fairfarmhand Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I am trying to get away from the jeans and tennis shoes look. So I often wear loafers with my jeans. I wear them with bare feet. In 2 weeks I am flying to Denver. I want to wear my cute loafers with my jeans, but you know you have to take off your shoes to go through security. The idea of walking on bare feet where so many other bare feet have passed makes me want to :ack2: . So, tell me, well-trained-women...what are my options? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mabeline Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Wear socks and shoes to go through security, then change into your cute loafers on the plane. I usually do that when traveling from wet WA to hot CA. I start out in socks and shoes and change into sandals on the plane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I never wear socks, I always have on flip flops. I just don't think about all the feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I don't think it's that much more clean if you have on socks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tita Gidge Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I go through security several times a month since I have to travel for work. I used to wear little booties (you can buy them at Lowe's type stores but some checkpoints provide them). The kind that surgeons wear, you know those? But if not those, just bring a pair of ankle socks to slip on in the security line. Wear them for security then toss them into a small ziplock bag and throw them back into your carry-on. Wash as usual; all good. Or if that's too giant a pain, a pair of those "socks" you use at shoe stores to try on shoes ... panty hose material might be better than nothing, and you can toss them right there on the secured side. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 ::tries to ignore the "no socks" comment, 'cuz wearing closed shoes with no sock/hosiery of some kind is just wrong:: Try some cute trouser socks/hosiery. They'll be thin enough that they won't overpad your feet inside your shoes, but they'll still be something on your feet so you aren't walking through the airport barefooted. Besides, there's a definite sophistication factor of patterned trouser socks winking out below the hem of your jeans. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 ::tries to ignore the "no socks" comment, 'cuz wearing closed shoes with no sock/hosiery of some kind is just wrong:: Perhaps we've found a board generation gap. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whereneverever Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Perhaps we've found a board generation gap. :D I'm trying to picture wearing flats with socks... And I don't even own panty hose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I go sockless 12 months out of the year. I have been through the airport without socks too many times to count. In fact I just took out the trash outside barefoot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 ::tries to ignore the "no socks" comment, 'cuz wearing closed shoes with no sock/hosiery of some kind is just wrong:: Try some cute trouser socks/hosiery. They'll be thin enough that they won't overpad your feet inside your shoes, but they'll still be something on your feet so you aren't walking through the airport barefooted. Besides, there's a definite sophistication factor of patterned trouser socks winking out below the hem of your jeans. :D hmmm....I think I might try this. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 23, 2013 Author Share Posted May 23, 2013 I go sockless 12 months out of the year. I have been through the airport without socks too many times to count. In fact I just took out the trash outside barefoot. you know, I am not normally this squeamish. I live on a farm and regularly go barefoot. But knowing about the thousands of people going barefoot in the airport just is so icky to me. Weird I know! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lilaclady Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I think it is just better to wear so is and take it off after you get on the plane. Shouldn't be too big a deal. Some airports require you to take shoes off, some don't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dandelion Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Be a rebel, and refuse to take your loafers off while going through security. Change has to start somewhere. Be the catalyst. :D If you're not feeling up to that, I second the suggestion of just wearing some socks through security and then taking them off after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remudamom Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I never wear socks, I always have on flip flops. I just don't think about all the feet. This. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 if I fly in summer I wear flip flops and don't care. I work at an indoor pool and my feet get way more exposure to germs in locker rooms than they could walking across the scanner briefly. in winter I wear socks and clogs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I'm trying to picture wearing flats with socks... And I don't even own panty hose. Not *socks* with flats!! You wear socks with tennies or boots, not flats. :-) Some sort of lightweight hosiery, or to be even more minimal, depending on whether you're wearing a dress or pants, you could wear "peds." Just *something* on your feet between your skin and the shoe insides, KWIM? :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dahliarw Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I go barefoot outside all the time. At the airport, at least the floors are mopped with disinfectant every night. The outdoors here, not so much. I wouldn't worry about it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anne Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 I wear socks to go through security. I really am NOT a germaphobe, but something about walking the floors that all of those bare feet have trod before me..... no. just no. Anne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kitten18 Posted May 23, 2013 Share Posted May 23, 2013 Be a rebel, and refuse to take your loafers off while going through security. Change has to start somewhere. Be the catalyst. :D If you're not feeling up to that, I second the suggestion of just wearing some socks through security and then taking them off after. That sounds like a double-dog dare! :laugh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8circles Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Eh. Can't be that many germs. I've done it. It's equally gross to me to think about walking there in socks and then putting those socks back in my shoes. Its just gross any way you slice it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justasque Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 ...just bring a pair of ankle socks to slip on in the security line. Wear them for security then toss them into a small ziplock bag and throw them back into your carry-on. Wash as usual; all good. I don't care about the germs, but I went through once without socks, and my feet felt skeevy the whole rest of the day. I am with Tita Gidge - if it's winter I wear socks and keep them on. If it's summer, I put socks on just before security, take them off just after, stow them until I get home. I prefer to use relatively thick ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
workingmom Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 i always wear socks. I would never go barefoot through security. Love the disposable hoisery idea. Please don't go barefoot its not the same as your own yard/driveway. Think fungal infection no joke kids get it all the time in karate classes with far less traffic on those mats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I would wear socks, but then again I've gotten planters warts and athletes foot from NOT wearing socks or some kind of foot covering in gym class and what not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Wear some liner socks: http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-350685/apt-9-3-pk-cotton-liner-socks.jsp?crosssell=true Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 Wear some liner socks: http://www.kohls.com...?crosssell=true AHAHA!!! Now that's more like it! That's exactly what I was looking for. Perfect. There's a Kohls close by! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I would never be able to ignore all the feet passing through there. I wish they made some kind of repellent socks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 I would never be able to ignore all the feet passing through there. I wish they made some kind of repellent socks. I should tie some grocery bags around my feet. Or something just as ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 That sounds good to me. I can just see myself holding up the line while I spray up a cloud of Lysol. I should tie some grocery bags around my feet. Or something just as ridiculous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 I wear flip flops and bring small socks to slip on then off. I don't like putting the Other People's Feet infested socks back inside my shoes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Wear some liner socks: http://www.kohls.com/product/prd-350685/apt-9-3-pk-cotton-liner-socks.jsp?crosssell=true This^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fairfarmhand Posted May 25, 2013 Author Share Posted May 25, 2013 That sounds good to me. I can just see myself holding up the line while I spray up a cloud of Lysol. ha! Grocery bags and lysol. I think I will also bring some Germex to rub on my feet and hands when I'm all done. My dh will never go anywhere with me again. I wear flip flops and bring small socks to slip on then off. I don't like putting the Other People's Feet infested socks back inside my shoes. :) That made me LOL! I am planning on wearing the liner socks and then when it is time to put my feet back in my shoes, I will take off the socks, put them in a hazardous materials bag and put my bare feet back in my shoes. Now that I have a plan for security I am fine. It's weird how the little things can stress me out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 Have a great trip; your plan sounds like a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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