no barefeet allowed, you'll have to leave.

so.. since we've got a 1001 places to be barefoot threa i figured i make a new one.. "1001 places to be kicked out of!"

i got kicked out of the store today.. that makes 3 places now in a year and a half.
still not gonna put them contraptions on my feet.

 

Cedar Point amusement park, Sandusky, Ohio. I tried to enter in my barefeet so I had to put my sandals on, but off again they went.

 

HMS Belfast, London, they said the deck was too rusty and unsafe for bare feet. I agreed, it was. That is the only time i have ever been stopped for being barefoot.

 

amtrak trains... NOT barefoot friendly at all. they announce that you must keep your shoes on!

 

I can see the point IF there are hazards such a broken glass or bits of metal or whatnot, but them thinking barefeet are going to pollute the place ~ NOT! I go barefooted anywhere, and whenever I went to this state park they asked me to put my shoes on for fish hooks, which was nice of them to think of my feet but if I want to go barefooted I will and if I get a hook in my foot, that was my sillyness! What right do they have to tell me I cant feel the Earth under me? HA!

 

exactly!

what next? walking helmets?

 

Any and all national museums in New York and Washington D.C. God knows what bare feet might do to the marble floors...:huh:

 

Odd.

I rode many of the East Coast routes in Mayland, Pennsylvania and New York last September and no one ever made a comment. In 2004, we took the Coast Starlight from LA to Seattle (it took 4 days) and once again, no one said a thing...

 

i only took the california zepher one way and the somethingiforgetnow the other way. it was in there onboard pamphlet. only thing i can figure is that they're scared you'll pinch yourself between cars.

i got kicked out of the library here.. and the goodwill in santa cruz.


should i dare go to the courthouse barefoot to pay my fine?

 

Got asked to leave the Trafford Centre in Manchester just before Christmas, despite having been there a dozen times before!

Boogabaah, what are you being fined for?!

 

Its been a year and a half that I've been barefooting almost full time and there have only been a few places that kicked me out;

Disney World
A couple mini-marts
The Art Institute (Chicago)
A Resturaunt
Building supply warehouse (I'm a construction worker)
Circuit City
(After I wrote thier corporate hdq's they said barefoot was O.K. - no problem since)

I have had much better luck being able to go places barefoot than I thought I would.

Pete the Barefoot Carpenter

 

big old long thread about this somewhere.. in a nutshell. i was riding my bicycle and there was too many people in the interesction.. i went.. cop was right there.. kinda dumb really.

 

Sure as long as you don't get fined for going in barefoot!

 

Little Caesars. Yes, I just went in for a quick second to pick up a pizza, pay, and run right back out. As soon as I enter, the dude tells me I have to have shoes on in there. Even though I would be in there for a grand total of 30 seconds. He said the health department would fine them if he let me in barefoot. So I produced a letter from SC's health department (obtained from the SBL website), and he *still* refused me. I literally tried to give him my debit card to pay, and he crossed his arms refusing to take it. *%&^&*!!!

ZOMG don't get me started on Amtrak!! They're horrid! I was riding once from Raleigh, NC to New London, CT. Coming out of Raleigh, the conductor kept telling me I had to have shoes on if I was away from my seat. At least he was friendly about it, though. On the return trip (i.e. coming out of Connecticut), I literally went all the way up to the snack car in my bare feet just for refreshments. And the guy at the counter adamantly refused to serve me for being barefoot. He said it was too dangerous to go between cars. (Yeah, like my flip-flops which are perfectly okay would really be tons of protection.) So, in the name of safety, he made me walk all the way back to my seat, put my flip-flops on, then come all the way back if I wanted something! Once again, *&^*&^$!!!

Why are people so immune to reason??

 

Hi

When it was the last time you wore shoes, sandals, flip flops, socks or whatever on your feet?

Do you plan to be barefoot for the rest of your life, never ever wear shoes again???? Do you think that could be possible???

Regards

DG

 

It's absolutely possible, depending on where you live. With a few momentary exceptions while traveling to the US (see this thread for a discussion on THAT topic), I've not worn any type of footware for over 14 years. Take a look at the 1001 places to be barefoot thread to see some of the events and places I've listed there.

Like all things, a barefoot lifestyle should be embraced, but not to the point of Fanaticism. I'll push my luck as far as I can when visiting other countries like the US, but I'll always remain polite and deferential to the authorities there, if for no other reason than to be able to quickly come back home where we enjoy full-time barefoot freedom!

 

seohsreven, I've always been curious to ask this - do you see many foreign tourists or travelers in your country going barefoot? I would love to see Thailand someday, and it would be wonderful to experience some of this barefoot freedom - but I wonder if I would be the only one? I guess I would probably fit in more with locals like yourself.

Anyway to contribute to the thread - I've only ever had a confrontation in Costco. I've ridden Amtrak several times between Seattle and San Francisco, and been barefoot most of the trip without problem. It's probably totally dependent on who's working the train that day...I solicited and printed a letter from our state health department that I have in my car, and in 8 years I've never needed to present it to anyone. Granted, my barefooting is "fairweather" at best, so I'm probably not the best sampling.

 

The majority of our tourists are Japanese and Korean, and they usually wear zorries unless inside a home, a resort hotel, on the beach or at the pool. In the Marianas, locals usually follow suite, but in the rest of Micronesia, especially Yap, bare feet everywhere are more common.

Thailand is variable, depending on the region, but like most of Asia, no one would even think of going into a house shod. Going into a temple with shoes on would nearly be the equivalent of walking naked into a church.

Most folks are used to seeing "Haolies", or "Falangs" (white people) shod the majority of the time, so a barefoot one can be a bit of a novelty.

**Guess I'd better contribute here: The Capitol building, Washington, DC (they were actually quite polite)

 

Embassy Suites restaurant/bar. I was out of town for some work related meetings and was staying at Embassy for a few days. I went to the restaurant/bar late one evening to get some dinner and a drink. The hostess would not let me in the restaurant/bar area without shoes. She said it was their company policy. So I ordered my meal for room sevice.

 

I was told a few minutes ago that I could not be in Walgreen's barefoot. I am in New Orleans it is about 75 degrees and storming raining. I was told due to the wet floors and my barefeet the was a chance I wolud slip. So a pair of flip flops on a wet floor is better protection. A truly fucked up mentality.