Many air travelers are familiar with Transportation Security Administration searches that mess up their luggage, but New York Giants’ defensive tackle A.J. Francis had a particularly awful experience on that front Monday. Francis lost his mother Carrie late last month, and recently picked up her ashes. But early Monday morning, he tweeted that the ashes had been spilled in his checked bag, apparently as a result of a TSA inspection, and blasted the agency on Twitter with a photo of the spill. (Language warning.)
Hey you pieces of shit at @TSA next time you assholes feel the need to go thru my mother’s ashes for no reason, make sure you close it back so her remains aren’t spilled on all my clothes… the least you pieces of garbage can do is your fucking job pic.twitter.com/GcJDMXvWfO
— FRAN¢ (@AJFrancis410) July 9, 2018
The TSA account offered a very limited apology, and Francis was not having it:
Under all circumstances fuck yourself https://t.co/afrC9YuNWQ
— FRAN¢ (@AJFrancis410) July 9, 2018
He later added that he didn’t mind the search, but was annoyed about the lack of care taken when they put the ashes back:
The craziest part of this @TSA shit is that I dont even care that they checked it… they were just being cautious, & I can understand that.
But to not ensure that it won’t spill back into my bag after you put it back in is the most asinine & irresponsible shit I have ever seen.
— FRAN¢ (@AJFrancis410) July 9, 2018
Francis’ anger here is definitely understandable given the situation, and his frustrations will be familiar to many who have had items lost or damaged in a search. But this seems particularly rough considering the significance of what he was carrying.