don't transport items if requested by a stranger

Never a stranger, but once, on a business trip, I had a field-level manager hand me a pre-wrapped gift for her supervisor, who worked at my office. It was right as I was hurrying out the door to catch my flight, and she handed it to me and said, "Oh, I forgot, can you give this to Ray when you see him?" I took it from her and stuffed it in my carry-on bag without a second thought.

Naturally, when I got to security, they asked me what was inside, and, of course, I had no idea. I muttered something like, "Um...it's kind of hard to describe it," and evidently, that was good enough for the TSA agent who gave it back to me without another word.


Edited by jmk-brooklyn 2010-09-15 8:38 AM

I once asked a woman at the airport if she could `transport my package' for me.

Giggidy, giggidy!