These three stories are related. The rack missing and the police stopping TB from passing out his fliers and the Union.

If you have to be less than 25 feet from your cab, then you can't possibly have eaten at the restaurant in the staging area, because it's more than 25 feet from any of the cabs! In fact, anyone in the restaurant, the bathrooms, the stamp buying area, or even the prayer area is breaking the draconian 25 foot law!