I quite often read about TSA and the bizarre goings on with that agency. This one however, earns at least one of the TSA folks a dirt bag of the year award. When 12 year old Jeffery Martin flew home after his birthday he realized that he had lost some weight on the way. $265 worth to be exact.
“We got home he was excited to open it up and show me all his birthday money. He brought it in and opened it up and it was just like it had been ransacked,†says Jeffery’s mom Kim.
Wait, these are the people that are supposed to be making sure that air travel is safe for others? Well the problem here is that there are few bad apples…
He admitted to Kurtis that 173 employees have been fired for stealing since 2003. But he says that’s a low number consider there have been nearly 100,000 employees.
In a statement he says: “The TSA has a no tolerance policy for theft in the workplace. We investigate all allegations of misconduct…. Move swiftly to end the federal careers of offenders, and seek the highest levels of prosecution.
So, I get it. It was just a small percentage. Phew, I feel better now. Just think if one of those 173 bad apples had a really bad day. Kinda feeling bad for the other 99,827 that just got painted with a big ole brush.
[tags]TSA Security, Airport Security, Air Safety, 12 Year Old Robbed[/tags]