Originally Posted by
TSORon
All one need to do is say that they do not wish to remove their shoes. We are not going to wrestle you for them. Don’t wish to take them off, then don’t! A bit of additional screening is all you will get, and that never really hurts anyone. It happens occasionally at my airport, and not just for medical reasons. Some people just don’t like taking their shoes off in public, but the TSA has a procedure in place for those folks as well and they can still board an airplane.
Sorry, you're wrong about this. One cannot decline to remove one's shoes merely because they wish to not get their tootsies dirty. They can choose to wear socks or disposable foot covers but the shoes have to come off prior to the WTMD. (Excluding the medical exception, of course.) You are right about not wrestling people for them though.
