literally any of it? it's my shit, don't steal it

All of the stuff I care about is in my carry on. Who wants to steal someone else’s clothes that probably won’t fit?

You're not all people.

This theft happens, that's the cut-and-dry of it.

I’m on planes more than once a month (nomadding+consulting). I work with people who travel 80% of the time.

Stealing luggage is so rare it’s meaningless. If you are really worried about your luggage, the easiest way to steal someone’s luggage is at baggage claim and just knock the lock off after they leave the airport.

There isn’t a ring of thieves at the airport stealing your clothes.

Lost luggage and delayed luggage is a bigger concern.

The person that stole my favorite green button shirt.

I still miss it...

its more so about mishandling. the entire tsa needs to be disbanded and put into actual productive work

So I mentioned in another reply that I’m in a plane more than once a month on average between nomadding and consulting.

The rest of the story is that my wife and I literally have everything we own - aside from our former home that’s now a rental and our “winter home” thats rented out 7 months a year - in 4 suitcases and two carryon book bags.

If we lost all four of our suitcases, it would be a nuisance. But we could rebuy everything for less than $1000.

The only time that our stuff was mishandled was when I made a mistake and put her portable mixer (Amazon - not an affiliate link https://a.co/d/iBQivv5) in my checked bag. I could see why X-rays thought it looked suspicious. They broke the power cord.

Might not have made my point clear. It’s not dumb because I actually trusted the TSA to keep my stuff safe. I’m a carry on guy, myself.

It was dumb because they thought the key would remain secret only to them, and thus provide an elegant balance of security and safety.