Me too really, and I defo vote "idiot", but you did ask for contraditions.
Personally I think it was absolutely reasonable for an untrained member of staff on a counter to be worried about it and to call the trained guys. And it sounds like they did their job and quickly identified it as safe. I think prosecuting her for a hoax seems a bit much perhaps, but she probably did just cost the airport a lot of money and scared a lot of people, even if it was unintentional.
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Date: 2007-09-24 10:25 am (UTC)Personally I think it was absolutely reasonable for an untrained member of staff on a counter to be worried about it and to call the trained guys. And it sounds like they did their job and quickly identified it as safe. I think prosecuting her for a hoax seems a bit much perhaps, but she probably did just cost the airport a lot of money and scared a lot of people, even if it was unintentional.