gross or not gross?

Question

Went out to eat with my hubby last night at Golden Corral,and there was a lady walking around barefoot....it kinda grossed me out! You know,with all the bacteria,and athlete's foot,and crap,and there she is walking around barefoot around all that food! Gross! I didnt say anything to her for two reasons
1..wouldnt have done any good
2 she was an african-american,and i just knew if i did,it would be"its because im black,right,if i was a white woman,blah,blah,blah",i would have felt EXACTLY the same way,white,black,purple,or red person! ---GROSS!!!

She did come IN with shoes,but she took them off and walked around the buffet and the restaurant area!

Answer 1

Oh, sad to see so many people are so badly informed! There are NO health codes requiring shoes in stores or restaurants anywhere in the US, insurance companies don't require or even recommend shoes and it's NOT unhealthy or dangerous to go barefoot! In fact, in all other countries that don't have this health department myth, most people believe bare feet are quite healthy (including the rest of the Western world).

You will NOT risk an infection when you go barefoot, and DEFINITELY won't be at even the very slightest risk if *someone else* goes barefoot. We are at far greater risk of picking something up through our hands; our skin is made to keep pathogens out and it does a good job of that. Unless we put our feet on the table, any germs will remain on the outside of the skin *just* as well as on the soles of a shoe, and won't do ANY harm AT ALL. However, with our hands we touch our food and our faces; any time you've touched anything, not just in the restroom but any surface many people touch as doorknobs, shopping carts, money etc, you are at far greater risk of transferring those germs to your face/food so they can enter your body.

Athlete's foot needs a warm, dark and damp place to grow. You pick it up by going barefoot briefly (and then usually it even needs a bit of moisture on the floor as in a sports changing room, pool or shower), so you can pick up the spores, and then put that foot back in a (closed) shoe so the spores can grow. Keep the foot bare and they'll dry up and die on the dry, well-ventilated and light bare skin.

Hookworm has been pretty much erradicated from the South since modern plumbing has replaced the outhouses and never was a problem in cooler climates.

Injuries aren't likely either; the foot, especially when you habitually go barefoot, is far stronger than most people think. I have been barefoot for ten years, never divert my step no matter how much glass I see, and I get a tiny splinter maybe once a year, never had a cut, never had even the smallest splinter indoors. In the very rare case of an injury, tetanus has had a vaccine since the 1920's which everyone should keep up to date since there are other ways of catching it apart from stepping on a rusty nail barefoot.

I used to be sickly all winter long, coughing and sniffling from early fall until late spring. These past ten years I've called in sick once (for all of two days) and even having a minor cough is rare.

Not only are there no 'No shoes, no shirts, no service' signs here in the Netherlands and hardly any in all of Europe, but a little over a year ago I met a lot of doctors and other medical personnel (for my mom, not for me!), and none of them had any problem with my bare feet. Also barefoot friends in the US rarely get any critisism from their doctors.

I hope you and the previous answerers will read this post and the source; your fears are truly based on myths and not on facts!

Answer 2

Well it is kind of rude but not to gross for you aslong as you or your children are walking around barefoot to catch her dieseases (or if her feet were terribly stinky or stomach churning so you couldnt eat ur food), the only persons feet who are getting grossified are the lady's. Dont restaurants usually have rulees about wearing no shoes?I agree that u should not have said anything, a fight may have started.

Answer 3

sounds like a million of two issues, or perhaps the two. Dehydration and/or dry air in the room. i could propose a humidifier and don't blow your nostril for no reason. If there is not something in it then not something will come out and you will worsen it and a risk injury issues. in the journey that your nostril feels filled up, you're meant to take a decongestant or bypass in a steam filled room (bathe?) or placed your head over a bowl of warm water. you're doing the choice, that's making it even drier. If there is blood on your mouth or a lot of blood on your nostril then it somewhat is undesirable, bypass to the wellness care expert.

Answer 4

well i personally think thats gross!! no matter what race or color a person is they should NOT be walking around a restaurant barefoot that truly is nasty. You should call managment from the restaurant and inform them because that really is disgusting. Maybe they could post a sign or something in the restaurant so that in the future people know not to do that. that really is nastyyy and you were right to be grossed out.

Answer 5

Most places that serve food by Law and Health Codes arent supposed to serve people without shoes. No shoes, No shirt, No Service. I would have mentioned it to the manager. They probably would have appreciated it to because what if for some reason there was a Heatlh Code Inspector there making a surprise inspection and he had seen that. They could have gotten anywhere from a notice. to a fine, or even shut down. Business also have the right to refuse service to anyone and for a reason like that they should.

Answer 6

not gross,if she was not sticking her feet in the food ot bringing bacteria from her feet,it is not a big deal.People usually eat barefooted when not at a restaurant,no difference

Answer 7

Definitely gross! It may be against the law, too. Where I live there are lots of signs that say "No shirt, no shoes, no service". Rather than get involved, I think you should point it out to a manager. That is part of their job.

Answer 8

Wow as a germ freak, I am just so happy they were not my feet. I already have to think about walking barefoot in my own house because of where my own shoes have stepped.......


Agghhhh, now I will not be barefoot for another year or so when I can calm this feeling down and not be so obsessed about it.

Answer 9

It seems as though you answered your own question. In food establishments there is a rule (maybe law) that says no shirt or shoes, no service. Perhaps it would have better been brought up with the manager of the establishment!

Answer 10

Gross..... next time quietly complain to the manager.