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Old Jul 29, 2007 | 8:34 pm
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Originally Posted by PatrickHenry1775
Moreover, think about the signs in restrooms admonishing employees to wash hands after using the facilities. I suppose that germs magically disappear at TSA checkpoints. Imagine this scenario: TSA screener paws all through dirty laundry of passenger immediately before he paws through your bags. Would you want TSA screener to change gloves? The same principle applies to walking on a filthy airport floor.
There was a thread on here where a TSO was in the men's room taking a leak with gloves on and went right back out to the floor without changing gloves.

He touches his unit, then touches other people's belongings. Diseases or not, it's disgusting.

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