Based on all the broken guitars that people report after their flights, it might make one wonder whether there’s some sort of vendetta airlines and airports have against these musical instruments. Conspiracies aside, one Los Angeles airport worker in California definitely had his own grudge against guitars, as he was caught chucking them to the ground without a care in the world. The joke’s on him, though, as the world does in fact care, with online outrage sparking at TikTok user Nick Ruiz’s post, catching the man red-handed in the act.
Little else needs to be explained about the video, aside from the fact that the Los Angeles airport worker really needs better training on handling guitars or luggage in general. Another shocker would be the other employee casually walking by his co-worker, who was chucking expensive belongings around as if he were out to break them on purpose. Some viewers even believed that was exactly what he was trying to do.
People Believe the Los Angeles Aiport Worker Is Intentionally Trying to Damage the Guitars
“Dude is specifically aiming at that soft case. He’s going out of the way to try to damage it,” points out a Redditor. “Not just tossing. Putting extra effort in to throw it down,” added another. “Those guitars probably worth more than that man’s year salary,” groaned a Facebook commenter. “Looks more intentional than careless,” chimed in a fourth.
Thousands upon thousands are clamoring for the man to be fired and called out at his job. Whether out of laziness, boredom, or sheer cruelty, destroying or damaging other people’s property is wrong, and the worker should be held accountable. After all, airports and airline workers have a history of being excessively rough with people’s luggage. From Delta allegedly smashing a person’s guitar in half to someone’s snowboard being carelessly sanded on a belt, the workforce needs to take better care of passengers’ stuff.
While there could be plenty of reasons why airport employees mishandle luggage, one Reddit user believes it boils down to the fact that “they’re staffed with underpaid workers who have to move tens of thousands of pieces of luggage per day,” and as a result, this physical labor workforce just doesn’t care. After all, “there is a rate of loss that is deemed “acceptable” in order to get the job done cheaply and quickly,” as the user puts it.
