Tesco Barefoot Ban

A rather surprising announcement, given the UK's reputation for barefoot tolerance.

Perhaps it's time for UK barefooters to mount a challenge...

 

Geez, you'd think they'd have better ways to spend their time than on stupid rules like this.

 

yeah that's crazy, I'll be sure to dig out my 'Sunday best' next time I visit Tesco. Not ever had a problem with my local - but who knows maybe next time....

 

What the BBC giveth, the BBC taketh away. Yesterday it was a positive article; today, not so much. At least the title of the article didn't mention shoes or bare feet.

 

I've been barefoot shopping in the Withernsea branch of Tesco's without any problem,but that's a seaside town...
No problem in Asda yet.

 

It's just that one Tesco store, not something that came down from headquarters. I think it's a good idea especially for UK residents to let Tesco know that bare feet do not necessarily have anything to do with sloppiness, disrespect or for that matter sleepwear. I go barefoot out of *respect*, because it's a gentle way of walking and the only time I'd wear shoes is if I felt my feet truly needed protection. Seeing as how I've been barefoot without any trouble at various dumps, recycling centers etc, if I showed up at someone's store wearing footwear that wouldn't be a good thing, LOL!

Btw, if it is truly only the 'sloppy' image they're concerned about, chances are they wouldn't even bother a person who was barefoot but otherwise smartly dressed. If I lived nearby I'd test it out.

(never mind whether it's right for a supermarket to refuse people who're sloppily dressed, but this is a barefooters forum so I'll stick to that only)

 

Likely an intolerant store manager! A brief campaign or boycott should fix that!

 

Well said.

I'm pretty sure the manager doesn't even know about "bare-footing".
Instead of a boycott against something that probably wasn't aimed at "bare-footers" why not email the manager and see if he replies.
Then boycott his ass if he doesn't

 

Hi all, Went barefoot to my local tesco today (Great Yarmouth) and had no problems must just be one small minded store manager. Until i am forced to i will carry on shopping barefoot its the best way.

 

I have barefooted in Tesco before as well as Asda, Sainsburys, Morrisons and Waitrose and never had any problems. It must be an isolated store and it is mainly aimed at those wearing PJs though some UK press have mentioned the word 'barefoot' on the appropriate footwear bit.

Hopefully it won't affect any other Tesco store, if so then we can campaign against it.

 

I get turned away from Asda all the time and Tesco have tried to chuck me out, I argued my way in that time, that was last spring I think. Sometimes I still manage to do my shopping if I'm wearing long jeans and make sure my toes don't pop out as I'm walking past the security guard at the door. lol

 

And here is another Tesco store following suit. Not a good thing!

(oops, saw I forgot the link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/leicester/hi/people_and_places/newsid_8493000/8493034.stm )

"Overwhelmingly customers would like other customers to wear shoes in a food store - and we don't think that's an unreasonable request."

Well, I would like other customers to not be close-minded bigots, but apparently that is not a reasonable request.

 

So, who determins if pants are considered pajamas or not? It is the pattern of the pants? I own two pairs of pants made out of fleece, they are almost identical, except that the pair with a stripe down the sides are considered pants, and the plaid or patchwork design are considered pajamas. Other than that, they are the same pants, so how can the color or design of pants offend anyone? CrAzY ShIt

 

I have no idea, Barefootjaime... I didn't think the lady on the pic was obviously wearing pj's either, I've seen jogging clothes very much like it. If someone's running and wants to go in for a bottle of water or sports drink, they'll probably be wearing something pretty close to that.

 

Welcome to F*&ked up American thinking. You just better hope this not catch on in Europe like it did in USA. Protest and nip it in the bud now, while you have a chance, because before you know it, it will be engrained into people's heads that you MUST wear shoes to go shopping or any other time you leave the house.

 

Its a real shame this was brought to public attention. Now people will be more aware of it and associate it negatively. I also dont really understand why wearing no shoes has been associated with lack of respect and laziness, of the few people Ive seen barefoot in public id say most of them were well dressed, definitley not 'slobs' and none of them were wearing pjamas.
Although I did see a guy once walking through manchester doing a pyjama pubcrawl in barefeet, i thought that was genius! Few people are gona ask why!

 

There is an article on MSN which has a lot of anti-barefoot bias in comments, unfortunately I can't seem to post there, log in okay but keep getting an error 'this display name is not available' whatever I chose, even if I pick a name I know can't be in use yet (there aren't that many Myranya's out there, I've Googled my name sometimes to see). Maybe some more folks can go post at
http://news.uk.msn.com/uk/articles.aspx?cp-documentid=152008894&ucpg=6&lc=1033

Oh, and giving the facts while remaining calm works better than cussing anyone out, even if we do think some of 'm are narrow-minded idiots (or worse), let's see we do have manners even if we don't wear shoes and keep that part to ourselves

 

I don't see pajamas as any kind of threat. For younger people they've become a new fashion statement. As for bare feet: instead of being associated with laziness and uncleanliness, bare feet should be associated with healthy living, and green thinking. Sort of the same way you view an excercise or a health food fanatic.

 

I just posted a link to this story on my FaceBook profile.

 

The ban seems to spread from the originally single Tesco market in Cardiff to others... and still, Tesco headquarters continue claiming, that there is "no official company policy" on banning barefoot customers. This time, a barefoot video artist who prefers walking barefoot for health reasons was victimized:

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5iOsnsqGWfjXzyJdrAdpZfyV5n9jg

I just hope that once those people with their anti-barefoot rules and NSNSNS signs encounter the right kind of customer:

http://www.rhymeswithorange.com/2010/01/January-17-2010/



(Thanks to SBL mailing list for both sources).

Wiggling toes of a still barefoot grocery customer (unhassled, so far),

~*Ganesha*~