Ring Stolen, Oh REALLY?!?
(a "Health" teacher with a Rolex, suuuuuuure)
Posted on 01/03/2006 1:34:49 PM PST by Millee
A man is suing the federal government, alleging his $7,000 wedding ring was stolen as he passed through a security checkpoint at Logan International Airport.
John Wright, 51, says he and his wife were taking a flight to San Juan, Puerto Rico, in July when he placed the 1.53-carat diamond and gold ring in a plastic tub along with his Rolex watch and wallet.
Wright, of Tiverton, R.I., then placed the bin on the scanner conveyer belt as he and his wife, Janet, passed through the metal detector. When he retrieved his belongings, Wright said, the ring was missing.
"I hadn't even gone 15 feet on my vacation and I was robbed," said Wright, a health teacher in Somerset.
He said he alerted the three Transportation Security Administration screeners who were at the checkpoint, and they searched the conveyer belt without success.
Wright filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court last month after the TSA denied his claim seeking $7,000 to replace the ring. The lawsuit seeks reimbursement for the ring and attorney's fees.
Wright said he suspects one of the TSA screeners took the ring because there were no passengers in front of him as he went through the checkpoint with his wife, who was directly behind him.
Ann Davis, a spokeswoman for TSA, said she could not comment on the case, but said the agency does not tolerate workplace theft and aggressively investigates all complaints.
Hopefully, this ring does not have to be returned to Mordor...
LOL. So Millee, how many $7000 rings did you go through in 2005?
I've had TSA screeners steal out of my checked baggage.
Check the video, did he really put a ring in the container?
What? No video of the checkpoint? Oops!
1) My $200 wedding band doesn't leave my sight at the airport. Put it in the bucket with any lose change and hand it around the outside of the metal detector.
2) A health teacher wears a $7000 ring? I'm in the wrong profession.
Yep, I had some candy I had bought for my mom's birthday disappear from my checked bag.
Bastards
Not only that, but they make you take off your Ruby Slippers.
Ring Stolen, Oh REALLY?!?
(a "Health" teacher with a Rolex, suuuuuuure)
as is the solution (forced conversion or extermination).
Thank you for that National Socialist Party interlude. /sarc/
Nope. Keys and change, that's it. If the alarm goes off after that, I will remove my watch. Otherwise, I always keep jewelry on my person.
Although one time, I kept setting it off even after removing everything. It turned out to be the steel-toed shoes that I had on.
Gold rings and jewelry do not trigger the detector (non-magnetic). No reason to remove them unless they are fake.
Yep, every airport seems to have a different sensitivity setting. Guess that's to keep us on our toes.
That's what I thought...I never take my six gold and diamond rings off when I go through security and they don't set it off. My belt buckle (silver with a brass eagle on it) does. I'd say this guy is full of BS.
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