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In reply to the discussion: Why the Snowden Leak Is Such a Big Deal [View all]davidpdx
(22,000 posts)Two weeks before going to the US I broke my ankle. Like the numskull I am I walked on it for two days before I went to the doctor.
I flew from Seoul to San Francisco, San Francisco to Southern Oregon, Portland to San Francisco, San Francisco to Seoul, then about a week after I got back I flew from Seoul to Shanghai. All of this happened within a period of about a month.
When I went through I notified them immediately about my boot and told them they could do a pat down. With the boot, it was easier just to defer and let them do it then make a fuss and be uncomfortable. They let me sit on a chair and I just let them do their thing. I planned additional time just in case. Most of the time they just waved a wand over my boot. One time they tested it for explosives (which was actually kind of interesting because I was asking them about it).
(And don't ask me how the vacation went, it was terrible. I came down with pneumonia and was in the hospital for 5 days. I was like a walking disaster during that month.).
I think my boot should have gotten frequent flier miles.