Nothing on feet...really?

[GaynorGoodwin]

There is a woman at my place of work who chooses not to wear footwear around the building. It’s not a particularly large building, not a building site office but a professional office. As soon as the sun comes out...off comes her shoes.

I find the whole thing rather distasteful. No-one else says a word, is it just me?

In the summer once the children go home we all walk round shoeless at my workplace!

Many people are shoeless in my office too (plus flip flps - see earlier post) :)

Bare feet is a bit nasty but I've worked in offices where people kept slippers or flight socks for foot relief.

Oh no sweaty feet making marks on the carpet ewww yeuk it’s not her home it’s an office. Unprofessional op sgree with you

It might be distasteful, but I wish it wasn't!
Dh is south African and, when there, so many people, and pretty much all kids walk around barefoot - in supermarkets, the mall, the airport. My dds do there and love it, but I don't think it'd go down too well in Waitrose

I think it’s unhygienic to walk around barefoot in public buildings. God knows what people have got on their feet, verrucae, athlete’s foot.......

Guilty of taking my shoes off and just having socks or tights on

There's a thread about this every year.

Are you a foot fetish troll?

Doesn’t it contravene Health and Safety? It would at my company.

It's manky and unprofessional, it bugs the shit out of me in shops/libraries etc and on flights too. I've never seen it in work myself but I would definitely double take if I did

Sweaty feet marks on carpet ?? Maybe on hardwood floors or laminate it I highly doubt feet would leave a mark on a carpet ! Grow up people it's only feet , it's not like she is walking around topless or knickerless

I work in a nursery, all staff (and children) wear either socks or slippers, sometimes a few staff members are completely barefoot in the summer.

Being shoeless is great your being U.

Vile! What do he say? Or are they aware?

The only issue I see is the risk of standing on a pin or something. If people’s shoes trailing through all sorts are ok on carpets then why not bare feet

Feet get washed every day. the soles of your shoes do not. I know which one I'd put my money on being cleaner, so i think all this "ewww, dirty feet, unhygienic" stuff is nonsense.

I love that shoes indoors are seen as yuck, bare feet are seen as yuck but apparently sweaty socks or tights on floors are just fine.

Feet get washed every day.

One would like to think this to be true. In my experience it is not true.

What happens if she steps on a pin? Or drops something on her toes?

work in a nursery, all staff (and children) wear either socks or slippers, sometimes a few staff members are completely barefoot in the summer.

Does your nursery have lego? Standing on that hurts.

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I think it’s unhygienic to walk around barefoot in public buildings. God knows what people have got on their feet, verrucae, athlete’s foot
And as long as you wear your shoes then there is no risk at all of you catching anything.
You also seem to think that shoes are really hygienic! There are far worse things on the bottom of people's shoes than there could be on their feet.

How do you know everybody else’s feet are clean...

@ArcheryAnne; how do you know everybody else’s feet are clean?

Definitely not, sometimes theres poo on the floor. (Nursing home )