A passenger’s bag arrived at baggage claim in Pittsburgh, but first individual items from their luggage came out on the carousel. One by one, the passenger waited, and saw more socks. And more underwear, before the man’s large duffle bag appears. His brother, filming, declares “This was the best 30 minutes of my life.”
@laysuperstar This was the best 30 minutes of my life #pittsburgh #airport #airline #baggageclaim @Hugh.Leahy ♬ Little moments – Reinúr Selson & himood
The way the personal items come out at baggage claim, one-by-one, is almost like a perfectly-timed physical comedy bit. And it’s as though this is intentional (“baggage handlers are messing with him”) because it’s almost too perfect(ly awful) to be random.
In fact, it seems most likely that either the bag itself was left open (or was opened and not re-closed by TSA during an inspection), or it got caught and opened inside the airport’s baggage system, perhaps caught on something along the way. One has to wonder, though, was someone physically putting each sock on the carousel? One take: “Well, that socks.”
People check strange things and collect them at baggage claim, like a tire, a trash can, an empty bucket, frozen chicken parts, a pool noodle, a can of beer and even a deoderant bottle – no suitcases needed, baggage tags stuck to the items.
One by one could make sense if the bag not only opened but spilled all over the place. Someone’s in back picking up items off the floor and tossing them on the belt.
That being said, this is part of why I lock all checked bags. A lock makes it much harder for a bag to inadvertently become open.
A few years back I checked a bag flying on AA to PIT. The app indicated that the bag had been unloaded at PIT but never showed on the belt. So I go to the AA luggage office thinking they have it but they say no. I spend the next 30-45 minutes following an AA rep around PIT looking for my bag. We come back to do a baggage claim and there my bag was the entire time in the baggage office. I have no idea why it didn’t make it to the belt. Moral of the story. Never check a bag.
Gary must’ve had these tabloid-like posts pre-scheduled… seriously, nothing on the winter storm yet? Psh.
JFK is nearly silent. DL773 to LAX made it out around 11AM; and, there’s a DL273 from LIS still on its way, but not much else. Wild. (And, yes, 273 is one of those ancient 763s… my guess is Delta’s willing to risk a write-off with one of those clunkers.)
OMG! There are some trips where, if this happened to me, I’d have no choice but to throw my head in the air in a statement to proud defiance. Though, I’m pretty sure most people would understand why they saw.