When are feet considered "bare"?

I made a pair of bare bottoms that I wear into questionable establishments. So far, especially when I wear jeans, they have fooled everybody. I wear them 3 times/week into a grocery store that has a NS³ sign and the manager is usually the person at the register. To me, wearing bare bottoms is not completely "barefooting" but does give you the sensation of the world around you. I once had to make this clear to a store clerk who later agreed and left me alone.

Then, there's the question of whether topless sandals are considered shoes or not. They do cover your soles, but the top of your foot is "bare". I suppose most establishments are more concerned about the soles of your feet than the tops, but wearing anything on the bottoms of your feet is defeating the purpose altogether.

 

Not too long ago I wore a pair of barefoot sandals while patronizing my neighborhood Walgreens. My guess it that they fooled most of customers, because I didn't get any strange looks. I was at the checkout counter when the manager came up beside me, looked at my feet, and I thought "Uh oh, here it comes". He said "Cool shoes", yes he called them "shoes"!. He told me that his wife wore something like that back in the 70's. The guy has good taste.

What never ceases to boggle my mind is that the is just as much foot showing with flip flops as with barefeet and yet people have a conniption when they see you barefoot. A thin piece of rubber between you and the floor makes all the difference.

Go figure.

 

yep..i never understood how going barefoot could offend anyone.. but thats folks for ya... although i'm barefoot every chance i get i dont take it to the extreme.. i have to wear shoes for work and i do for the supermarket too...mainly because i do my shopping on the way back from work...the rest of the time i feel the earth under my feet

 

Wouldn't you know it. This post almost jinxed me. I was at the grocery store I mentioned above and the manager was the cashier again. I was wearing my barebottoms and he asked "where are your shoes?". I said " I have to wear dress shoes all day and I didn't feel like putting them on this early in the morning". To which he replied, " I don't blame you. Mine come off as soon as I leave work". He said nothing after that. We'll see what happens on Friday.

 

Lack of a thin piece of rubber; actual bare sole in contact with the floor, that's what makes them insane. The part least seen in public. It isn't just craziness, it's wickedness.