Guest Told to Leave Restaurant because He Was Barefoot, is This Right ?
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So this man was staying at the Premier Inn restaurant in Manchester and came down for breakfast in his bare feet
He says his feet were hurting so he ditched his shoes before dining
A member of staff then asked him to leave and put on some shoes
Do you think they were within their rights to do this ?
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/man-kicked-out-manchester-premier-31314165
I think we should walk barefoot everywhere and always but them I'm an old hippy lol.Shoes are seldom cleaner underneath than feet in my reckoning. 
telmel Well you have to take yer socks off on the beach innit ?They sure knew how to write songs in the 60s lol.
MelissaLee1 They sure did M, a classic and a eurovision song contest winner
Not sure if she would get the votes now though, it is all to do with politics now rather than skill
MelissaLee1 i agree i much prefer to be barefoot but I can see why they asked him to put shoes on tbh. I wouldn’t personally be put off by it but some people might
jms19 Health and Safety operates to the point of obsession these days. I follow guidelines at work but can't get my shoes off quick enough once indoors lol.
Personally yes he should be asked to put shoes on or leave. It's not just hygiene thing but there's things that could be on the floor like glass that may have been missed when cleaned up
Jerseydrew He might have athletes foot and his feet might smell like gorgonzola as well J 
Jerseydrew I totally agree with you but I do prefer to go bare foot whenever possible but I would never enter a restaurant without shoes.
telmel ....Our cats love to lick my toes as does my sister's Patterdale Terrier!
No, because he would be the first to complain if his foot was run over by a food trolley!
Whist on holiday in Spain, I witnessed a member of the check out staff stop a shoeless person from going round the supermarket I was in.The person left the store and returned with her shoes on.So the shoe on rules operates in Spain too.
Honestly a fuss over nothing and not worthy of a news story. If he was staying at the Premier Inn, he just had to pop back to his room and get some shoes it would have taken him a few minutes. From an health and safety point of view the staff were correct, the dining area is not designed to walk in bare footed, sure he would have had the gall to complain and run to the papers if he'd slipped or hurt his foot whilst bare footed , would have been everyone else's fault except his.
martinlufc5637 I must admit i take my shoes off if flying, they tend to swell up a bit with the cabin pressure etc
Yes he should have something on his feet even if only flip flops. You should take at least one comfy pair. I got blisters in mine but used a comfy pair for around hotel. It’s more of a preventing injury thing and no restaurants want to be sued.
Yes - I think they were within their rights but only from a health and safety point of view 
Yes.
It's not his property so he has to comply with the dressing requirement and that includes wearing shoes/sneakers. There are much worse examples that have happened, for example in McDonald's in a branch abroad where a man was watching **** and he got called out by a guy because that's just not something you do in public.
And then, he pushed a girl on his way out which she had nothing to do with it. Here's the video if anyone wants to see it for themselves:
This is not acceptable.
I hate feet so I would have a issue with it wouldn't be so bad tho if he had socks on
Yes because some moron would walk in barefoot, stand on some glass or something and then demand compensation from the company.
SilverSurfer I doubt if he would succeed S, he would be 'de feeted' in court and wouldn't have a leg to stand on 
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