Stinky Feet Plague Florida Airport Workers

Something stinks at Palm Beach International Airport.

And apparently it's the no-shoes rule through security gates.

The county airports director said at an advisory board meeting Wednesday security personnel "are complaining of odor" in the area and requested that the carpet be changed, according to a Palm Beach Post report.

Flight delays often mean a shorter window than the airport's regular 4:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. hours provide, meaning a new carpet might be more feasible than giving the current one a good shampooing.

The county is already replacing much of the terminal tile and carpet, but nothing was immediately promised for the stinky security area.

[ic1ssbill]

Good for the buggars, if they were doing their job in 2001, we wouldn't be in this mess

[Lickedy]

Beautiful, keep up the good fight with a bad smell ! I think I just might get my dog "Lazy" to drop a load so I can get my shoes prepared for the airport !

[guest173]

put down some tile and get some lysol

[jackp32]

I work at a landfill. I'll bring down a load of garbage so you TSA workers can get a whiff of some really smelly stuff.

[newsworthy8]

Okay, okay, new passenger ruling. For a boarding pass you need to wash your feet....

[kansas1946]

Well, gee. Maybe they should just tear up the carpet in the area where they are checking shoes and replace it with a nice non-odor-absorbing vinyl or tile. I can sympathize with the workers though. We were on a flight from Phoenix and some guy on the plane kicked off his shoes and cleared three rows around him. (Thank God there were empty seats) The attendants finally had to ask him to put his shoes on (for safety reasons - LOL) before there was a mutiny on the plane. It was the most gawd-awful stench you can imagine.

[msay3]

I got a big laugh from the posts on this subject....It is refreshing to read posts on a "not-so-serious" subject for a change...LOL

[thesevenveils]

A can of Lysol or tennis shoe freshener should fix that.

[rockcutr]

Haaaha! serves you jerks right for your misguided fearbased plan to keep the airways safe. Breath deep the gathering gloom...

[scottyusa]

A better heading would have been "Florida Passengers Get Back At TSA". This will spread to other airports. Passengers will rebel! What if all the passengers removed their shoes during a flight? Better yet, while stuck on the tarmac for 3 hours. I can see new rules coming. Remove you shoe in flight to scratch your foot and end up on the no fly list.