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Barefoot Children and Restaurants?
markhoad
hello is it ok for children to play barefoot in restaurant i mean like near the table on the carpet where its really clean.
I know it sounds a bit crazy but i am a single dad of four very young boys, my oldest is 12 my next son is 9 and my younger two are twinned 6 year olds. All my children seem to love bouncing around the house barefoot and only wear socks when going to school they rarely where them when going to their friends house. This being the case my sons always wear sandles in the summer and they want to go out for a meal to a restaurant where they dont have to worry about taking their shoes and socks off. Their little phase thats supposed to be so healthy started at the church sunday school. they never wear shoes and socks in church atall. I guess most people dont seem to mind as they are little kids and you know little kids do this sort of thing but i heard that my friends wife took her shoes of in a restaurant and was told to put them back on or leave.
can restaurants do this if so where can my sons go where they can be barefoot as they asked or is there anything else i could do with them? they dont mind wearing their sandles if they have too but they prefer not too
Answer
Contrary to what many people believe, there are NO health laws requiring footwear in restaurants for customers of any age, child or adult, see source. Unfortunately, many people in the US believe it's dangerous or gross, but this is based totally on myths and greatly exaggerated fears. In other countries it's rarely a problem to go barefoot in various places of business; I've been barefoot in restaurants from fast food to very fancy without any negative comments or looks, and I've never even SEEN a 'no shoes, no shirts, no service' sign here in the Netherlands, nor on my trips to Belgium and Scotland. Even in the US it is accepted in Japanese restaurants -like the one in the source, which just happened to be the one that came up first in Google, there are many more. Think about it -can anyone try to argue that bare feet are unhygienic when the food on the table is American and not when the food on the table is Japanese?
Feet are a lot tougher than people think, in eleven years of going barefoot always and everywhere -including outdoor places *much* more littered than the worst restaurant anyone would ever want to eat- I get a tiny splinter maybe once a year, I've NEVER had a cut.
As for germs, maybe the carpet not being clean, so what? Our skin is made to keep pathogens out, as long as our skin is whole it doesn't hurt us AT ALL to walk on even very dirty sidewalks, let alone a carpet, even if it's a bit more dirty than it may look from a distance. Don't eat off the floor, don't prop your feet up on the table or even on the chairs, but germs on the foot aren't going to hurt. A little dirt is even good for us, see source!
Nor is any dirt that may be on bare feet going to jump off onto our or any other people's food. Germs don't jump off the sole of a bare foot any more than off the sole of a shoe, or off the totally bare skin on top of the foot any more than off the bare skin exposed in a sandal or flipflop.
As for foot odor, this can be a concern when people wear closed shoes and take them off, but when people come in barefoot or wearing flipflops there should be no odor. 'Foot odor' should really be called 'shoe odor'; in a healthy person, it is not the sweat itself you smell, but a substance created by bacteria breaking down the sweat in anaerobe circumstances (with lack of oxygen). As happens inside a shoe. On the bare foot, sweat dries up without causing a stink. Also sandals and flipflops aren't exactly air-tight are they? :)
As for the sight of bare feet being unappetizing to some, looking down at them from the top you still see almost all of the foot in a flipflop (yet for the barefooter, it does away totally with the pleasant sensation of feeling the ground underfoot, the most important thing about going barefoot to me).
Unfortunately there are many people who simply believe any alternative appearance is rude and disrespectful in a restaurant setting, and especially bare feet are disliked by many -in great part because such urban legends about Health Department, germs and foot odor are abound. However these concerns *are* based on myth rather than fact -for who the above isn't enough, please see the main link in the source- and I think it is our differences that make life more interesting and colorful. As for feet in particular, remember they can also be a sign of *respect*; think of how some cultures require bare feet in their temples, of how some monks go barefoot as a sign of humbleness... To me, going barefoot is a very soft, gentle way to walk, making me more aware of my surroundings and Mother Earth. Definitely much more respectful than the unfeeling step in a thick-soled boot or shoe!
Now last as to letting your children play away from the table, in a family restaurant that's fine, there often is even a play area, but if it's a nicer restaurant they're really old enough to remain at the table. I was taken to restaurants at a very early age and my parents always took some books or games to play at the table, I was never allowed to run around the place! People like to eat in peace and quiet, what other customers wear on their feet under their own table shouldn't concern them but kids running and playing among the tables can be much more of a bother.
Contrary to what many people believe, there are NO health laws requiring footwear in restaurants for customers of any age, child or adult, see source. Unfortunately, many people in the US believe it's dangerous or gross, but this is based totally on myths and greatly exaggerated fears. In other countries it's rarely a problem to go barefoot in various places of business; I've been barefoot in restaurants from fast food to very fancy without any negative comments or looks, and I've never even SEEN a 'no shoes, no shirts, no service' sign here in the Netherlands, nor on my trips to Belgium and Scotland. Even in the US it is accepted in Japanese restaurants -like the one in the source, which just happened to be the one that came up first in Google, there are many more. Think about it -can anyone try to argue that bare feet are unhygienic when the food on the table is American and not when the food on the table is Japanese?
Feet are a lot tougher than people think, in eleven years of going barefoot always and everywhere -including outdoor places *much* more littered than the worst restaurant anyone would ever want to eat- I get a tiny splinter maybe once a year, I've NEVER had a cut.
As for germs, maybe the carpet not being clean, so what? Our skin is made to keep pathogens out, as long as our skin is whole it doesn't hurt us AT ALL to walk on even very dirty sidewalks, let alone a carpet, even if it's a bit more dirty than it may look from a distance. Don't eat off the floor, don't prop your feet up on the table or even on the chairs, but germs on the foot aren't going to hurt. A little dirt is even good for us, see source!
Nor is any dirt that may be on bare feet going to jump off onto our or any other people's food. Germs don't jump off the sole of a bare foot any more than off the sole of a shoe, or off the totally bare skin on top of the foot any more than off the bare skin exposed in a sandal or flipflop.
As for foot odor, this can be a concern when people wear closed shoes and take them off, but when people come in barefoot or wearing flipflops there should be no odor. 'Foot odor' should really be called 'shoe odor'; in a healthy person, it is not the sweat itself you smell, but a substance created by bacteria breaking down the sweat in anaerobe circumstances (with lack of oxygen). As happens inside a shoe. On the bare foot, sweat dries up without causing a stink. Also sandals and flipflops aren't exactly air-tight are they? :)
As for the sight of bare feet being unappetizing to some, looking down at them from the top you still see almost all of the foot in a flipflop (yet for the barefooter, it does away totally with the pleasant sensation of feeling the ground underfoot, the most important thing about going barefoot to me).
Unfortunately there are many people who simply believe any alternative appearance is rude and disrespectful in a restaurant setting, and especially bare feet are disliked by many -in great part because such urban legends about Health Department, germs and foot odor are abound. However these concerns *are* based on myth rather than fact -for who the above isn't enough, please see the main link in the source- and I think it is our differences that make life more interesting and colorful. As for feet in particular, remember they can also be a sign of *respect*; think of how some cultures require bare feet in their temples, of how some monks go barefoot as a sign of humbleness... To me, going barefoot is a very soft, gentle way to walk, making me more aware of my surroundings and Mother Earth. Definitely much more respectful than the unfeeling step in a thick-soled boot or shoe!
Now last as to letting your children play away from the table, in a family restaurant that's fine, there often is even a play area, but if it's a nicer restaurant they're really old enough to remain at the table. I was taken to restaurants at a very early age and my parents always took some books or games to play at the table, I was never allowed to run around the place! People like to eat in peace and quiet, what other customers wear on their feet under their own table shouldn't concern them but kids running and playing among the tables can be much more of a bother.
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