Submitted by Mighty_L_LORT t3_11fp0yj in nottheonion
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Effective-Elevator83 t1_jal4tr4 wrote
Maybe by “shredded” they mean “stolen by a porter and sold to black market traffickers”.
eaturvegetables t1_jal6n21 wrote
ohhh that would make way more sense! i was imagining hotel staff literally shredding passports lmfao
Effective-Elevator83 t1_jal6s6m wrote
It’s especially strange because the article just glosses over it like it’s a completely reasonable incident.
eaturvegetables t1_jal6xcu wrote
yeah exactly! it made it sound like normal hotel protocol and oopsies these passports went in the shred pile
Effective-Elevator83 t1_jal8aib wrote
The “most” reasonable scenario I’ve found is that the hotel might use a bulk shred service. The passports got dropped in the locked bin for…reasons? Then the service stopped by and replaced the full bin with an empty bin.
The hotel and tourists might not notice until it’s time to check out.
Beautiful_Fee1655 t1_jan1454 wrote
Most shred bins (for pickup by a service) only have a thin slit opening suitable for inserting at most a few pages at a time.
It would take an intentional act to feed 41 passports into a bin like that.
Effective-Elevator83 t1_jan1pbc wrote
Obviously, the only two possibilities are malice or ignorance.
The most plausible scenario I’ve read for ignorance goes like this: 42 kids leave their passports at the office desk. The hotel safe is too small for 42 passports. The receptionist drops them in a trash bag to keep them all together. Hotel staff finds the trash bag full of passports and dumps them in the shred bin.
Beautiful_Fee1655 t1_janfv5v wrote
More likely, hotel staff opens the "trash" bag, and without asking anyone purposefully feeds the passports, one by one, into the shred bin. Not ignorance in my opinion.
SomebodyInNevada t1_jaoug58 wrote
I'm thinking maybe disgruntled employee.
Terrafire123 t1_jaljj4v wrote
We were intending to shred these OTHER passports, and your passports accidentally got mixed in.
DFG57 t1_janrt9x wrote
Why does the hotel even have custody of their passports? I've never had to turn my passport over when staying at a hotel. As for how and why they were shredded that's my second question. How did none of that make it into the story?
4Blu t1_janvr80 wrote
This article definitely raises more questions than it answers.
Wagnaard t1_jany5z9 wrote
I have, though it was pre-9/11. In Italy.
DFG57 t1_janyhvw wrote
Really? I would have been very nervous about that. I can see a hotel wanting to have some security to make sure you pay your bill but that's what credit cards are for.
Sensitive_Maybe_6578 t1_jan7wvh wrote
jjj_ddd_rrr t1_jap2rqn wrote
I thought passports are government property and it would be 'illegal' for someone to destroy one.
eaturvegetables t1_jakiuh4 wrote
ok but HOW does a hotel go about shredding passports?? im glad everyone is okay and the parents were informed right away, but how did this even happen in the first place???