At the Oakland Airport, on my way to Hawaii, I had taken my sandals off to go through security. After passing through I said, as an aside to the woman in front of me, that I thought it was disgusting to walk through security barefoot. A TSA agent said “There’s a solution, you know, just put socks in your carry-on.” First of all, I wasn’t talking to the TSA agent, second of all, it’s still disgusting which I said, she then said to me “No one dragged you kicking and screaming to the airport, did they?” She was right, we paid thousands of dollars and six months of planning for a family trip to Hawaii...not wanting to make a scene on my way out of town, I left the security checkpoint.
It’s unbelievable that every single flying customer is assumed to be guilty and must submit themselves to unsanitary conditions for the “privilege” of paying thousands of $$$ to fly??? The brilliant gov’t solution is to carry socks that were used to walk through the disgusting area in your carry-on?????
The previous flight I took, they had a befuddled old lady get up out of her wheelchair to stand in front of the scanner.
It’s just un-frikkin-believable what we are willing to subject ourselves to......don’t get me started!
We should stop pretending that we are “free” or “secure.”
Write a letter to your state and federal reps, then send copies to the airline you flew on.