The story is very useful in two ways. First, as an example of how You can use the online tools available to help yourself when others do not. And second, as yet another example of why you should never, ever check your laptop in flights.
This is the lesson of South Carolina woman after she decided to check out a laptop bag on Northwest flights from Chicago to Charleston. As you probably guessed, the laptop is not in the bag when it appeared on the conveyor belt.
The passenger tried to get help from Southwest staff on duty, but to no avail.
"He immediately say Southwest is not responsible for the review of the computer and she wants to know why I have checked my computer, the real clincher," a passenger told NBC Chicago. "They just say you're lucky."
But later that night, he follows his instincts and looked on Craigslist. And