The owner of a Connecticut fish market says she is “personally offended” after she saw a photo of a nine-kilogram (20-pound) lobster being handled by a Transportation Security Administration screener on social media.
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Lisa Feinman owns Atlantic Seafood Market in Old Saybrook and says she packed the lobster in a cooler with other lobsters for a customer from Georgia.
TSA spokesman Michael McCarthy later shared a photo of a screener holding the lobster, getting thousands of likes on Instagram.
In a Facebook post, Feinman says the TSA should “leave our personal property alone.”
“Where is the line that says it’s OK to be photographing yourself with someone else’s personal belongings,” Feinman told WTIC. “It felt creepy. It felt like somebody is going through your stuff and taking pictures.”
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut is also demanding answers from the TSA.
“I want to know what guidelines and standards there are for the TSA to be holding the contents of people’s private property up in public for the world to see.”
Feinman also criticized the way the agent held the lobster, saying he could have snapped off a claw by putting all of its weight on its joints.
The TSA has not commented on the incident.
-With files from Global News.
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