an awfully big box for only $12k worth of bling.

srewolf: What is a man doing with $12,000 worth of gold jewelery in the first place? The only acceptable jewelery for a man is a wedding band.

Could be a dealer, or getting shiat for his wife. Just because it's his doesn't mean he's wearing it.

We have surveillance cameras all over the place now. WTF aren't these thieves being monitored?!

MegaCorpEmployee: buk110: MegaCorpEmployee: buk110: As someone who left a pair of Raybans behind on my last flight, I'm not getting a kick out of this

You gave someone a free pair of sunglasses? wow, what a philanthropist.

Yea, I hope they enjoyed those $300 pair of polarized shades

If you get prescription lenses you get the satisfaction of knowing they can't wear them.


That was the only thing that kept me happy

srewolf: FTFA: "I still look at people's fingers to see if they have a ring of mine or a necklace," he said. "You never know if someone is stupid enough to retain it and wear it."

What is a man doing with $12,000 worth of gold jewelery in the first place? The only acceptable jewelery for a man is a wedding band.

/and that was an awfully big box for only $12k worth of bling.

Wrong.

Keep wearing your Timex watch there freeper.

I'd rather farking walk than let the TSA even touch my stuff. If they'd been around back when I was on probation I'd have probably gotten a job with them.

gunsculptor: MegaCorpEmployee: What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

I'm not sure you have to be bigoted, just awake, to see they are obviously filling quotas w/ many of their employee hirings, this isn't exactly a secret or unique to that agency, what rock have you been under? Or in the interest of pretending these sort of things don't happen, are you just being deliberately obtuse?

The deliberately obtuse one. I was going to make a similar comment, but all of mine were much less... appropriate?

gunsculptor: MegaCorpEmployee: Gash: Ain't Affirmative Action great?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

I'm not sure you have to be bigoted, just awake, to see they are obviously filling quotas w/ many of their employee hirings


[Citation needed]

Fark Me To Tears: This guy "accidentally" packed $12K worth of jewelry in his checked luggage...

Right.

did not read the article carefully, but sometimes the gate agents make you check stuff you are carrying on.

last month i indeed accidently checked in my rather expensive camera and gear. i did not do it unaware, but they would simply not let me bring my bag on because the airplane was switched for a smaller one, and my 20 in carry-on was deemed too big for that leg....

of course, he could be a dumb ass

srewolf: FTFA: "I still look at people's fingers to see if they have a ring of mine or a necklace," he said. "You never know if someone is stupid enough to retain it and wear it."

What is a man doing with $12,000 worth of gold jewelery in the first place? The only acceptable jewelery for a man is a wedding band.

/and that was an awfully big box for only $12k worth of bling.


It's called "insurance fraud".

Dumbass gets dumbass results for being a dumbass.

Seriously, a man accidentally packs $12K of jewelry in his checked luggage?

BunkyBrewman: srewolf: FTFA: "I still look at people's fingers to see if they have a ring of mine or a necklace," he said. "You never know if someone is stupid enough to retain it and wear it."

What is a man doing with $12,000 worth of gold jewelery in the first place? The only acceptable jewelery for a man is a wedding band.

/and that was an awfully big box for only $12k worth of bling.

Wrong.

Keep wearing your Timex watch there freeper.

He specifically mentioned his ring and necklace. I don't consider watches to be jewelry. And yes, I'm well aware of how much high-end watches cost.

How exactly does my opinion make me a freeper?

/must apologize for my previous spelling errors, lest anyone call me on it later.

astouffer: I've never flown before but when I do all my clothes and valuables will be sent by Fedex a few days in advance to my destination. No joking.

Ooh you sound like a lot of fun.

Goodfella: gunsculptor: MegaCorpEmployee: Gash: Ain't Affirmative Action great?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

I'm not sure you have to be bigoted, just awake, to see they are obviously filling quotas w/ many of their employee hirings


[Citation needed]

not sure why this is needed, but, here you go.

FTA: 'Oh my God, that's my makeup bag!'" Mahboubi said.

if mah boubi said that, I certainly wouldn't tell anybody.

dogette: astouffer: I've never flown before but when I do all my clothes and valuables will be sent by Fedex a few days in advance to my destination. No joking.

Ooh you sound like a lot of fun.

Well, not as fun as he would be wandering the streets naked and robbed by the TSA, far from home, but I don't the think his objective is to be the life of your party. : )

BunkyBrewman: We have surveillance cameras all over the place now. WTF aren't these thieves being monitored?!

Not in the back at the loading area where they steal your belongings. They don't steal them up front, where the "terr'ist!" cams are.

Even if they did, what do you think the odds are of having them release the video?

Ah, hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

berylman: Still, about 465 TSA screeners nationwide were fired for theft between May 2003 and early October 2008, Koshetz said.

Better than nothing I suppose but I wonder what fraction of total thefts in that 5 year period the 465 whom were caught represents. Probably less than .015%.

FTFY

gunsculptor: Goodfella: gunsculptor: MegaCorpEmployee: Gash: Ain't Affirmative Action great?

What's that supposed to mean? Are you some sort of Bigot?

I'm not sure you have to be bigoted, just awake, to see they are obviously filling quotas w/ many of their employee hirings


[Citation needed]

not sure why this is needed, but, here you go.



I see what you did there. NICE!

Fark the TSA. Last time I flew I went with Mr. Chick and the 5 year old. At the security checkpoint my son set off the metal detector. So he gets pulled off to the side for a wand. Only thing is, they wouldn't let my husband or me through the metal detector to be there with him until he was done. He was literally on the verge of throwing up because he was crying so hard from being scared out of his mind, and we just had to stand there and watch. Then they wanted Mr. Chick to boot up his laptop and let them peruse his files, you know, just to be sure he's not a terrorist.

The icing on the cake was when we finally got to our destination I open my suitcase and there's that wonderful little "Hey, we rifled through you things and fingered your underwear and played with your bras just to make sure you're not a terrorist" card. Farkwads. I'm never flying again.

We've been doing everything backwards.

We pay for stuff upfront and then have to chase the bastards when something goes wrong, gets lost, or stops working.

I propose we pay for stuff AFTER we've used it, AND it proves satisfactory.

So, in the case of airline travel, for example, this would mean arriving at the destination in one piece, with luggage intact.

Then, and only then, would we whip out the plastic.

bunner: This just in,

the TSA is staffed by a pack of illiterate, fat, thieving cocksuckers who couldn't make the grade as security guards or mall cops and they steal everything that isn't nailed down because they are, essentially, criminals with name tags who aren't even smart enough to steal without government protection.

Well... Sort of THIS.

But Sam Hodges is royalty in the retard department. I wouldn't ever respect a family member again that "checked" $12k worth of anything.

In fact, they'd even be deleted from my summer BBQ list.

Who in their right mind would check anything valuable that they can easily carry on the plane?