Walking around the office barefoot
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I'm the facilities manager of a building of 200 +/- staff, and we have a dress code that prohibits going barefoot in the office, but people still do. Unfortunately, most of the managers/supervisors here are either afraid of their staff or they just don't want to deal with it, so they dump it on me to deal with. I've actually been physically threatened by someone who was po'd that I had the nerve to ask her to put her shoes on.
Personally, I hate shoes, and I'd go barefoot everywhere if I could. I'll kick them off under my desk, but they go back on if I have to get up, dress code or not.0 -
only ok if girl has good feet. if you gots some nasty feet....keep your shoes on. all dudes keep their shoes on, end of discussion0
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Shoes off in your own office or at your desk, shoes ON anywhere else. Esp. in the bathroom!!!!!!0
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It just boggles my mind at all the uneducated, unfounded, untrue statements. With the exception of a personal viewpoint on weather feet are ugly or not... Most of these nasty, safety, gross, dangerous, etc... statements being made are just societal stereotypes that have been pounded into our brains over time.
Bare feet used to be socially acceptable and nobody would bat an eye to see it.
1. Stinky feet... Are a byproduct of bacteria which grow and thrive in dark moist places. (Shoes!) Anyone who is barefoot much of the time can attest to the fact that bare feet do not stink unless encased in sweaty socks and shoes.
2. Unprofessional... This one is merely an environment, and dress code issue. (which were probably created because of uptight individuals and their unfounded fears) If I work in a place that does not deal with the public then who cares?
3. Dangerous, safety issue... Oh please! This is the most non issue one. If you work in an environment where protection is needed then ok, (think factory floor) but I can guarantee most people (especially office people) are in no more danger of injuring their bare feet as they are of injuring their bare hands. I mean you people make it sound like you're walking through mine fields of broken glass and rusty nails. (What the hell kind of offices are you working in?)
4. Health code... Only if you are serving food, but then there are rules for your hair, face, hands (hygiene in general) in that situation too. As for most other places of work... There is no health code referencing bare feet. In fact there are practically no laws on the books restricting bare feet in general. Not one state in the U.S. has a driving barefoot restriction law. (Hell it's far more dangerous to drive with flip flops than bare foot!) Most rules concerning bare feet are implemented at the company / business level, not the government level. (personal / company rules... Not laws!)
5. Gross, nasty, etc... (especially in regards to bathrooms.) Unless you have an open cut on your foot, you are no more likely to contract anything from walking on a bathroom floor than anywhere else. We have this really cool thing around our bodies called skin and it keeps out a lot of stuff. You are far more likely to contract something from exposed hands in a bathroom than from your feet. Plus... My feet don't have tread and grooves and cavities for all that nasty bacteria you are so scared of to cling to and catch a ride on like your shoes do. You people with shoes are tracking things far greater distances than us bare foot people. I also shower and clean myself (including my feet) daily. How often to you clean the bottom of your shoes?
6. Feet are ugly... That's your opinion, and what's more feet that are squeezed into sweaty, pinching, confining, bacteria ridden little coffins every day tend to be much uglier than the ones that are out getting tanned and beautiful in the fresh air.
And finally let me say that so many people are missing out. Going barefoot is one of the best feeling in the world. Go for a barefoot hike some day the textures and sensations are incredible. Think about walking around every day all day with gloves on. All the tactile sensations you would be missing out on. I don't think too many people would enjoy doing that and would take those gloves off the first chance they got. Well that's how I feel about shoes. Put them on when you need to or have to, but as soon as it's possible... Kick them off and feel the world around you!
Thank you for your time. :-)0 -
leave some tacks right inside the door when you enter the bathroom. See if they start putting on their shoes then.0
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statements being made are just societal stereotypes that have been pounded into our brains over time. ...And finally let me say that so many people are missing out.
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you germophobes would really hate me.
i (most days, most of the year) bring my longboard into the office and lay it sideways on the floor under my desk (it only sticks out about 4-5" from my cubicle, which is still in the 'personal space' bubble created by my chair). i will change out of my sk8 shoes and socks and leave them on the floor under my desk and put on my 'office' shoes. i usually sk8 on my lunchbreak, and sometimes on my short breaks, so perhaps 1-3 times i may change my shoes/socks right at my desk.
for the past 2 weeks i have been enjoying the official sanction to violate dresscode and wear flip flops. this has been a godsend for me because i have a huge blister on my heel. (guess what it's from.) aside from the aforementioned blister, my feet are pretty and and very, very strong, and they have no discernable smell. i love to show them off.
you foot fetish guys would LOVE me. but idngaf what anyone thinks, either way. haters gon' hate, sk8rs gon' sk8.0 -
They're feet... 99.99% of humans are born with two of them.
Get over it.
THIS
BTW Female feet are BEAUTIFUL
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Why do you care so much about other people's feet??? Germs are EVERYWHERE.
Well since you quoted me, please elaborate on how you arrived at that conclusion. I merely agreed with a statement posted by someone else. The women I know look after their feet and they look great. At no point did I endorse splashing around in a stranger's urine.
Clearly many of you have severe footphobia
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You can't teach class, it's either you have it or you don't. Some people are retarded. I would step on there feet with my shoes to teach them a lesson.0
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I take my shoes off, but just behind my desk. I also don't tell others. It seems kind of unprofessional...but maybe because I don't want to see other people's feet either, which makes it our issue and not theirs.0
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I'd say unprofessional at an office. but not gross. that would be the wrong approach since that would offend those who don't consider feet gross. if you seriously have an issue against feet, then you can bring that up in a courteous manner.0
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It's gross. It's unprofessional.
Since I teach and usually stand up all day, I will sometimes switch to comfy sandals just inside my classroom. But your coworkers are waaay over the top. I bet some of them smell delightful, too.
Blech.0 -
It's fine for us monitoring alarms to go barefoot if we want, and I do it all the time. But I'm the only one there on the overnight shift on the weekends, so it's not too big a deal. If I work a day shift then I'll take them off at the desk, but I'll put them on when I have to hand my boss a note or deal with a customer that's come into the office. One of the main reasons why I wear sandals in the summer. Easy on and off.0
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They're feet... 99.99% of humans are born with two of them.
Get over it.
^^This.
I work in a room alone and see clients one at a time so I wear a pair of Crocs type shoes so I can slip them on and off between clients. Never know when I might feel like throwing a handstand up the wall or busting out some push-ups - between clients that is!0 -
Eh, it doesn't bother me, unless the person has bad foot odor.
A friend of mine at work does this though, and she will sit cross-legged in her seat, or slouch in her seat while on her phone....then complains that no one takes her seriously. Myself and a few others have told her that if she wants to be taken seriously and advance in her career, then she needs to be more professional, not a college student.
Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.0 -
- so, what she wears (or not) is a clear indicator of what she has inside herself to advance in her career? :noway:
it shouldn't matter.0 -
This is a workers comp liability. Hope the company doesn't mind their insurance premiums going up0
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They're feet... 99.99% of humans are born with two of them.
Get over it.
Doesn't mean I have to like them.
I don't even like looking/touching my OWN feet. *shudders*0 -
This is a workers comp liability. Hope the company doesn't mind their insurance premiums going up
What's the difference between walking around in socks or what have you to go to the printer or talk to someone at their desk and walking around in open toed shoes?0 -
I've done it at my desk but no one comes in my office. If I leave my office I put them back on0
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- so, what she wears (or not) is a clear indicator of what she has inside herself to advance in her career? :noway:
it shouldn't matter.
And yes, outward appearance matters and what image you project matters. Right or wrong that's how it is.0 -
Unprofessional and against policy where I work (nurse).
We can't even wear open toe shoes or Crocs for safety reasons.0 -
what does it matter? If you are not doing it, who cares? Do you share shoes with them? if not...who cares. Unless you are the worker's comp representative for your company. You know that could be used for a case against it. Employees can slip and find the company negligent.0
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- so, what she wears (or not) is a clear indicator of what she has inside herself to advance in her career? :noway:
it shouldn't matter.
Unfortunately in Corporate America it is. If someone is looking to climb the ladder then they had better be dressing and playing the part. If they're not then they won't be considered "corporate" material. It's all about politics.0 -
That is gross! I sometimes kick my shoes off while in my office, I have my own office. But if I leave the office my shoes go back on, or at least my little slippers I keep under my desk, but usually the shoes. It is so gross to use a puclic restroom with no shoes! Ewww!0
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This is a workers comp liability. Hope the company doesn't mind their insurance premiums going up
What's the difference between walking around in socks or what have you to go to the printer or talk to someone at their desk and walking around in open toed shoes?
stepping on something sharp0 -
I go to a kickboxing gym where most people don't wear shoes in class, would that make you equally uncomfortable?0
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Do a little research. It's probably a safety violation. First thing you know, someone drops something on, or kicks a stationary object with, a bare foot. Then there's a lawsuit where there shouldn't have been a violation in the first place. Find your "safety person" and get the ball rolling.0
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Not only is it unprofessional and unsafe, it is also unhygenic. Think communicable things - athletes foot and plantars warts. I caught plantars warts when I was in the military living in barracks. They hurt like H*** and are a son-of-a-gun to get rid of!!!0
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- so, what she wears (or not) is a clear indicator of what she has inside herself to advance in her career? :noway:
it shouldn't matter.
It does matter. If I showed up to work with bed-head and my clubbing outfit, would I be considered corporate material? No. Unfortunately, outward appearance is very important in the corporate world. Walking around in my socks or barefeet is the same thing.0 -
That sounds gnarly to me. I never thought of that being acceptable in an office space.....
Maybe to take off under the desk but otherwise, weird and unprofessional. (USA)
I get thrown off by people wearing jeans to work when they are in a business environment, makes me confused! (I wear jeans but I'm working outside normal business hours)0
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