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So it was always useless bullshit? You'd think tensions would be ramping up at this point in terms of terrorism threats
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No, there was actually a case years ago (not too long after 9-11) of a man bringing a bomb on a plane in his shoe. Passengers stopped him as he tried to light it on the plane.
IIRC that’s when they started making people take off their shoes. I could be wrong about that part but that’s how I remember it.
Of course DOGE didn’t get rid of these assholes
This has been the case since 9/11. I'm so sick of being looked at like I'm an idiot when I'm remove my shoes, then on the flight back they treat me like an idiot for asking if I have to take them off
Good thing Richard Reid wasn't the Butthole Bomber.
Pre.
You're gonna pre?
DUDE!!!
........ME TOO!
They're just tired of smelling all the unwashed and stinky feet.
Looking forward a TSA officer looking at me like an idiot for either not taking my shoes off or for taking my shoes off. It's comforting to know that no matter what I do, there's a TSA agent who will treat me like I'm a moron for following the same instructions I overheard them give the person in front of me.
I once had a very similar experience at GWB in Houston, except it wasnt even 4am. I was just highly confused when the lady started yelling at me to take off my belt.
As I was complying, apparently the right thing to say was not “Im sorry, they didnt make me take my belt off at XYZ airport earlier”, because Im fairly certain that response almost earned me a trip to the special area and an all-expenses-paid cavity check. To say she was unpleased would be a massive understatement
Tony the TSA Toe Sniffer has retired.
That was just Quinton Tarentino. He had nothing to do with TSA. He just flies a lot, wears a blue shirt, and sniffs peoples feet.
Does the same thing in Best Buy.
Tina tattled on Tony the toe tickler and Terry terminated him.
🙁
They just take you entirely now
"Remove"
"Should I remove my shoes?"
"No, I'm talking to my colleague"
Colleague arrives.
"It's this the guy I need to remove?"
😅