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Chris Stracuzza of Savannah, Georgia bought a 20 pound lobster that was estimated to be eighty years old. He was trying to travel with it back home to turn it into various types of delicious food — lobster mac and cheese and lobster rolls, for example.Yahoo News explains that you have to ship live lobsters in a certain way:
Live lobsters are legally allowed to be carried on flights “in a clear, plastic, spill-proof container,” according to the TSA website, which adds that such cargo is subject to inspection by a TSA officer.
He followed procedure. But when he went through the TSA checkpoint, he was furious when the agents took out the gigantic lobster, took photos with it, and posted to social media:
.@TSA officers are skilled at screening all sorts of items in checked baggage…including this 20+ pound lobster at @BostonLoganpic.twitter.com/euhyyO6F7V
— Michael McCarthy (@TSAmedia_MikeM) June 26, 2017
“They shouldn’t be able to go through people’s luggage and post their photos online,” he told Yahoo News. Here’s more:
That’s right. The TSA is a government agency — they should not have the right to use our things for photo ops!
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