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!

But sandals don’t stand out from the norm!

Well, @Offherrockingchair from the pushback you've had here, I'd be tempted to assume that far from being the place where all the people have naice, looked after feet and tootsies (and no, that doesn't mean a professional pedicure every week!), MN is a hotbed of women with hobbit feet! Who knew!😀

I'm with you. I once worked with a woman who had a resolving blister on the sole of her foot that covered the entire ball of her foot. A load of skin just hanging off. Once I'd noticed it, I couldn't stop noticing it and it made me feel queasy all day.

Smelly feet and bits flaking off are anti-social. Feet that look like feet? I can't get me knickers in a twist about it. Dried skin or discoloured nails don't effect you in the least.

Unfortunately the dry skin on my feet and hands is more persistent than I am. I don’t know if it’s some kind of eczema. At this time of year my hands and feet just seem to peel. I can be decent in the morning and peeling in the afternoon.

Everyone’s body is different, some of us are just unfortunate. Do you remember how bad people’s dandruff could be, before head and shoulders was everywhere?

It would be great if you worked as hard at shedding judgmental attitudes as you work at looking after your feet.

One of my lovely friends has a bit of dry skin on her feet, which i noticed the other day when we were out. But I didn't think "Ooh that's not nice!", or wonder why she had her feet out in gasps hot weather wearing sandals.

I just thought, oh she probably needs a bit of extra moisturiser, and she's a busy mum so her feet probably aren't a huge priority. 😳🤔😀

Life's too short to sit staring at feet!😅

I know what you mean, especially when someone's toenails look like pork scratchings 🤢

I honestly don’t see a scenario where you are looking at co-workers feet so closely. You must have some issues or phobias if it bothers you so much.
your eyes are much higher than feet. Don’t stare at people’s feet, look them in the eyes, and you’ll be fine.

i can’t even recall what shoes my colleagues are wearing (I presume they have shoes and feet lol). Focus on your WORK

I agree. I don't look at people's feet in general. There's a very easy solution for the OP...just stop looking!

It's a no to that, MeridaBrave.

There are so many pearl clutchers on here, you’re really making me laugh

Sandals are not bikinis, feet are not boobs or bum

Sandais are a sensible, non offensive item of clothing when practically they allow.

some of you need to get a grip

Seriously? So if your hands were peeling (mine get terrible in hot weather, no amount of cream helps), what would you do? Take sick leave? Annual leave? Wear gloves at all times? Resign and become a recluse? This thread is getting pretty nasty. What about zits? They're not all that nice to look at either. Should teenagers be shut in their bedrooms until their skin grows up? How very dare their inflict their disgustingness on others.

This OP.

Oh god, Hard Agree op. Can’t bear it, lol. Put your trotters away if you can’t look after them (men and women!)

They are not trotters. We are not pigs.

What do you think expect people to wear on their feet if they visit then? I assume you are a shoes off house so do you want manky socks on your floors instead?

Why should people do that? I don’t go round noticing and judging what others wear - give it a try, it’s terribly liberating.

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@PinkCatCushion Sounds like you don’t t manage classroom behaviour very effectively if kids are constantly swinging on chairs. Do better

Sandals don't stand out from the norm and people's feet are hardly ever in my eyeline. I would have to specifically go looking at them to notice them.

You don’t need a weekly pedicure to look after your feet. I used to have a monthly one. But now do my feet myself.

We all have different levels of personal care. To some these things matter to others they don’t. We just have to look around us.

I like you @Offherrockingchair am in the latter camp.

Rushing - former camp!

I would literally pass out if I saw this. I have a massive phobia of feet and would throw up if I saw that.

Even reading this has made me wash my hands 3 times 🤣

Oh jeez we had some corkers in my last office. Hard skin on heels that can NEVER have been filed and another person had unpainted toenails that looked like whelks. Utterly repulsive.

You would pass out if you saw someone in sandals? Do you never leave your house in summer?

Why? I’m subjected to having to look at people with face full of filler with troweled on make up wearing clothes made by modern day slaves seemingly designed to have the worst possible environmental impact every day of the year