Sadly I suspect that the makeup bag was not so much stolen and probably inadvertently left out. Also, if you've packed your bag tightly so that it just closesd they might have left it out because they couldn't get it closed.

Excellent, thank you for the link, ND.

I'm amusing myself by imagining some mad terrorist sitting next to Jilli and Clovis and being intimidated into behaving.

Ha!

Was there a tag inside the bag saying that the TSA had inspected it? If they do a search they are supposed to leave a tag inside saying they did so.

Maybe that's what she worked out with her therapist?

My thought is that if she agreed to this, great. If not, it feels weird to me too.

Was there a tag inside the bag saying that the TSA had inspected it? If they do a search they are supposed to leave a tag inside saying they did so.

That's what I was wondering. If there was no note, then I'm guessing outright theft. If there was a note, then it was probably either (1) laziness/couldn't get makeup bag back in, or (2) theft, with the rationalization of "What are they going to do to me? I'm the fricking TSA!"

Sadly, theft has gone up. - or missing stuff. But is it the TSA - or just unlocked bags? 1 tool out of DH's bag, mostly like TSA. Entire tool bag - anyone that touched the bag is a suspect

The first thing I thought was theft, especially if S. had any nice, unopened toiletries in her bag. But inadvertently left out is a good possibility, too.

My bag used to get inspected a lot, particularly when Annabel was little and I was packing lots of toys and such for her--I figure they looked funny on the x-ray machine somehow. At Birmingham you can actually watch them scan your checked bags. One time when ours got inspected there they spent five minutes over the sunscreen and bug spray we had along for AB. But I never had anything turn up missing.

Yeah, that's why I've started shipping things. At least I can insure a package through FedEX. Some of my hand tools can cost a few hundred bucks each. Someone stealing a specialized crimp tool can really screw me. They are hard to find for purchase in most cities and they are extremely expensive.

DH was shippping a lot of tools on the company dime. And for basics - he would go to various places and buy them - and leave them at the site - because the site needed them anyway.

I had to turn in a comedic bio for a project.

I went with this:

Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Trudy is the daughter of a doctor and a suffragette, both of whom always encouraged her to speak her mind, develop it fully, and exercise her body to its full potential. An athletic tomboy as a child, she attended Bryn Mawr where she decided to become an actress, appearing in many of their productions.

After graduating, she began getting small roles in plays on Broadway and elsewhere. She always attracted attention in these parts, especially for her role in of the Amazon princess Antiope in "A Warrior's Husband". The inevitable film offers followed, and she was cast in A Bill of Divorcement opposite John Barrymore. The film was a hit, and after agreeing to her salary demands, RKO signed her to a contract. .

But stories were beginning to leak out of her haughty behavior off- screen and her refusal to play the Hollywood Game, always wearing slacks and no makeup, never posing for pictures or giving interviews. Audiences were shocked at her unconventional behavior instead of applauding it. She came to be labeled "box-office poison." She decided to go back to New York and join the cast of ___________. And the rest, as they say, is history…