To day i read a news item in Times Of India about some commotion which took place at Kolkata airport due to a missing security sticker from the bag of a passenger. While the passenger was insisting that he had duly got his bag scanned through the X-ray baggage scanner at the airport, the security officials were not allowing him to go ahead to board the aircraft unless his bag carried the security sticker.
This news gave me the feeling of Déjà vu , as I was witness to an exactly similar incident in March 2007 at Mumbai airport about which i have written in my blog earlier (hence the current title " Sticker Story --2"). Though at Kolkata the incident led to a major showdown between the passenger and the security officials, resulting into heated exchanges and also scuffle between both the parties, nothing of that sort had happened at Mumbai , except for causing a little embarrassment to the concerned passenger and some amusement amongst the crowd around the counter at his cost. But then Kolkata has its lion's share of 'Argumentative Indians', (as Amratya Sen calls us).
The Mumbai incident was actually amusing one as the sticker was found stuck on the trousers of the passenger instead of his bag. To read the Mumbai episode please click HERE
This news gave me the feeling of Déjà vu , as I was witness to an exactly similar incident in March 2007 at Mumbai airport about which i have written in my blog earlier (hence the current title " Sticker Story --2"). Though at Kolkata the incident led to a major showdown between the passenger and the security officials, resulting into heated exchanges and also scuffle between both the parties, nothing of that sort had happened at Mumbai , except for causing a little embarrassment to the concerned passenger and some amusement amongst the crowd around the counter at his cost. But then Kolkata has its lion's share of 'Argumentative Indians', (as Amratya Sen calls us).
The Mumbai incident was actually amusing one as the sticker was found stuck on the trousers of the passenger instead of his bag. To read the Mumbai episode please click HERE
