Barefoot at work

outdoors definitely.


headymoechick, DID YOU EVER GET A PAPER CUT ON YOUR BIG TOE? Lol, I got a flippin' paper cut on my toe the other day while sitting on the floor organizing some papers. Yay.

that was random. *runs away*

 

Link's broken...

 

I dont wear shoes at work eaither in less I go out on the nursing floor...but really I should its in major violation of OSCHA, but whatever no one ever says anything and I am here for 9 hours a day I should be comfy right?

 

There's no health law against bare feet. The dirt you accumulate on your feet is the same dirt you accumulate on shoes. There really is no need for any law.

 

http://www.osha.gov/

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration does have laws requiring footwear to be worn by employees in certain industries here in the US. Most of the time that relates to industries where there is signifcant risks to the employees health and welfare, such as construction, industrial engineering, etc. However it sounds as if dazy works in a hospital, where there is a risk of biological contamination, discarded sharps and the like that could pose a risk to someone in bare feet. The level of that risk isn't as definable, but since we have such a litigious culture here in America the rule has become "err on the side of overprotection".

 

Hooray for the rest of the world!

 

How did I miss pics of HeadyMoeChick's feet?! There's just a little X where I imagine they used to be! Wahhh! Repost 'em, please!


-Jeffrey

 

True, there are laws against bare feet for *employees* in some industries. As long as we remember they pertain to employees only and not to customers, apart from perhaps a few extreme places (like construction sites -I believe stuff like hardhat areas goes for visitors too, not just the workers). Occasionally people will claim you need shoes as a *customer* in a store or restaurant because of OSHA rules, and those claims are false... but as an employee they may be true, depending on what work you do.

 

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I get to be barefoot at work, but that's cause me and my old man work out of our house. It's a really cool thing when you can be totally nude and barefoot at your job!!!

 

I'm applying for a job at a smaller computer repair shop, and I doubt the manager will care if I wear shoes or not

 

I went barefoot at work last night. I'm barefoot in the public library right now. I usually wear shoes or sandals between my car and the parking lot, but once inside I can usually kick them off. Depending on when the boss arrives, I typically am barefoot most of the time... always at my desk, anyway.:cheers2:

 

Well, at my job, I can still kick off my flips under the desk (it's still flip-flops, as the weather over here still is mild enough to get away with that - over 10° C). And, as there is no danger of possible customers coming to our office on Saturdays, I can be barefoot (not carrying any footwear) when working on Saturdays...
Which will happen today, as well, since I have a Saturday shift coming up, where I am acting as supervisor and quality control person to our telesales team (or rather, the guys in that team who volunteered to do some extra hours on a Saturday). Kind of a barefoot boss for a day...

Wiggling supervisory toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

I need a new job, I have to wear safety shoes for work. . . err I do get paid well though so it would have to be a good paying job.

 

I met a young woman in the Port Authority bus terminal in NYC. She was barefoot and her feet were as filthy as mine. She was with a blond girl who was also barefoot, but with very clean feet. The blond's BF was shod. They were waiting for a bus to take them to a Dead show at the NJ Meadowlands. I said "I see we like the same shoes!" She put her sole against mine to compare width. Despite her being younger, we matched!

She told me she worked in a clothing store in Greenwich Village and was allowed to work barefoot! She didn't even own a pair of shoes to wear if she wanted to. From how wide and tough her soles were, I believed her. I also met a girl in a convenience store who worked barefoot. She was sweeping the floor and her feet were very dirty. She told me she felt lucky that she had the freedom to work like that. Sadly, I haven't seen anyone like that in a long time.

 

I work in an office building so I can't walk around barefoot, but at my desk I usually take off my shoes. Even if I'm walking up and down the aisles in my area I'll pad around around barefoot.

 

I work for a thinktank as a mechanical designer. Most of my day I am at a computer making virtual models of various mechanical parts. I wear flip flop to work, but take them off when I am in my cubical. <(^o^)>

 

I usually do wear posh, business suitable flipflops, so i can slip off at my office easily. As long as we have no vips around, i can go barefoot around in our little division without getting trouble. My coworkers are used to it and don't think about. So i wouldn't say i'm able to work barefoot, but i have my little liberties though.

 

i go bear foot at work & no one seems to mind. i go bear foot mostly in the summer. i will wear sandles to to work & slip them off when i get there & just walk round the office all day bear foot. i have to be carefull tho as i work for a steel manufacturing company so their is little shards of metal on the floor which could easily get stuck in my foot. certain parts of my feet the skin is so tough tho that it dosent hurt but other parts are sensitive.

its winter here now tho & its too cold to go bear foot. the floors at work are polished marble & are really quite cold so i like to keep my socks on & sometimes my shoes. if its bad weather here (like it is alot in rainly old england) then i have to keep shoes on. i am the receptionist & have many people walking through making the floor wet. keeping my shoes on for the best.

i have to keep shoes at work just incase we have visitors or meetings because gooing bearfoot is seen as unprefesional.

 

Right now I just work for myself (home based business) and I work as a radio DJ. I'm allowed to work at the radio station barefoot, but it's only 5 hours a week. I really need additional employment but I would like a job where I don't have to wear shoes. I don't even own any right now and I really don't want to. Frankly, I just don't like shoes. Does anyone know of any barefoot jobs out there in the Lehigh Valley (PA) area?