I was treated like a terrorist at the airport...
 

After reading Halcyons thread about his 9-11 stance, I thought I would share what happened to me at the Honolulu airport 2 days ago.

First let me say that now (the past year) I always politely ask for a hand inspection of my shoes. The ground that you have to walk on barefoot is a bacteria playground and I have already had 2 warts removed since walking on them AND had several cases of athletes foot. The podiatrist says this has become very common with travelers since the new rules about removing shoes.

So now when I pass the security I politely ask for a hand inspection of my feet and shoes. However this time I really was not going to remove them because I sliced my feet up on coral while surfing. The last thing I wanted to do was walk barefoot with cuts on my feet, over bacteria hell.

The conversation went something like this:

SECURITY: Do you have a laptop?

ME: Yes. Also, can I please get a hand inspection of my feet, I sliced up my feet pretty bad and don't want to get an infection.

SECURITY: You mean you won't remove your shoes? *Yells over to another security person almost in panic* This passenger will not remove his shoes. I need security please.

ME: Whoa there, I'm not trying to make problems, I just need a hand inspection for health reasons.

* At this time 2 other security officers escort me to an area and sit me down*

SECURITY: Why won't you take off your shoes?

ME: Because I cut them up surfing and I don't want to get an infection. That is very dirty where I would have to walk.

SECURITY: Let me see your feet.

ME: OK. * I remove my sandals and show my feet and the cuts*

* One of them leans down and actually touches one of my cuts *

ME: OUCH! What are you doing? Stop!

SECURITY: I need to inspect this.

ME: I'm sorry but nobody but medical personal is going to touch the wounds on my feet.

* At this time the guy radios to someone *

SECURITY: (on radio) I need support. I have a passenger that is not being cooperative.

ME: Come on... this is getting a little out of control.

SECURITY: I need your boarding pass and ID.

ME: Uhhh... OK. (give it to them)

* At this time about 4 more people come over and start asking me questions about where I have been, where I stayed, why I was there, how I cut my feet... and on and on. I was still polite. *

SECURITY: Sir, you are going to have to remove your shoes and walk through the detector.

ME: I will not. I will give you my shoes and you can run them through the detector just the same as all the airports around the world would do. I don't understand why this is an issue.

SECURITY: You are in no position to tell me what to do. You will do as I say or you will not be getting on your plane.

ME: I want to talk to the head of airport security. This is out of hand. If I walk through there and my feet get infected, I will sue you, this airport, and the airline. You are out of line, I want to speak to your supervisor right now. I also want to use my phone to call my attorney.

* Pissed, he makes a call. I wait for about 15 minutes until some guy comes over. Apparently he is running the show. *

HEAD OF SECURITY: What's the problem.

* I tell him in detail *

SECURITY: He has been a problem sir.

HEAD OF SECURITY: I don't see a problem, just scan his shoes, can't you see his feet?

ME: THANK YOU!!!!

* At that time they scanned my shoes and made me wait for my ID and boarding pass until I almost missed my flight. I had to full sprint to the gate. *

Un-fucking-real.

I travel non-stop and ONLY when I step onto US soil do I ever have problems.

:Oh crap

You're lucky they didn't do a cavity search

Sorry to hear it man, it sucks for sure. This terrorist thing is getting out of hand.

you can be happy they didn't know who you are and what you do :winkwink:

the great american paranoia

Hell DWB - you know better! :1orglaugh You're talking about the US - rational thought is a rarity and the world is full of terrorists against them :winkwink:

Escape back out into the real world man - it's safer and more pleasant :thumbsup

No shit. I have 2 months tour of duty in the USA and then I'm back into the real world.

Counting the days....

hehehe.

follow the rules and you wont have a problem.

so you can sprint to your plane but dont want to walk with or without sandals? :) sandals they shouldnt even harass you for, that is ridiuclous.

?He?s hiding a pipe bomb in-between his toes! GET EM!?

So let me get this straight.

Group sex with trannys and Bangkok whores is OK, but airport floors are too dirty to walk on? Umm.

the terrorists have won, we no longer have any common sense!

his feet were cut man?! dont you understand anything....? :winkwink:

You could maybe try wearing some socks.

Wow i never even thought about how filthy the floors are in those areas. Good point DWB, I am going to do the foot inspection from now on.

DH

You had sandals on? Doesn't that leave your feet pretty unprotected?

Bandages and socks = safe.

The rules are, and I have checked... you CAN ask for a hand inspection.

lol that's nothing

try to fly to israel alone

Hell yes, I sprinted with my sandals on to the gate and tore open several of my cuts. They STILL hurt. :Oh crap

I did not want to walk through the detector barefoot because the floor is a breeding ground for bacteria. I ALWAYS wear sandals when I fly because SOME airports allow me to walk through the detector with them on... they do not have metal so they do not set it off. Easy to pass. The ports that want you to remove shoes, I ask for a hand inspection, no problem. Until now.

And I would not fuck anyone if I had a cut on my cock, the same as I would not eat pussy if I had a problem in my mouth.

Sweaty socks are just the same as going bare. That's like fucking an HIV+ whore with a lamb skin condom.

The floors at the airport where they make you walk barefoot are FILTHY. I think it was CNN that did a full show on this.

gotta love airports.

Would you drink out of the same glass 10,000 just drank out of, or just re-use your old glass?

Though logic and GFY do not mix. Sorry.

I wouldn't take it personal, the age we are in you can never be too sure, and although you are not a threat they simply don't know that w/out searching

I love boarder patrol, fuck the ones at vancouver airport had the hots for me ;-)

So let me make sure I have this correctly. If you puts some bandaids on your cuts and put on a clean pair of socks it is no different then walking barefoot on a nasty floor?

Maybe you could put on some socks then go through security and once you are through the security put on a clean pair of socks.

Also, the second you made it seem like you were not going cooperate 100% you sent up the flag that there was a reason to look at you.

More important how were the waves ?? Was it firing or what ??

This is what happens when people are unable to think for themselves. Why are complete retards hired to do these jobs?

Always noticed that about US officials - they jump at the first dumb shit, then never noticed the 46 members of al Queda doing a tip-toe (partly to avoid the filthy floors) and passing thru without any problems :1orglaugh

not to be an asshole DWB, but you fuck ladyboys bareback... i think your feet should be the least of your worries... :2 cents:

Do you have a muslim name or citizenship?

I complained once about having to take my running shoes off, saying there is no metal in them.
Sure enough they pulled me over, then a nice enough guy explained to me, that I better NOT have any traces of nitrates on my shoes, because I will be delayed for a long , long time.
I said HUH ??? A further explanation showed that if I went to home depot, tru the garden dept and walked tru some spilled fertiliser, it would show in the analysis.
I'm thinking to myself oh shit, did I do that or not? Well as it turn out they were ok , but I wont ever complain again. Just bow my head, dont look them in the eye,and yes sir no sir.............
The testing is totally inconsistent, some airports do want shoes off others dont.

damn thats fucking crazy...


when i was flying down south to volunteer for the red cross last year after hurricane katrina i had a flashlight and flashlight batteries in my carry on, and they flipped and sat me down and were like ok there is something in your bag blurring up the xray blahblah and im like dude just look in the fucking bag so they search the bag and are like why do you need this flashlight? and gave me all kinds of hell for having a maglite in my carryon

it was crazy!

man, this just has to piss off every normal person! I am so fucking sorry.

with all do respect as well, DWB, warts are caused by viruses that stay in your body for a lifetime. They are caused by the viruses that are already in your body most times.

That is complete BS, they act like nazis in the airport, if you dare to say even one word, they keep you there for further investigation as if you're a criminal ... bye bye freedom of speech ...

man! that is fucked up DWB!

Good fucking god !

Pissing about walking on fucking carpet without socks on ?

This has to be the most dumb ass fucking piss I've ever heard on GFY !

You would never want to sleep in a hotel bed again if you knew all of the mites and other parasites that in the mattresses and pillows...

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There you can see what happens when you give an idiot some fake authority. Anyone read "The Wave"?