What Extremes Have You Gone To To Gain Entrance Into A Barefoot Unfriendly Establishment?

My experience is that just because the sign on the door might say No bare feet...It isn't always strongly enforced. I have noticed on occassion the odd woman wearing long jeans to hide her bare feet.

 

Yeah the no shoes sign doesnt stop me much. The grocery store i always go to has one of those signs and i was only ever caught by a manager once. He didnt even ask me to leave he just sort of mentioned the sign and looked disapproving. Its only if the people inside have a problem that i will leave. I have noticed that a very long flowy skirt sometimes hides my bare feet. I also wear barefoot sandals sometimes.

 

Never had any trouble tbh, apart from Tesco.....f**k them, I'll take my custom elsewhere. I refuse to creep about and try to conceal who I am...if my money's not good enough, f*ck 'em.

 

No extremes needed. In fact, stop with the extremes.

If a door greeter stops me from entering, I point out no sign. If they still insist, I will get the shoes. Management reserves the right to refuse service, it's their business. If there is no greeter, I generally ignore excuse me sir types of messages unless specifically called out to put on shoes. Again, management reserves the right to refuse service. Then there's consideration, bare feet trap more dirt, and wet feet spreads more dirt. The argument that the shoe sole is cleaner than a bare foot is moot.

I would also like to remind these almost miltant barefooters that they are going more harm than good. No bare feet signs will go up, management can confront barefooters, and failure to comply would result in being asked to leave.

I am also not sure barefooters would accept responsibility for injuries as they claim they would!

I've broken a toenail hitting an entrance turnstile, enough where it started to bleed. I exited the store. My fault, so I didn't file suit. Mall floors are often buffed so slippery that bare feet are a slip and fall hazard. I would have to walk much slower in bare feet than I would do in shoes, and if there is ever a ground fault on an escalator... potentially dangerous electric shock.

 

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Ive had that problem wit the buffed floors once or twice..Once was actually at a mall and another time at a laundrymatt..you dont realize how slick those floors can be till you walk thorugh them barefoot but i think my feet have gotten uded to them as well because i find myself walking thorugh those flors now barefoot with no problems bur yeah, the slip hazard is still there

 

None. I've yet to experience being denied access to a public location on account of my feet, so I have no boundaries to push. Though in all honesty, if I'm going to a location where my bare feet could potentially cause drama, I keep my sneakers at the ready in my car, just in case. I share some of the sentiments expressed by Mr. Hot Asphalt here. Barefooting is good, but it shouldn't be a reason to engage in open warfare with others. That's never been the type of attention I've wanted. I don't want my feet to become some sort of big deal.