I was just repremanded at the library for having my flip flops next to my feet!

Oh, great. Please make sure to publish the full address of that business you're planning to open so that we can post warnings to any prospective barefoot customer.

No need to invest in a NSNSNS sign... web and listservs will see to it that all barefooters organized online will get to know about that no-go bare-toe area of yours.

Enjoy your business life with a few hundred customers (at least) less.

Wiggling bare toes happily in the shops that want my money,

~*Ganesha*~

 

Doesn't have to be logical, but I guarantee you that is the reason the majority of public business' have such policy's.

I've worked retail as management for over 15 years and I've seen all types of scams and plans.

One of the best was working as a lumberyard manager when a barefooted customer sliced thier foot open on some wire fencing and tried to make a big issue of it. He took it to a lawyer and once it was noted that there were signs posted advising against entering in bare feet, the store liability was covered and the responsibility fell back on the customer. His legal council told him he had no case.

It really is just plain simple common sense. Is it really going to kill someone to don footwear for certain places/activities/situations?

Let me ask this, what is the logic behind going barefoot all the time everywhere?
What does it accomplish or affirm?
The only thing that dictates my choice of footwear or lack thereof is comfort and safety for my tootsies. If that is also what dictates your footwear or lack of choice then more power to ya and you have my support. But if you think you are proving something or making some type of political statement by going barefoot then :smilielol5:

 

I guess that each and every barefooter has his/her own reasons, but these are mine:

If people ask me (with interest, not with scorn) why I do it, I answer that it is a matter of wellness... and my personal barefoot wellness is divided in three parts:

● Wellness, as in health:
It is simply healthier for me to walk barefoot,
since the barefoot walking technique of putting
the whole foot down instead of slamming onto
the ground heel first relieves my ankles and
knees from stress and strain and also my feet
don't sweat as much as in shoes, since they are
out in the air as much as possible. Fungal diseases
such as Athlete's foot do not occur when walking
barefoot, since they need a dark, warm and moist
environment – such as inside shoes.
Shoes are bacteria and fungi incubators, really.
Plus: walking barefoot acts as an inurement, similar
to Kneipp cures or regular sauna visits. It helps in
building up and maintaining the immune system.

● Wellness of mind and soul:
When walking barefoot, I feel more at ease and
relaxed than having my feet constricted by shoes,
especially closed shoes. That's why I also walk
barefoot before and after work, since even those
short barefoot trips help me in building up positive
energy before starting the office day and cooling
down and shed negative energies after work.
I especially love rain after work, since the sensation
of walking barefoot through puddles is like washing
off the negativity and stress that might have built up
during the office day and to feel refreshed and relaxed
all at once.

● Spiritual wellness:
Walking barefoot gets me directly in touch with the
Goddess... Mother Nature, Mother Earth, Gaia... She is
known by many names, and I do not want to touch Her
skin roughly with boots, but tenderly with my naked sole.

Granted, the third part of my personal reasons is somewhat less than mainstream, but valid to me, nevertheless. If I had to work in an environment, where wearing shoes are a necessary safety measure, I'd wear them and treat them as tools, which are put away as soon as work is done. Working in an office environment, as I currently do, shoes are worn there for social reasons rather than safety.

Wiggling bare toes, that haven't been kicked out of any library over here (college or municipal),

~*Ganesha*~

 

Ganesha those are all very sound reasons and I completely respect you and your choice and reasoning behind it.
I guess the attitude that I find laughable is feeling as though a person is making some bold statement to the world by going barefoot. You know there are those out there with that mentality.
Your reasons are very much as my footwear reasons, based on comfort and health/safety concerns.
:cheers2:

 

Don't sweat it man. The security guard was an asshole, and yeah maybe he wrongly picked you out that day. Don't let it bother you, go back and try it again.
BTW, Why is there a security guard at your public library anyway?
Wait, you didn't say it was a public library...
If it was a school library tough luck, pretty sure you have no rights there.

ZW

 

First of all, you're arrogant and ignorant to assume that the rule is because other people would mind you being barefoot. It is to legally protect the library, because if their rule is absolutely no shoes off and it's enforced, then if you get cut or otherwise hurt you can not sue then.

Second of all, how can you possibly get offended at someone slightly comically embellishing exactly what would happen in china? I mean, realistically, they'd cut off a part of your body that the government could sell, but feet are related... seeee what he did there?


Lastly, have you no fucking clue what it is to be "responsible"?

 

Kia Ora Ni Hao!

Keep the responsible comments coming! I also find some of the "other" comments on this thread comical! Keep those coming too! Some people certainly are good for a laugh! They just follow me around from board, to board, to board and make their snarky comments about anything I post as if I really care. It just goes to show how far some people have fallen. It can not be denied that there are new agenda setters. Look at any recent post of mine for example. These same people who FOLLOW me around would have in the past not even looked twice at my posts! The key word here is FOLLOW. A FOLLOWER follows a LEADER. So to those who see fit to do so, keep FOLLOWING me! I seriously find it funny, and I truly, truly, TRULY do laugh out loud when I read posts from certain individuals.

lol

But I digress.

It is just curious that they would go so out of their way to stop 60 percent of my foot from touching the carpet when people trample in with dog crap and who knows what else on their shoes. Also, hands have the same oils on them so why are they not concerned about people wearing gloves to pick up the books. People are at the library to read, not admire the carpet. And to appease those who go to the library to admire the carpeting, maybe they should provide some sort of covering to slip over our shoes.

Cheers!

 

Exactly, people trample in with dog crap. Someone with your trolling abilities could easily get a cut from going barefoot, and then get that cut infected in their trampled dog crap, and try to sue them.

I enjoy your posts as well, most of the people I know in real life use big words, but they know how to use them. If you where half as smart as you try to look, you could shoot my arguments full of holes. It's good to be able to relax a bit

 

I know exactly what you mean. People who do trifling things to "make statements" piss me off too.

However, I love going barefoot as much as possible, and I echo Ganesha's exact same reasons. It's just a comfort/health thing. But mainly comfort, really

 

You aren't very bright, are you?
Were you specifically told that it was because of the carpet getting dirty?
Dude, it is for safety and liability reasons, nothing more or less. Why is that such a hard concept for you to understand. Or is it more fulfilling to you to believe you are being singled out and harassed because of your choice to go barefoot?
Sorry, but most likely you just aren't that important in most people's minds to give a shit whether or not you have shoes on, they are more concerned with their own liability should any type of accident happen.
Get over yourself. Please move to China already, would ya.

Personally I don't go barefoot in public places and areas because I don't feel like stepping in shit, spit, old gum, bird crap, manure and a whole host of other things I see on the ground every day. But to each his own I guess.

 

in toronto a library for bare footskies only would have to have some kind of special floor or be out side because it would fucking smell so bad...i am gagging just thinking about it...and every one would be like''its not me''...haha...ya the smell and the lawsuits are a very strong argument...they shouldnt even allow flip flops...who wears flip flops more than 50 feet from water anyway except girls?....

if one of my buds showed up and said ''lets hit the library'' and he was wearing flip flops i would say ''ya ya i will meet you there'' and then i would go fuck his girlfriend specially if orison showed up in flipscause his bitch is way hot

 

Maybe I Set My Standards Way Too High In Life.......BUT

I Expect So Much Better Than This, From Someone 48 Years Old...



Cheers Glen.

 

Wow, where to start...

If you wear flip flops or go barefoot, your feet generally don't smell.
There are plenty of people who wear flip flops, even *gasp* Canadian guys (who aren't close to water ).
I expect if you tried the last, you'd end up with said flip flops prodding your backside.

 

Glen I've read the same kind of remarks/responses from you in other topics. So why should I be held to a higher standard than yourself.

What part of my post, except for the move to China remark, do you find not befitting my age?
Everything I said is very reasonable, logical and true.

 

My favorite comments are that the library rug will smell like feet. A breathtaking statement. The other is about the possibility of getting cut in the library. The one in my town banned lathckey kids using the building for after school daycare, which really pissed the working mommies off. With that ban apparently also ended were picnics. No glasses or bottles to break in there. In fact, I've never seen people having a champagne toast and throwing their glasses in the fireplace either. But I suppose either activity is possible. If so, barefooters would be a good early warning detection system. Like canaries in a coal mine. lol.

 

and who would ever belive that, here in san antonio, texas; the podunk of the southwest. the head librarian at the public library, goes through her daily work bare of feet and, no one even gives a shit.
yet, some woman, breast feeds her baby in public at a mc donalds and, she is arrested and thrown in jail.
it is legel to breast feed babies in public in texas!
that woman is suing the hell out of mc donalds and, the city of san antonio's police department... MORE POWER TO HER!:cheers2:

 

you shouldnt have started at all....i dont wear flip flops because they look stupid and scream gay,arent practical and the cheap foam rubber absorbs sweat..and this poster IS a barefooter so his soles are likely black...i dont give a fuck how many times a day he washes his feet,a dozen steps outside and they are dirty again....and obviously i am aware that some men,even canadian ones,wear flips and every one of them looks like a dork

 

I enjoy your posts as well, most of the people I know in real life use big words, but they know how to use them. If you where half as smart as you try to look, you could shoot my arguments full of holes. It's good to be able to relax a bit.

Big words like responsible or laugh or follow? They are tough to use I suppose.

Sorry, but most likely you just aren't that important in most people's minds to give a shit whether or not you have shoes on, they are more concerned with thier own liability should any type of accident happen.

Hint - spell check is a good idea.

Wiggling toes with a dictionary.

 

Peeps, if you must wear "flip-flops", stay away from those mass produced plastic ones. They are made of very cheap foamed urethane and they harbor bacteria like crazy. Also, uncured or improperly mixed urethane is toxic, can bond with proteins and is known to cause pancreatic cancer among other things. These country's manufacturing flips, like China, I wouldn't trust to be too concerned with the quality.

Find some sandals or flip-flops made of natural materials like hemp, cotton, even (gasp) leather...


ZW

 

I would never wear flip flops. cause they do indeed make your feet smell.. like them crocks..