They finally did it. After damn near 20 years of making little old ladies unlace their orthopedic sneakers and toddlers parade through dirty floors barefoot, the TSA has decided — maybe we don’t need to take our shoes off at airport checkpoints anymore. The story comes to us from The Colorado Sun, which reported that some U.S. airports are ditching the shoe striptease altogether.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Surprise! Terrorists aren’t stashing bombs in grandma’s Skechers after all.
- TSA updated screening tech proves what logic already knew: this rule was stupid.
- Only selected airports for now — because consistency is for non-government agencies.
- No apology issued for twenty years of foot fungus exposure or missed flights.
- TSA still exists, just slightly less ridiculous today than yesterday.
My Bottom Line
Sweet tap-dancing Moses on a mobility scooter, they actually did something right. I’ve been yelling into the wind about TSA shoe removal since they made me take off my boots back in ‘04 while hauling my toddler and his ton of stuff to see his grandparents in Palm Desert — but hey, better two decades late than never? Look, folks, when something makes EVEN THE GOVERNMENT realize they’re being completely useless — and that’s a HIGH BAR — you know sanity may be clawing its way back like a raccoon in a dumpster fire.
It takes real talent to weaponize paranoia into a bureaucratic ritual so dumb you begin to wonder if it’s secretly performance art. But here we are: the shoe stupidity might finally be kicked to the curb thanks to new screening tech proving you CAN tell the difference between an explosive and an orthopedic insert. Hallelujah. Hopefully we can build on this miraculous moment of clarity and consider applying logic elsewhere in our government. Maybe even… dare I say it… use common sense at the border? Fix mental healthcare? Hey TSA — now that you’ve freed the feet, try freeing your brains next.
It only took them 20 yrs to come to their senses.