Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there)
To   : alt.tv.er
From : npardue
Date : Tue Oct 04 2005 12:41:39

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er


Sharon Three wrote:
..

Sorry about your suitcase. Last winter when my parents flew down here
for Shaina's Bat Mitzvah, they had several things stolen from their
luggage. (Mostly Shaina's gifts ... ;-( ) They tried for months get the
airline to pay up.   No luck.

Idiots. (Would it be so hard for them to pull you out of the boarding
area or customs line and search your luggage in front of you?)

Naomi

> 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

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