Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there) To : alt.tv.er From : DawnK Date : Mon Oct 03 2005 07:28:10 From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er "Sharon Three" wrote in message news:fY50f.59577$8q.45651@lakeread01... > >> > Here I am responding to myself again. Forgot to mention something > interesting. When I got home Saturday night, I noticed that the zipper on > my suitcase was broken, actually a portion was torn away from the fabric > and not on the track, so about an 8 inch segment wasn't even closed. > Actually, the dog discovered it first and removed a toy I had bought for > my niece and chewed it up. Anyway, I opened it and discovered a form > letter from those lovely nitwits at Homeland Security. It seems they > randomly search bags coming into the country (not surprising of course)and > mine had been chosen for 'screening'. Must've done it while I was in line > at immigration before I claimed it for customs. The letter actually > asserted that every single item was present in the bag (so don't even try > to claim that they lost something) despite the fact that the bag couldn't > be closed once they were done with it. Then the letter went on to state > that if my bag was damaged in the search, it was because I had locked it > and they have the legal right to search any bag so don't even try to make > a claim for the damages, buster. That's right, they insert a disclaimer > right into every bag they search insisting that if anything is missing or > damaged, it is not their fault. And, no, it wasn't locked, those morons > just couldn't be bothered to work a zipper which worked just fine the many > times I used it over the past 2 weeks. Just thought I'd let you all know > that these nincompoops are incompetent at the smallest scales too, and > already have their excuses preprinted and ready to go. I guess they did > learn something from New Orleans. > > Doc Sharon > > > Good grief! Dawn .