People who remove their shoes in an office environment..

[RougeSeas]

AIBU or is this actually now an acceptable thing to do?

I've just gone back in to an office based role, there's a contact centre and i work the other end on a different team.

Many of the women come in, then spend the day walking about with no shoes on..

It seems very unprofessional and a bit grim

I should add- in public loos!!

Yes Phil I conclude it is. I can't see how it is going to affect all the people who aren't also in your office at the same time

archery ahhh! Keep wondering my friend... My kids drop trow and poo whereever and whenever the need comes. They usually like the most inconvenient time where we all have to squeeze into a cubicle where we have a delightful tale about the journey of said poo from bum to pan

Yes phil but don't poo..keep up

Am v.jealous of your superior bowel function !
Re -no shoes @ work what are these people thinking of !
I work @ the other end of the body, occasionally people remove shoes before settling in the chair. It bothers me a lot, not that I'd ever crack on about it & tbh not all are smelly -I just don't like feet.

I'm with all of you on the blankets (i know exactly who you mean by the pyjama type girlies! Rediculous!) and I also used to scoff at the women with hot water bottles. That is until I had really serious back pain one day and one of the girls offered me hers. Did the trick until home time :)

Shoes should be worn on the office IMO mainly due to how grim the carpets are! Also it really does not look professional at all!

Surely communal toilets are poo-go areas, PP was talking about no poo zone in the only toilet

In DH's office the men frequently wear bare feet and walking sandals, or walk in, remove shoes and socks, drop them in some random place and walk round like that all day.

They're very nerdy engineers. Not sure if that makes a difference.

Sometimes sit at desk with shoes off myself, but always tights or socks on. Walk round with shoes otherwise H&S come after you.

I worked for a tech company. Plenty of the men wore questionable footwear (I never thought I would see knee high socks teamed with sandals in person) but one guy walked around barefoot. He had an aversion to bathing, as evidenced by his facial hair - he seemed to be storing food there... management ignored it as a side effect of his brilliance.

I wear nothing higher than 3cm, usually Clarks courts, at work generally but I do have a higher pair under my desk if an impression is required. I know how rarely our carpets are cleaned. People step in dog shit, poo particles on the office carpet, barefoot... eww!!

YANBU. It's rather gross.

I can think of one occasion I've been caught out and needed to poo somewhere that wasn't my 'home base' and that was when i fell poorly whilst out for the day.

I hate wearing shoes and at home, the second I walk in the door I kick off my shoes and don't put them on again until I leave the house ... and even then I'll sometimes skip putting them on if it's just nipping out to the car, or to put something in the shed.

I wear shoes at work, but my job involves a lot of standing up, sometimes up to 12 hours a day, and even in the most comfortable shoes my feet start to ache after a few hours. I have been known to slip them off and pad around my workstation shoeless in order to give my feet a break from being in shoes as I find that walking around in flat, socked feet changes how I walk from being in shoes, even with barely any heel, and it allows the aching parts to rest.

If someone has an issue with that, then that's their problem to deal with, I'm not harming anyone.

Just the once?
Wow!

pani that is disgusting. Food beard urgh

I work in a law firm. I notice some people do walk around in socks but most don't.

How/why would I care about this? I cannot possibly take a side because there is nothing to take sides over. (Unless someone had smelly feet or smelly shoes - but that would be about smell). Really, can't understand why it would be better shoes on or shoes off?

The best thing to wear is just the best thing for you to work in. For some people that's mega comfy and for others it is dressy.

Getting your knickers in a twist about other people being pyjama-y is just about one-upmanship.

I've never pooed at work. In almost 20 years. I get it out of the way first thing in the morning after a coffee.
What a revolting revelation, sorry. It is convenient though. I'm grateful for my predictable bowels.

We don't have the shoe free madness in my office though. Thankfully.

My husband on the other hand, uses a poo as a full stop.

Ahh now... On your feet all day workers! I was one of those before this job. Still never removed my shoes unless it was carpet time and no shoes allowed.

But i do sympathise with the need to change things up, socks make a big difference.

I am also strict no shoes in the house rule..

Pani sounds familiar. DH's is a tech company too. The geniuses shall not be disturbed (except possibly by the smell of their own feet). Fortunately he manages to be a nerdy tech genius with his socks and shoes on.

POWER TO THE SYNCHRONISED POO-ERS

I have very small, very wide feet. Smart shoes hurt. There is a small range of styles that I can walk in without sloppy backs grating the skin off my ankles- I have never owned a practical pair of slip ons, all shoes must have straps. Despite buying comfort brands like Ecco and Hotter, if my feet swell, they become too uncomfortable to stand in all day. I've had to take Birkenstocks off because I've exceeded the widest holes on the straps and they've got too painful. At that point it's worth the hazards of teaching barefoot; pins on the floor, 16st teenagers swinging on chairs...
It's mainly a summer problem. The pressure points on boots aren't as bad, but boots aren't practical with summer dresses in 32oC stuffy classrooms.

My feet are incompatible with being smart. I'd love to look nice and be comfortable!

(I need to go through the trauma of replacing my fancy going out shoes as the straps have perished after 15+ years. Sigh)

Stinking food is far worse than any of these things

some my mum is the same. Size 3 and she swells up really bad as soon as any heat starts to get to her. It looks painful in the summer. She has to wear flip flops

I'm struggling to understand how this impacts on you in any shape or form, unless they have smelly feet. It's none of your business if they take off their shoes. Try concentrating on your job instead.

Microwaved fish, anyone?

Yes fish. It's always fish