Among the Many Aggravations of the Workplace....

is the fact that we (for the most part) can't work barefoot (those of us not self-employed, downsized, outsourced, etc.). Those who work in an office---do you grab a few barefoot moments during the lunch hour, or do you just resign yourself to shoes for the workday and resume barefooting once that time is over?

 

I worked in an office, and since my office was upstairs away from most of the other workers, I would take off my shoes in the office. I put them back on if I had to go out and talk to someone though.

 

i love you commitment to barefootin....but its not for me.....i take my shoes off at bed time and on again when i wake

 

It's an easy enough thing to bare my feet in the office in the flip-flop seasons (spring and summer, and - if warm enough - early fall), and even walk around a few metres in my bare feet... however, as soon as temperatures drop below a certain level, it's sort of expected to wear closed-toed shoes in the office. Actually, our company's "dress code" (meaning: no punk-type tattered outfit, etc.) also calls flips-flops a no-no, but daily practice in the summer months is to tolerate them.

Wiggling toes (at the moment sadly enclosed in my closed Birks), longing for 7 pm CET... then, the foot coffins come off and my toes are free at last!

~*Ganesha*~

 

Whenever I worked in an office in the past, they knew in advance that bare feet were part of the deal or there was no deal. Of course, in the US, this policy would be a bit harder to stick to than here at the fringes of the empire.

 

I work in an office all day and this is what I do.

 

Fortunately I work from home. That allows me to live and work barefoot often for several days at a time - no shoes, no socks, no flip-flops - totally barefoot (weather permitting - not when there's 18 inches (46 cm) of snow on the ground like today). When I travel, I frequently go barefoot through the airports, on the flights, to the hotel, and out to dinner. When I go to the actual business meeting I have to put on a dress shirt, dress slacks, socks, and dress shoes. Often when I'm done, I'll quickly return to the hotel where I spent the night, duck into the restroom and change into my t-shirt, shorts, and bare feet. I then fly home barefoot. So for a two-day trip I may wear shoes for anywhere from 2 to 8 hours.

 

I envy you. But that is one of my goals. I want to be able to work for myself and that will allow me to become a full time barefooter. I think by next summer I'll be at the point of being able to work for myself and make enough money to not have to look for a job ever again.

 

not only do I HAVE to wear shoes at work they are safety shoes. I would love to find a job where I can work barefoot or work from home.

 

I also have to wear "safety" shoes, but there is nothing safe about them.
Some time ago, a friend cut his toe on the exposed steel insert, and didn't check it out untill the end of the day, by which time the bugs that infest shoes had got under the skin.
His foot swelled up, and then his leg, the doctor sent him straight to hospital and he spent two days there on intravenous anti-biotics.
He used to tell me going bf was dangerous, but he's been a bit quiet about it since!

 

I hate to think of the day that I take a job where I have to wear shoes. But of course, we have to have money in order to buy the things we need (e.g. food, clothing, rent).

Luckily for me, I'm gonna be getting my master's sometime within the next year or so, once I finish my thesis. So for now, I have a graduate teaching assistant job, where I can go barefoot, no problem. No one has complained about it

 

When I worked in an office (at an internet helpdesk) I was also barefoot. That was my first year going barefoot and when we had an Open House I gave in and wore shoes, but all the regular work days I didn't even bring footwear with me. It's silly that people have to wear shoes when their only customer contact is by phone. Or even when there is more customer contact; the few times people did come over to the office I was barefoot as well.

 

I work from home now, so I guess I'm among the lucky in regards to attire, however when my job still had a local office, I went barefoot without any issues. As it turned out, there were only 4 of us in the office, me and three women, and two of them acutally started leaving their shoes off all day. They didn't come in barefoot, but I never saw them in shoes once they arrived. We all talked about how great it was to not have to wear shoes. I think it just goes to show that most people would prefer to be barefoot if they thought it was ok. Now it's just a matter of showing everyone it's ok.