I just went through this for the first time last week at LAX. I felt so grossed out in my bare feet at an International Airport. It was more sickening than using a public phone. Then I had to put my germy SARS carrying feet back into my formerly pristine shoes.
I understand what those of you defending these new policies are saying, but it really seems like re-arranging deck chairs on the Titanic.
Ugh....gross, maybe should carry those footy things that they give people who go to shoe stores without socks on. Or do what sheep farmers do...sheep coming in to the barn are channeled through a trough filled with hoof medication to prevent the spread of hoof disease inside the barn. BTW: There is only one thing more gross than a public phone and that's a public toilet.