What is your opinion on people being barefoot in public?

Bird poo, dog poo, cat poo, melted chewing gum, people spilling soft drinks on the sidewalk and parking lots...not to mention the unbearable heat getting out of a car in the summer and hot-footing it across a parking lot, people have gotten burned that way.

[c=#BF0080]Each state law is different. Are people really debating the law over barefeet now.. jeez.[/c]

[c=#BF0080]Excuse me know it all.. I know what the doctor told me and I've heard of it as long as I can remember. There's a name for it but it's nickname is foot to hand disease. So, don't tell me I don't know what I'm talking about. If you would have payed attention I said it can be caught different ways. Germs from your feet being one of them. That's how it got its nickname.
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I don't see anything inherently bad about it, provided they're not entering an establishment where walking around barefoot wouldn't be allowed or appropriate. It's a common thing in my area during the Summertime where it gets so hot that wearing shoes can make your feet sweaty fast. 😝

Theoneyouwerewarnedabout: I think the main reason businesses don't allow it is if there is something small and sharp on the floor someone might get cut and then they could say the store was responsible...another reason for health code because a foot that bleeds even a tiny bit could spread germs including hepatitis to another person who had an open sore or something on the bottom of their foot...especially in places where hundreds of people walk every day.

I'm for it. Bare feet are so natural and adorable

@Jenna29, here is one of many proofs that stores are forbidden to kick people out for being barefoot in their stores.

Hope they don't step on a rusty nail or piece of glass or some druggy's needle....

I'm not sure... It's cool but can get dangerous and disgusting. There used to be this man living in my neighbourhood who everyone just called "barefoot-man". He didn't even wear shoes in winter, so he had to grate a profile into his soles, against slipping on ice.

i know. thats whay i wrote my bigots comment... micro rules and regulations are killing this world.. when a buisness owner cant decide for himself who he wants to do buisness with without interference from the PC police..

who are the real bigots of this world

@CollegeKidPoet It's not an excuse it's a health code violation at most places.

so business owners cant even refuse service no more..?

wow. and who are the real bigots of this world.. ?

@Jessa29, no offence, but your answer was actually an excuse and I asked for no excuses.

College.... Probably bc people usually wear shoes..... I hate wearing shoes but just saying...

Why not I like being bare foot its comfortable.

refer to collegekidpoets post..

@theoneyouwerewarnedabout, what @CollegeKidPoet meant is that it's actually illegal for a store owner/worker to kick someone out for being barefoot since every US state allows people (of any age) to do it freely.

Actually @pinkrainbowkisses, you are confusing feet with sneezes when you are talking about germs. I did my health research; your hands is the most common body part to spread germs with your feet being the least common.

Bogans

I like going barefoot in my garden or on the beach but nowhere else cause I end up with stones stabbing into my feet

It's legal to be barefoot in public in the USA so it stays. Besides, it's healthier than wearing shoes. :D

People who do it are an abomination on the human species.

Feet that are bare all the time are probably the least smelly.

It's comfortable and just a little bit rebellious haha

Gross dirty & smelly

I live in a rather 'litigious' part of my country. As long the person going barefoot does so at his or her own risk, and can't hold anyone else accountable, fine. But I imagine business owners could easily see someone trying to sue because of stepping upon something that likely wouldn't have injured a shod foot.