You guys, I just got Think of the Soldiers-ed

[5kcandlesinthewind]

I was getting some water at breakfast this morning, and this participant walked up next to me.  He said something about having abandoned his flip flops, and I looked down and he was bare foot. And then he said, "is that ok?" I said, "well, no, because there's food here. And also, I really don't know how clean those rugs are."  He looked at me, and LITERALLY said, "if you spent a year in Iraq walking around bare foot in the desert, you would lose those sorts of concerns."

Seriously?

So I said, "well, you're not. You're at breakfast. At Harvard. Keep your shoes on."  

And then I thought of GBCN, because while I may not post elsewhere on here very often, I sure do read it, heh.

[vtdiamond]

HAHAHA! Wow that is ridiculous, good for you for standing up to him. Of course it's not ok to walk around barefoot in professional setting.

[preppy]

That is bizarre. THINK OF THE SOLDIERS!!

[pinkroses]

Haha.  Was he really walking barefoot in Iraq for a year?  Don't soldiers get shoes anyway???  You deal with an amazing amount of crazy at work.

[5kcandlesinthewind]

It was so weird. So, so weird. And I am one of those people who really, really hate feet, and now I can't unsee him walking around barefoot when I look at him. *shudder*

[soxin2]

I walked around barefoot exactly once at my on campus job and it was because I had walked cross campus in a *downpour* and my socks and sneakers (and lower pant legs) were legit dripping.

Boss told me next time to call for a ride. And to stay in my "office" and deal with wet shoes if I needed to leave the room.

(I worked in the computer labs, so fairly, um.. weird.. people.)

[soxin2]

I do not wear flip flops out for this reason, they are too easy to kick off.

[pinkroses]

Oh, I just remembered I have a barefoot at work story!  A woman in my office used to go into the bathroom barefoot in the summer.  That creeped me out.  She doesn't work there any more, probably for unrelated reasons. 

[hellfreezesovertour]

I was barefoot at Harvard this weekend! Course I was at the pool, but whatevs! Barefoot Harvard unite!

[LoveTrains]

I take my shoes off at my desk all.the.time. But I put my shoes on to walk around the office.