Originally Posted by RadioGirl
Another thought. You can take a spare set of shoes in your carry-on, and they don't have to come out, right? So what if you put your shoes (in a shoe bag) into your carry-on and show up at the checkpoint barefoot?
Then you'd go through without a problem at all in this world. I've often wondered why such a fuss was made about the shoes that people specifically took off their feet, given the rules about nothing allowed above or beneath them, however the shoes that people keep in their bags are otherwise completely ignored save for the x-ray.
Tch.
And, by the by, medical disposable booties are A-OK to wear through the checkpoint. Just FYI if you're not predisposed to wanting to hike in your bare skin.
Originally Posted by goalie
better yet-when a <insert absurdly hight amount of money here as it's a government contract that paid for it> x-ray machine becomes a paperweight due to said shoe laces getting tangled in the machine where the "owner's manual" specifically states that shoes should be placed in a "protective bin" so to prevent the shoelaces from damaging said machine
Kind of like the same thing when x-ray machines become paperweights due to an incorrectly-attached UPS devices.
