[wccrawford]

And then he stepped on glass, a rusty nail, got ring-worm, and several diseases that he doesn't know the names of yet. But he will.

That's how I think the story will end. Shoes were made to protect our feet and they've lasted for a reason.

I go barefoot whenever I can, but that doesn't include uncontrolled environments.

Also, I wonder if the shop owner would have let him in just having shown the shoes and shirt... The signs usually say you have to have them, not that you have to -wear- them. ;)

[pavel_lishin]

I wonder how the shop owner felt about him washing his feet in this bathroom.