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One time I was in a hurry and had forgotten that I had a very valuable foldable knife in my backpack when leaving for a flight, and with no time to spare I had
by vegardx 10y ago
One time I was in a hurry and had forgotten that I had a very valuable foldable knife in my backpack when leaving for a flight, and with no time to spare I had to let them just take it.
At the destination curiosity took over and I had to ask a security guard if it was possible to get it back when I returned, something he confirmed. They handed valuables like that over to lost and found.
This naturally made my day a little better and I didn't think much about it until a few days later when my return flight was. I went to the lost and found, no dice. I asked some security personell on site, and they confirmed the practice, all valuables, including knives, was sent to lost and found, where they logged it and kept it for a month or so.
So the guy who was going to protect us all from terrorist attacks had just stolen it. Reassuring!
- rndstr 10y agoIn Switzerland's airports they give you a receipt where you can collect it for $10 when you get back. They once confiscated a bike tool of mine. Why they only picked the adjustable wrench out of total 3 potential weapons is beyond me, though.
- wrboyce 10y agoLast time I passed through a Swiss airport I was handed a screwdriver to gouge out the contents of my Zippo lighters.
- Starwatcher2001 10y agoYou could have then gone to the duty free shop and purchased two glass bottles of vodka. Smashed together they would likely make much better weapons.
- knodi123 10y agoIf you smash two bottles together, do they both break? I would have expected that you'd always end up with one broken bottle, one whole bottle, and (optionally) a fair amount of your own blood.
- pritambaral 10y agoWhen two cars collide head-on, does only one of them crumple? I figure the same effect would apply to two similar glass bottles colliding.
- knodi123 10y agoExcept a car can crumple almost any amount from zero to tiny cube, while a bottle can only be perfect or shattered. Plus, bottles have strong and weak points, and it seems less likely that you'd bang two equally strong portions of each bottle together; more likely you'd be hitting a strong corner with a weak wall. This is SO off topic, and SO unimportant.... :-)