[TVDinner]

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I saw this story the other day and forgot to post it. Here it is -

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Woman sues TSA over lost Rolex

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., May 24 (UPI) -- A Florida woman says she is suing the Transportation Security Administration because her Rolex watch went missing after she went through airport security.

Pauline Showalter of Baker County alleges she objected but complied when told to put her $24,000 Rolex in a bin and on a conveyor last February at Virginia's Norfolk International Airport on her way back to Jacksonville, The Florida Times-Union reported.

Before she was put through an additional security screening, the newspaper said Sunday, she asked to retrieve her watch but was told no. When Showalter was allowed to return to the conveyor belt, the watch was gone, she alleges.

"She did everything that they asked her to do. She wasn't belligerent in any way," Showalter's attorney Howard Coker said. "All she wanted to do was get her property before they took her through the scanner."

The TSA denies she was wearing a watch that day and security cameras reportedly weren't working, the Times-Union reported.

"They have a duty to be certain that all items are to be returned to the traveler," Coker said. "They can't abdicate that duty.

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ANOTHER STORY ABOUT THIS INCIDENT HERE

 

[Duchess]

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Wow...People have to remove their watches now in order to get through a security checkpoint ?

 

[Domtime]

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Wow,that's hard to swallow.I would lose it.There is no way i'm leaving that airport without making the workers go through the scanners as well.If they have nothing to hide,then why not???? $24,000 at stake....By any means necessary.
:madd

 

[djpop]

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If she was held up and her plastic box came out, and if she had a watch in it anyone could have picked it up out of the box and gone on to the planes. funny cameras werent working at a security check. anyone buying a rolex has a proof of purchase as we get with every purchase. The airline is in deep poo

 

[DenFromNM]

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No doubt. I would be really PO'd if that happened to me. Aren't they supposed to let you get your bin before you go through any scanner or wanded?

 

[sportscenterisnext]

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What's the purpose of TSA - airport security camera's when they never operate? Federal audits indicate TSA cameras are down 92% annually at airports. In Phoenix it's close to 100% to include curbside, parking lots, ticket counters, walkways, terminals, baggage claim, almost all areas with public access and most of the area's behind the scenes limited to airline-airport personal.

The Department of Homeland Insecurity what a JOKE.

 

[Donut]

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Duchess wrote:

Wow...People have to remove their watches now in order to get through a security checkpoint ?

Makes it much easier to pilfer than when they are on your wrist.

 

[arnie11]

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Simply outrageous and intolerable. I think I'd use any means necessary to hold them accountable. I hope it costs TSA alot more than the $24,000 when it's all said and done. On the other hand, I would never wear a valuable timepiece like that when going through airport security. Just leave'em home locked in the safe. Now Donut?? LOL ............ what do you do??