Once again today I willingly went through secondary screening in Denver, simply because I do not want to remove my shoes. ANd before some of you start shouting at me please note I did not slow the process down for anyone else, except possible those who set off the detector behind me (or the others who do not like to be treated sub-human drones).
But there was one interesting twist today. Right before I stepped into tje dector a TSA employee stepped in front of me placed his bag on the belt and went through the detector (shoes on), he did not set the dector off and proceeded on his way. I then stepped into the detector and was sent to secondary screening. For those of you who may ask how I knew he was a TSA employee he was wearing his uniform (shirt and badge). I waited in the box for my screening sat down and took off my shoes and they were then hand checkedwithout a sound to be heard. What I do not understand if the shoes passed why I can not put thme back on before standing to have my body hand scanned ? Is this punishment for nat taking them off in the first place ? Give me a piar of slippers to slide into and you can have my shoes everyday. ANd why is denver the only place were it is mandatory ?
And this brings me to another of my pet pevees why can airport employees go around the lines, to the front (notice I did not say airline employees). I have been told so they can be on-time for work and in the same breath the same person told the paying passenger to get here sooner to clear security. Let's see is it more important to get the paying airline passenger through security or the hot dog vendo you decide.