wispfox

I've gotten progressive bolder about not wearing shoes at work over the past few years. I think the higherups recognize that when I'm meeting with someone outside the department, or a vendor, or anyone who needs to be professionally impressed, that I can be trusted to dress customarily, and beyond that, they leave me alone, apart from occasional comments about my bare feet when it's really cold outside.

We have a new project manager who came from the flight simulator industry (very blue-collar, very industrial atmosphere even among the IT workers), and the first time he saw me walking down the hall barefoot he laughed, honestly amused. He then got serious and wondered about OSHA regulations. Indignantly, I said "what are you talking about, is this a fucking factory floor or something?" That seemed to work, because he dropped it and has never mentioned it again.

I swear, I couldn't keep my sanity in this job if I could be physically comfortable.

Thanks for the pointer to the regulations, though.