On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 14:06:54 GMT Rita wrote:
:>On Sun, 05 Jun 2005 17:01:12 +0300, Binyamin Dissen
:> wrote:
:>>:>>:>I have a pair of shoes that I had never been told to take off. All of
:>>:>>:>a sudden, one time I did. It was really fun with a bad back and a bad
:>>:>>:>knee to try to balance to get off double knotted shoes. When I told
:>>:>>:>the agent I'd never had to take them off before, she told me that
:>>:>>:>there were new rules and if I set off the detector, I'd have to go
:>>:>>:>through the full search and it would be at least 15 minutes.
:>>:>>B*llsh*t.
:>>:>>It doesn't take more than a few minutes.
:>>:>>Also, in EWR they will do a secondary search even if you do not set off
:>>:>>anything.
:>>:>>:>I have not had to take off the same shoes at 3 different airports
:>>:>>:>since then.
:>>:>>Do it in the secondary inspection. You have a chair, they take the shoes and
:>>:>>bring them back.
:>>:>Wear shoes that slip on and off easily when flying and pack
:>>:>the others in a carry-on that goes through the Xray machine.
:>>:>You can change back on the plane.
:>>I prefer wearing good shoes when going in uncontrolled areas.
:>Use your head. Sit down in an airport chair before entering
:>the screening area and change to a cheap pair of bedroom slippers,
:>walk a few yards to the screening area and go through. Once
:>through, find a seat in the closest boarding area and change.
Many (most?) airports do not have places to sit down before security. The
chairs are by the gates.
And secondary in general does not take much time, especially when they saw
that you didn't beep.
:>>You are free to choose your own path.
:>I think you like complaining more than simple problem solving.
What complaining?
:>I prefer to make it easy on myself.
As do I.
:>>:>I don't see why people sweat this stuff. We have to live with it,
:>>:>might as well use one's head to make it easy on oneself.
:>>As I have, by doing the secondary.
:>>You are free to use your way, that of bending over and spreading wide.
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