My ammo went missing at the airport!

I'm trying to keep my cool, but this is a story about the funniest ammo mistake you've ever heard of. <br><br>I flew into Chicago over the weekend, with a home defense pistol and ammo in a Hardside case. I had it marked as special luggage at the airline, as I always do. I've never had ammo confiscated or lost, aside from a few times when the airline was mistaken about the laws in Chicago. <br><br>This time, I took my bag to the airport at the airline-ordained 3 hour mark. The bag was pre-checked, so I didn't have to stand in the long lines - I was done in about 20 minutes. I dropped the bag and went to the bar. <br><br>A few days passed, I flew back out of Chicago and arrived at my destination. I stood at the baggage claim for what felt like an eternity. Finally, I called the airline to see if they had any update on my bag. "Nope, it's right there. Look at the claim" <br><br>I sighed. No bag. But then, I looked around and my bag was there, sitting all by itself. The claim was moving, but had about 100 bags on it. I grabbed my bag, and walked off to the bar. <br><br>When I got home, i went to work getting the house ready for my family. I got sidetracked, and didn't see the bag until the next morning. I opened my bag, and... the ammo was gone. <br><br>I was mad, but tried to call the airline. The airline said "We dropped your gun ammo!" I said, "No, I'm saying my home defense ammo is gone. The gun is right here. I have no ammo" The airline said "Don't worry. We cannot legally send the ammo to you. We have to destroy it. But you can file a claim"...<br><br>I told them "I don't care about the money. I need those bullets. Can you please at least tell me what airport they were at, and I'll pick them up!" They said "We dropped your gun ammo at the Chicago airport" <br><br>I said "Well, can you please do me a favor and go check the O hare airport in Chicago for my bullets. I'll be happy to come pick them up" <br><br>The airline said "No. We cannot legally allow you to pick up the ammo. We dropped your gun ammo. So we're going to have to destroy it. We cannot legally allow you to come pick it up" <br><br>I asked if they were playing a prank on me, because at this point, I had to laugh. "Please stop dropping my gun ammo. I need it" The airline repeated "No. We cannot allow you to come and pick up the gun ammo" <br><br>It was at this point that I remembered that airlines have a strange custom of using airline code-speak. I asked "Did you guys drop my gun ammo in Chicago?" The airline said "We dropped it in Chicago. So we cannot allow you to legally come and pick it up" <br><br>I asked specifically "Did you drop my GUN ammo in Chicago?" The airline said "Yes. We have to destroy the gun ammo" I said "I will come and get it. Please do not destroy the gun ammo. Please. I need it" The airline repeated "We cannot legally allow you to pick up the GUN ammo" <br><br>Finally, I said "I see what's happening here. I think we have a cultural communications issue. So I want to make this VERY clear: Are you saying you dropped GUN AMMO in the airport? Or did you drop GYM AMMO?" The airline was quiet for a second. Then, "I see what you mean" <br><br>The airline asked me to hold for a second, and when they came back, they said "Your GYM AMMO is still at O hare airport. Don't worry, we'll send it to you" <br><br>I laughed and said "Gym ammo? You mean... my GUN ammo went missing at the airport?!" The airline repeated "No, your GYM AMMO. We're going to send it to you" <br><br>I was confused, but decided to let it go. I sighed and said "Thank you. Have a good night. I'll never use your airline again" <br><br>The airline repeated "You're welcome! We will send your GYM AMMO!" <br><br>I'm still laughing about it, but I'm also gonna never use them again. Oh well.<br><br>EDIT: As I write this, I am officially off the plane. Off to buy more GYM AMMO.<br><br>EDIT 2: My GYM AMMO arrived, and boy is it ammo. <br><br>EDIT 3: I just want to add some humor, because this has been an entertaining mistake- so I went out and bought some GYM AMMO for my muscles, but when I tried to load it, it wouldn't fit. Then, I realized that the GYM AMMO was only for guns- not for muscles.<br><br>EDIT 4: Sometimes, I'm grateful for the internet- without it, I couldn't share this story with anyone.