Barefoot Chores

Ordinary stuff---post office, bank, cleaners, bakery---is nice done barefoot.

(Let the silliness commence!)

 

Those are errands, not chores. The idea is otherwise understood.

 

^ i agree. chores would be like cleaning the house, or feeding the cows, or whatever housekeeping duties may apply in your case.

chores = at home
jobs = at work
errands = everywhere else

i think "responsibilities" would cover all three.

 

Farm chores.

 

Back yard/garden chores.

 

apartment chores.

 

Barefoot throwing out the trash to the dumpster, barefoot going to the mailbox to check the mail, barefoot doing laundry (going to the laundry room or laundromat if not done at home), barefoot bathtub or shower cleaning (to remove those dirty sole marks from the floor).

 

I can't imagine wearing shoes for any of that work, unless there was something to be done outdoors when the weather was bad. I don't even wear shoes in the kitchen when we have guests over for dinner, though I will dress up a little better otherwise.

I've had two different neighbors make negative comments about me walking out to my mailbox without shoes.

 

shoveling snow seems like the obvious answer to me. or weedwhacking.

also, if you have any sort of farm animals, there is an argument for wearing shoes into their living quarters, namely poop. growing up, i generally fed the chickens/collected the eggs barefoot, but for example cleaning out the pigpen was definitely done in shoes that were used pretty much only for that purpose.

 

Maybe someday we'll get enough snow here again to be worth getting out a snow shovel. It's been years.

 

^ i would think in that case you might as well just use the regular shovel on that rare occasion.

 

You're joking, right?

 

We actually have a standard sized shovel with square corners, like a snow shovel. Works well for lots of things. I think it's called a coal shovel?

Pretentious assholes, they are. I just smiled and changed the subject.

 

You should walk to your mailbox naked next time

 

I agree with r0llin - walk to your mailbox naked next time.

 

I'd love to, if I thought I could get away with it.

 

Chores and errands for sure. Jobs - sometimes.

Karen - what crappy neighbors! Why would anyone care if you walked out to your mailbox barefoot? Geez. Get a life people.

 

I always go barefoot down to the quarter wash in the basement of our building. I put sandals on to take the trash out though, because the trash box is in the underground parking garage and the ground down there is black with oil and grossness.

 

Strange people. Odd opinions sometimes. I've gotten unexpected comments and questions even in parks with lush green grass, on a perfect day when I was thinking, "Why would anybody want to have on shoes right now?" I got a surprised reaction Friday afternoon, when I was in a grassy meadow on top of a mountain about two hours from here. I instantly thought about this forum.

At work... it's an office with perfect floors, and I'm the boss, so I won't ever be wearing shoes there. When it gets cold, I turn up the heat.

Around town, the grocery store doesn't allow it, the CVS pharmacy does. I rarely shop anywhere else. I don't need to buy anything else. The custodian at the post office once warned me that he once saw a piece of broken glass on the floor there, a few years earlier. I believe I can handle that.

When I walk into a business meeting at a client location wearing 3-inch heels, I wonder how many of them assume I dress like that all the time. I sort of look like somebody who would do that. In reality, those shoes are staying on only until I get back to the car. And if the conference room table hides my feet, the heels won't even stay on for the whole meeting.

 

Over the weekend I was barefoot in a Kroger, CVS, REI, Hallmark card store and credit union. No comments, couple of looks, surprise mostly.