200 Thefts Per Day :::

Ridiculous! Reading stuff like that just annoys me...

who is fucking stupid enough to put valuables in there luggage

Port Authority… New York gangsters have some control in there?

Damn, I thought that was the kind of stuff you only encountered in 3rd world country. There is so much security to get in, but once you are in you have free reins!

That's why I never check my bags anymore ;)


...also why the hell would you check $160k worth of jewelry?

That is kinda funny

Wonder how many bags go through a day.

Fight the power

Reason #3 why I NEVER check bags.

you have to be an idiot to put 160k worth of shit in your checked luggage in teh first place.

for sure 200 persons

so you guys never travel anywhere for more than 2 days or what?

I can pack a week in one smallish suitcase and then a backpack with my electronics.

What are you packing?

love the emphasis, just in case the reader didn't know what "a day" meant.

Same in holland never ever leave anything of value in your bag.
Especialy no cameras, parfumes, juwelry or money.

When I traveled back from USA to Spain some years ago my suitcase got "lost". I went to the airport authorities and told them completely serious that my suitcase with a semisphere of plutonium didn't arrive.
The girl that was taking notes became blank like a sheet of paper. Then she asked me if it was true and if it really was true she would have to call the airport security officers.
I replied that I had very bad memory, but I think that there was a semisphere of plutonium packed in my bag just in the same place where I have put my dirty socks. By that time the airport police was already there.
5 minutes later and a phone call from police to police, turned out that my bag was in Paris. Still don't know how that happened since my plane didn't land in Paris.
The next day a policeman brought my bag to home and the guy was really cackling. He just asked "Are you the guy that said he had lost an atom bomb?" and I corrected him "Only a plutonium semisphere". Then he replied "Well, the airport police guys have been filling papers all the night because of you. I don't like them anyways, well done!". They didn't even open the bag. I guess that they didn't like my dirty socks on the xrays.

I doubt you could do that in USA without running into some serious trouble... But something along the lines of "Excuse me officer, I think that someone has stolen my plutonium bag" will always grant that your bag will be located really fast and that your missing bag will be a top priority matter.

I'm sure they just wear the same underwear all week.