Sandals and crusty feet at work

[Offherrockingchair]

AIBU to think that walking sandals and flip flops are not professional workwear? Yes, it’s been ridiculously hot, but I don’t want to see brittle yellow toenails, crusty dry skin and, in one case, flakes and chunks of skin hanging off the manky trotters of my colleagues 🤮 At the very least, if we are going to be subjected to your toe cleavage, have a pedicure first. And don’t get me started on the smelly ones!

We aren’t talking about being dirty - we are talking about being aesthetically unpleasing to some people. Why can’t people understand that?

If you shower, wash/brush your hair and wear clean clothes that are appropriate to the environment you are in every day then the rest is just cosmetic and shows a certain amount of insecurity from
those posters who judge.

If ‘pampering’ is your thing then great. Buy your wanky soaps and products and pay people to administer ‘treatments’. I’m would genuinely rather stick pins in my eyes than do that but I’m an adult and as such I understand that people are into different things.

If your entire self worth is tied up with having your feet perfectly pedicured and every inch of skin moisturised or whatever, then that’s fine. It’s a shame that you feel that insecure but we all have our issues.

If you were happy in yourselves then it wouldn’t bother you,

What about those of us who just aren’t attractive? Should we make more of an effort?

If someone can explain why people who are clean and dressed appropriately are so offensive, I would love to hear it.

Like I said, it shows your insecurities that you judge others for not wanting to spend their time and money on something just because you can’t exist without it.

@Anarchy99 are you deliberately mis-reading my posts that have absolutely nothing to do with being aesthetically pleasing and are all about good health and self-care?

People who don't know how to take care of themselves get angsty when other people point that out, with the best of intentions.

See, that's a YOU problem. Not the toe-owner's problem to solve.

But nobody has claimed being dirty or leaving themselves with injured skin is a good idea. It's a difference of opinion over what constitutes "self-care" and where that tips over from hygiene into grooming.

I've never had a pedicure, I've never treated my feet with anything. If there is dry skin on my feet that's left over from showering and drying then it isn't noticeable to me and if it's noticeable to anyone else I don't care. That's not me not taking care of myself or failing to perform anything basic.

It's no different to my face. I use no skincare because I'm not interested. I have rosacea which is untreated and sometimes flares up. I'm sure my red bumpy face is offensive to some and seen as not taking care of myself but it's clean and washed so what anyone else judges it as is their problem.

You sound rather insecure yourself tbh. If you were genuinely happy in yourself I'd have thought you'd have been able to convey your message without resorting to sarcasm/sneering.

You put that much more succinctly than I did.

If people want to indulge themselves and pretend it’s for their health then great.

Absolutely. Which is why I haven't suggested people should shave their toes or not wear sandals. That would be ridiculously arrogant. But people on the thread are talking about things they find aesthetically displeasing, and I was doing the same. No one's saying there should be a law against it, it's not that deep.

Ah but the difference is that I wouldn’t even notice your feet or whatever, much less judge, because I mind my own business and I honestly am
not sufficiently interested in others.

Live your life and let others do the same. If you can’t go out without judging people then it’s for you to deal with. It does not make you a better person than them.

I wouldn't reprimand them unless I was their manager. If I was, I we would. I can't believe that adults need to be told that basic hygiene is necessary to be professional.

I'm sorry but the more you talk, the more convinced I am that you must be pretty unkempt and that those around you are just too polite to say so.

Which is why I went into great detail in an earlier post about what constituted self care and how I considered it to be what I would do for those who couldn't do it for themselves. Again, had absolutely nothing to do with aesthetics - just basic self-care, which will of course differ from person to person depending on age and circumstances.

And the dentist and the osteopath had a chuckle over it during their weekly golf round.

What makes you say that? Do you think that you know better than medical professionals?

Says the poster who has spent so much time on here judging other people's "wanky soaps", "treatments", "perfectly pedicured" etc! Come on now.

Stop staring at people’s feet and do your work. Busy body.

Yes. Between the you need to buff your toes with a 3 carat diamond and cream them with whale oil extracted in the dark of a Norwegian January midwinter night before you leave the house posters and the my eyes never descend below the horizon line, I've never noticed anyone else's knees/feet/shoes/skirt/trousers in my life, this thread is pretty bizarre.

@user67584329 indeed it is quite mad. I think we should blame the whale oil. 😁

Like so many other posters, you seem to be living somewhere in the middle of the 20th century with your crusty feet and male health care professionals and golf.

It's 2026. Your 20C standards are completely unacceptable.

Or lack thereof 😅

I have to say, I don't quite understand the posters who are horrified by pedicures. I absolutely love mine. Every other week. Feet in warm lavender scented water, lavender scrub, stress releasing massage, file straight across, paint. In between, some Cerave moisturiser before bed at night. I don't know what's not to like!

I don't think anyone has expressed anything like horror. Lack of interest isn't the same as dislike. I've never had a pedicure because I can't be arsed and it's never occurred to me to do so, not because I find the concept unpleasant.

oh come ON. We've had page after page of people calling feet rank, minging, cheesy, revolting, crusty ... really strong language specifically chosen to make sandal-wearers and non-pedicurers feel bad.

You have no idea what that poster looks like, not the faintest. (The post you quoted wasn't even about that.) You just want to get on your high horse and insult her.

I'm sorry but a hit dog hollers. I must say that this thread is a bit of an eye opener. I wouldn't dream of going out in public with unshaved legs or armpits, unfiled feet or yellow toenails and cracked cuticles. It makes me wonder what other people consider basic hygiene.

You think that shaving legs is basic hygiene? Oh dear.