Originally Posted by alliance
The "quickest" way... ignore the loader who is yelling at you to take off your shoes. As you start walking through the WTMD and the TSA person on the other side looks at your shoes and yells at you that you have to take off your shoes, firmly say "I have a medical condition and can't take them off." That should be enough, but if not, give a few hints at what the medical condition is (ie. diabetes). If the screener does it "right," you should then be sent to the secondary pen and only have your shoes ETD.
By ignoring the loader your gonna piss off the screener at the metal detector. And when you do that, you know its not going to just be a quick swipe of your shoes. Saying you have a medical condition means nothing. Having a doctors note means nothing. Notes are too easy to come by and I guess no one has ever lied about a medical condition. Come on, the time when you could just explain anything is long gone. But, heck, if you want a full secondary, do it your way.