>Mrs EW has become totally hacked off at wandering around in her bare/stocking feet across heaven knows what crap in order that her shoes may be x rayed<
I understand the Immigration union rep at LGW complained for exactly that reason and so they started providing plastic foot coverings. Lack of foot coverings could possibly lead an interesting claim for compensation because of a Health and Safety failure to protect the public. Wonder if a complaint to the HSE would get taken up?