[AmericanInTokyo]

Japanese biz travelers, with big bucks, have commented to me upon return to Tokyo how filthy and intrusive the whole U.S. process is these days (the other is the going through in socks, where others may have walked through earlier with their boots on caked with dried dog shit coming off in shavings on the bare TSA/Airport floor in the exact same area, in addition to one putting persona items in tubs which have had shoes in them earlier), and smacks of a police state. An unsanitary police state. Just dandy! /sarc....And this is coming from foreigners from friendly nations to America who hitherto have respected the United States and have enjoyed going there.

[Citizen X_Area 51]

...going through in socks, where others may have walked through earlier with their boots on caked with dried dog shit coming off in shavings on the bare TSA/Airport floor in the exact same area, in addition to one putting persona items in tubs which have had shoes in them earlier

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Exactly! It finally dawned on me on what I could subject myself to. I mentioned it to somebody who never thought about this.

On future flights I (1) put all pocket contents into a plastic baggie; and (2) put a sheet of newspaper in the box before placing jackets, laptop, etc. into them.

Some airports I have been through have a box of plastic footies to put on. Go figure why this is not standard at all locations.