Originally Posted by Bart
Humor check:
When we started on the shoe screening policy a while back, one of my screeners followed the script by recommending that a passenger remove his shoes and place it in the x-ray for examination.
The passenger balked and asked, "do you expect me to walk on these floors without my shoes on?"
The screener responded without hesitation, "don't worry, you won't get our floors dirty."
The passenger laughed and then removed his shoes.
Now that brings up a very real possibility...what happens when a pax who doesn't fly often and is a real working stiff (ranch hand, construction, tar roofing etc) traipses through the airport with, ummm, unclean footwear? I mean what happens when the ranch hand is tracking cow pie remnants or the lady who was driving the grader this morning tracks mud and dirt from the curb all the way to the checkpoint and walks through the WTMD because she would rather be able to sit to remove her workboots? I don't (and haven't been forced to) take my shoes off but I've seen plenty of people who do it automatically...and they aren't wearing socks
@:-) Maybe they should take the PHX booties idea one step further...put little Swiffer pads on the booties so the floors are contantly being cleaned!