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Wow
It takes real guts - or outstanding stupidity - to walk around the T barefooted.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Why? You're far more likely
Why? You're far more likely to get sick from touching a vinyl strap on a train without washing your hands afterward.
I avoid straps and railings
I avoid straps and railings at all costs. I love glove weather!
Habitual Hand Washing After Handling The Ⓣ Is Easy To Implement…
…glove laundering is more complicated and can't be done often enough.
Maybe So
But if you wear shoes, at least you don't have to look at every single step you take in order to make sure you don't trod on somebody's discarded gum, spit, phlegm, snot, puke, piss, shit, etc., etc., ad nauseum.
Suldog
http://jimsuldog.blogspot.com
Also,
some folk's feet are just well..not too nice to look at. Ugh.
Labor day
The wearing white after labor day thing only applies to shoes. Perhaps that's the faux pas he was trying to avoid by going barefoot?
not according to Emily Post
It does refer to clothes, according to this:
Fashion Has Changed — No, It Hasn't!
I have seen strange things this week...
everything from shorts and flip flops to full winter gear (down coat, hat and gloves during this morning's am commute) ...so shoeless? Heck, why not.
Despite what Beverly Sutphin has to say on the subject, the
rule about "no white after Labor Day" seems pretty dated in 2015. Emily Post has the right take on it, I think. Appropriate fabric weight is more important than color.
Going barefoot on the T, however, is just nasty.
Déjà vu
Adam, has this happened before? I'm experiencing some déjà vu...
Not Barefoot
That's Beyoncefoot. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQ9BWndKEgs
An all-white-attire party got dumped on by rain
a few weeks ago after Labor Day: http://www.universalhub.com/2015/people-white-getting-soggy-central-square
You're right
Even on the Red Line, man with no shoes attracts attention, 4/28/14.
I think it's the same guy!
The pants are certainly similar.
I hope that's a shadow around his feet
...and not a suspicious puddle.
I don't think those pants are white
I could wrong but think those are what we New Englanders call "khakis."
A white shirt after Labor Day
A white shirt after Labor Day is fine. Anything else is ridiculous. Especially pants and shoes.
Let me guess: but it's fine to wear a tracksuit to church,
or baggy chinos and a ratty golf shirt to a funeral, or torn jeans and a t-shirt with a funny saying to a court appearance, as long as they're not white?
What I'm saying is, most Bostonians shouldn't be throwing stones about other people's clothing choices.
No
"Khakis" are these:
Kwai Chang Caine never wore shoes
but white pants....never.
I don't know if this is the
I don't know if this is the same person, but there's been a young guy walking around Park Drive towards St. Mary's T stop barefoot lately. Saw him twice as I was walking from Target to the C line — and he also boarded the train. Yuck.