Humorous Story About My Loop

Last week my family went on vacation. We arrived at the airport early in the morning and promptly got into the security line. It was a little hectic and I was trying to help my family get everything placed in the trays to go through the x-ray. As I'm about ready to step through, I remember that I had my loop in my pocket. So I quickly put it in the tray with some of my kids' items and go through. As the plane is taking off I suddenly remember that I never picked it back up and none of my kids snagged it either. I was a little bummed. The loop (a nice 10x look in a leather case) belonged to my mother. She got it back when she was in college for a Geology class. I have been using it for my coins for many years now.

A week later, as we are flying home, I decide that I'll stop in and ask to see if they have a lost and found on the outside chance that someone turned it in. We landed in the evening and traffic was light at the security check point where we previously entered. I walk up to four TSA agents standing away from the line and ask if they have a lost and found. One of them asks what I lost. I start to describe my loop. Suddenly all of them break into smiles and start telling me that they remember it, it was the coolest thing they had seen in a long time, and that several of them even tried it out. Needless to say I left the airport in very good spirits.

I have since contacted their lost and found, they do have my loop, and we are working on getting it back home.