Subj : Re: Question for Doc Sharon (and any other doctors out there)
To   : alt.tv.er
From : sld
Date : Wed Oct 05 2005 17:38:40

From Newsgroup: alt.tv.er

Beware the Doc Sharon, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!

: 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 reminds me -- a few years ago, flying back from NYC to chicago, i
had a spongebob squarepants DVD stolen out of my checked baggage. i was
so angry about that, not so much because of the DVD itself (though i do
like spongebob), but if i had been the parent of some small child who
was *addicted* to that DVD, and i've seen kids that are, that imaginary
child would have been inconsolable when he was told he couldn't watch
his DVD anymore, until the imaginary parents (who probably really
didn't want to go fight the crowds at a Best Buy after getting back from
travelling somewhere) replaced it. really, stealing a children's DVD out
of my checked bag just cooked my noodles.  

that was back in the day when they didn't have pre-printed disclaimer
forms yet, though. and at least they had the decency to leave me my copy
of M*A*S*H (the film), in that same bag.

oh, TSA.  how i'd love to kick you all in the shins.
--sabrina, who still hasn't forgiven the security screener who *threw*
    her iPod in the air and let it smash onto the floor at ORD. thank
    goodness apple build resilient portables, so it survived.


-- 
sabrina l downard -- "What did we do for endless and disheartening time-
sld@uchicago.edu  --  sinks before computers?" -- Neil Gaiman

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