presence
04-04-2013, 02:45 PM
I knew that, by and large, TSA agents were a dour, rigid lot with no respect for freedom and human dignity, but until I heard about this latest incident, I didn’t know that they were soulless too.
In July of last year, Indiana resident John Gross was flying out of Orlando International Airport on a return trip to Indiana with his grandfather’s remains in an air tight glass container clearly marked “Human Remains”.
This shouldn’t have been a problem, folks. TSA has rules about this sort of thing and those rules state that crematory remains are allowed in a carry-on but must be able to pass through x-ray machines.
TSA policy also states:
“Out of respect to the deceased and their family and friends, under no circumstances will an officer open the container even if the passenger requests this be done.”
So that was the end of it, right?
Wrong.
When a TSA agent opened his carry-on and began to inspect it, Mr. Gross told her,
“Please be careful. These are my grandfather’s ashes.”
So of course the TSA agent picks up the container and opens it and begins poking around with her finger, sifting through the ashes.
Awful, right? You’re marveling at this TSA agent’s lack of common decency and respect, right?
It gets worse.
As if poking around the ashes of Mr. Gross’ grandfather with her pudgy, blue latex-clad finger weren’t bad enough, the TSA agent accidentally spilled about a third of the ashes onto the floor! She didn’t apologize and she didn’t offer to help. Instead, she laughed.
You read that correctly. Mr. Gross was down on his hands and knees in the middle of the airport trying to scoop up the spilled remains of his beloved grandfather off of the floor and
this sorry excuse for a human being just laughed.
Stay classy, TSA.
http://tsa-watch.com/tsa-blog/tsa-agents-harass-passengers/callous-tsa-agent-dumps-grandpas-ashes-on-floor/
In July of last year, Indiana resident John Gross was flying out of Orlando International Airport on a return trip to Indiana with his grandfather’s remains in an air tight glass container clearly marked “Human Remains”.
This shouldn’t have been a problem, folks. TSA has rules about this sort of thing and those rules state that crematory remains are allowed in a carry-on but must be able to pass through x-ray machines.
TSA policy also states:
“Out of respect to the deceased and their family and friends, under no circumstances will an officer open the container even if the passenger requests this be done.”
So that was the end of it, right?
Wrong.
When a TSA agent opened his carry-on and began to inspect it, Mr. Gross told her,
“Please be careful. These are my grandfather’s ashes.”
So of course the TSA agent picks up the container and opens it and begins poking around with her finger, sifting through the ashes.
Awful, right? You’re marveling at this TSA agent’s lack of common decency and respect, right?
It gets worse.
As if poking around the ashes of Mr. Gross’ grandfather with her pudgy, blue latex-clad finger weren’t bad enough, the TSA agent accidentally spilled about a third of the ashes onto the floor! She didn’t apologize and she didn’t offer to help. Instead, she laughed.
You read that correctly. Mr. Gross was down on his hands and knees in the middle of the airport trying to scoop up the spilled remains of his beloved grandfather off of the floor and
this sorry excuse for a human being just laughed.
Stay classy, TSA.
http://tsa-watch.com/tsa-blog/tsa-agents-harass-passengers/callous-tsa-agent-dumps-grandpas-ashes-on-floor/