Going to the shop barefoot

[Lemonmaid]

Apologies for the possibly pearl clutching thread. I went to my local shop today (small supermarket) and the woman who went in just before me was completely barefoot, and remained barefoot around the shop.

Is this grim or is it just me who thinks so?

Bare foot is legal in the US

barefootislegal.org/laws/

@SonjaMorgan

I always drive barefooted in the summer, in isn't possible for me to drive in Birkenstocks. I love not wearing shoes, I don't really know why it matters.

Yep, me too. Love driving in bare feet!

I’ve done this before - no shoes all day, forgot to put them on before I got in the car, wasn’t going to drive home again.

It’s very scummy, the same as blokes going in without a shirt.

We have a co-op about a mile away on a rough estate and it’s exactly the sort of thing you see in there.

@Bertucci

How do you define 'scummy'?

It's pretty gross.
I hate having stuff on my feet and walk around my house barefoot all day. Occasionally I'll go out in the garden barefoot if I'm just nipping out for something.
But nobody wants to see the dirty soles of your bare feet when they're shopping.

I like being barefoot. However since I was a kid I was always told (different country) that you shouldn't go barefoot on the tarmac in town where there might be rat piss because of leptospirosis... so I wouldn't walk in the supermarket car park or aurroundings bare foot because of that.

Bare foot is legal in the US

I would not want to see Donald Trump's bare feet, or anything else for that matter. Now, that would be grim.

And I agree with pps - topless men in public away from beaches or pools is far, far, more grim than someone without shoes in a shop.

Feet are far more hygienic than bottoms of shoes! I'd go barefoot all the time if I could. This wouldn't bother me in the slightest.

Ooh I've never seen anyone do this!

I used to walk home through the city barefoot after a night out (not even because of heels, just because I enjoyed it) but would never have thought to go into an establishmebt barefoot. Probably because youd think they wouldn't want you to incase you hot hurt.

Bit risky isnt it? Some big fat edjit might stand on your foot xD

I dont think its 'grim' though. They are just feet.

I use a wheelchair. I used to go everywhere barefoot in summer if I knew I wouldn’t be getting out of my chair. I can’t do it now for medical reasons and I miss it when it’s really hot.

She was probably grounding.

I love being bare foot but I wouldn't go round the supermarket like that. I'd just stick flip flops on and take them off as soon as I got in

I love being barefoot at home but am a klutz so would be guaranteed to step on glass if I went barefoot round town. I don't care if anyone else goes barefoot, not my business. As others said she's not touching the fresh produce with her feet (presumably) so whatever.

How rude to call someone scummy for this. Just because it isn't what you would do, doesn't make it wrong.

Many people go shoeless in other countries , are they all scummy ?

my driving instructor told me I could go barefoot during one lesson once, I was wearing sandals that kept sliding off. You’d think she’d know if that was a no no

I had bare feet for all of my driving lessons, and for my test. Nether the instructor nor examiner remarked on it.

(It was a few years before I could comfortably drive in shoes )

FWIW I would much rather go barefoot and always do at home, the only time I have put shoes on since lockdown is to go to the shops.

Blimey. Most of you would hate living in NZ then - it is totally normal for people to be barefoot all the time here. Including in supermarkets and when driving.
And indeed children walking to and from school; I remember reading a BBC(?) article a few years ago in which the author cited seeing barefoot schoolchildren as evidence of our (genuinely concerning) problems with child poverty, totally misunderstanding that it’s a cultural norm here for children at all socio-economic levels.
Anyway, we wash our feet pretty regularly, so it’s all fine

Notwithstanding Kiwis, it irritates me here in the U.K. because barefoot types are usually very “oh look how individual and quirky I am.”

Absolutely grim.

TuMeke, you haven't seen the average UK pavement, then.

@tumeke was just coming on the day the same thing! Here in NZ it's completely normal to go everywhere barefoot. Shops, bars, restaurants. Children walk to school barefoot. A pic of school kids in the local paper revealed at least half of them barefoot.

I adore it. It never occurred to me to be 'unhygienic'. How is that possible when ifeet are washed (usually)daily compared to a shoe?!

Strange.

Totally normal here in New Zealand. I am guessing by the reactions that it's not so normal in the UK 😂

That's just because it's cold here. Fairly normal in many hot countries for people to do all sorts of things bare foot.

Of course it's not unhygienic. That is an absolutely ridiculous suggestion.

I saw a man in Sainsbury’s today barefoot!

Gross and weird !