Miami traveler claims airport worker stole $340 sunglasses: [Security] won't look into it at all'

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Remy Millisky • Writer and Editor
Dec 9, 2025 3:00 PM EST

This flyer claims that an airport worker stole their pair of pricey sunglasses, and they're questioning how to retrieve their property when security doesn't seem to care. 

As if airports haven't created enough ways for a person to lose their items while traveling, this person has discovered an infuriating new way. We all know that putting your luggage into the trust of an airport doesn't come with a 100% guarantee that you'll get that suitcase back at the end of the trip. Bags get lost in the shuffle, end up on the wrong flight, and sometimes get taken off the conveyor belt by the wrong person. 

However, most of us don't expect our belongings to get lost while we're in the TSA line. I mean, you basically have eyes on your belongings the whole time. I like watching my belongings go through the X-ray machine! What other times in life do you get to watch an X-ray machine in real time? For this person, though, that was the moment that they lost a super expensive pair of shades. While they were going through the x-ray for humans, a TSA agent apparently swiped their sunglasses. And of course, since they had a flight to catch, this person couldn't just wait around until they were found. Their shades remained in Miami while they had to fly to their destination, and now they're asking for help with getting their glasses back (or at least getting justice). I hope that their investigation results in someone getting fired — you just know that if that worker has stolen once, they're probably a habitual thief who has no business rummaging around in people's belongings. 

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    Security guard wearing dark sunglasses touches ear, in background, hundreds of travelers with suitcases wait in long airport security lines
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    The image does not depict the actual subjects of the story. Subjects are models.

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    Today I was flying home from the Miami International Airport and while I was in the X-ray machine, I noticed the TSA agent had opened my bag to
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    inspect it, but not right in front of me as usual. It was a CPAP machine so I didn't think anything of it but when I get to the gate I noticed my Maui Jim $340 sunglasses were
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    gone from the bag. I went back to the security checkpoint and they said they'd let me know if it turns up otherwise I'd have to call the
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    police and miss my flight. They knew what happened I have no doubt.
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    I'm in the middle of filling out a claim but I bet they won't look into it at all regardless of there being cameras anywhere. If anyone has any advice I'll gladly take it.
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    Commenters had lots of helpful advice

    hatecrimi... Call the airport and say you think TSA stole your property. They'll look into it, airport security and TSA are frequently in disagreement with each other.
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    I mean, there are like a bajillion cameras at every airport, there's no way they don't have a record of that worker stealing the sunglasses! 

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    Automati... Reminds me of the guy who tracked his missing tablet down at a TSA agent's house. There's no shortage of reports of them stealing from passengers.
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    Hundreds of travelers with suitcases wait in airport security line
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    Vaguely_... Someone stole my iPad out of the bin, past security, while I was in line for the scanner.
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    Walked up, saw it was out of its bag, took it and walked off. Nobody would do anything at all about it. Still boils my blood to this fucking day.
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    Fyodorzg... There's cameras everywhere. File a police report and they'll pull video.
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    QLDZDR My favourite sunglasses were substituted with a cheapo pair. Whoever did it knew what they were doing.
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