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In reply to the discussion: TSA screener accused of stealing iPads from passengers' bags at JFK Airport [View all]frylock
(34,825 posts)25. you're original post went over so well you decided to have another go..
really, what the fuck are you going on about man? are you stealing iPads too? is that why this is so personal to you?
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TSA screener accused of stealing iPads from passengers' bags at JFK Airport [View all]
IDemo
Dec 2012
OP
It was probably compulsive theivery by a klepto., not due to low wages at all IMHO.
xtraxritical
Dec 2012
#17
OMG! Someone somewhere is eating a grape from a supermarket before paying for it!
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#3
People who are responsible for air travel security should be held to a higher standard than grocers
slackmaster
Dec 2012
#4
It's a macguffin (aka McGuffin). This is a classic plot device over much ado about nothing
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#30
Seriously. Why would anyone be concerned about a police beating because, after all, it doesn't
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#38
But the cop started out taking one singular grape out of a bag at the supermarket before weighing
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#39
"Information on his lawyer was not immediately available." This is the only bit of article not quote
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#40
macguffin is the word you are looking for. This article is the same as those against ACORN
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#41
And thousands of people get beaten every day. Why focus on police beatings? eom
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#44
Are you saying my ipad = a grape? Huh. If so, would you send me a brand new one and I'll give you
uppityperson
Dec 2012
#10
No, without security, and the good folk of the TSA, I would be the cowardly lion
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#20
Wow, a full-throated defense of stealing from peoples' baggage. Classy. (nt)
Posteritatis
Dec 2012
#35
Maybe this person was hired so that it could bad mouth an entire industry
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#9
Of course, this proves, more security is a good thing. or as Joe Tex sang
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#12
There we go- this person with a simliar name to mine got why this story has been posted
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#31
I just spent time reading 100s and 100s of response comments in the original article
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#42
what is your point? I don't back down to mob mentality. Makes me unique I guess.
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#45
answer #2...I remember a skit from Saturday Night Live about mob mentality
graham4anything
Dec 2012
#46