Wednesday, March 08, 2006

Do Not Leave Your Bags Unattended At Any Time

Sounds like sage advice, especially when you're traveling internationally and your bags are marked "USA" everywhere.

It would seem, however, that the crack security staff we have here with the team doesn't seem to think it's a problem to simply walk away from a cart full of large USA bags. I believe there were five in all. I was still out at the bus helping to unload and organize things, sending people in with bags and full carTs of bags, things like that.

So I'm walking inside with our doc when I spy, in the corner right inside the doorway, the abovementioned cart. Needless to say I was a little miffed at that. I mean, come on! Who in their right mind leaves a pile of bags unattended at a busy airport in this day and time?

Why, it would have to be our security force of course. Unfreakinbelievable. When I asked him about it I got some lame excuse about how the wheel was not working. Hello! Don't you think someone in our party would be walking through the door shortly and would be able to fetch a new cart? Can't you deal with a broken wheel!?!? Irritating. (Sidebar: I pushed the cart to where it needed to go, despite the phantom bad wheel.)

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