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Old Feb 8, 2004 | 9:27 am
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<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by PhxFlyGuy:
Back in the days when people were pulled randomly out of line at the jetway door to be searched, I carried several pairs or clean latex gloves and politely asked security folks to either put on fresh gloves and if they said they didnt have any, I gave them a pair from my bag. I got a few odd looks from them, once a supervisor was called over, but in the end I was never refused. I don't need anybody touching my underwear!</font>
I didn't have my own, but the other alternative I have offered is that the screener and I go to the bathroom and both wash up. They have managed to find clean gloves every time. Perhaps they are hydrophobic?

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