Barefoot runner goes shopping
By Tim • Mar 17th, 2009 • Category: Features •
[Photo courtesy Emma Holmes]
I love the feeling of moving through life without shoes. It is like you have added a whole new part of your body to caress your surroundings with.
Shopping barefoot is such a joyous experience. Green bags in hand I hop into the car. The feeling of the mat on the floor is coarse and always a bit dirty. My toes can curl slightly on the accelerator as I steer the car onward.
I park and get out of the car. The ground in the car park is hot and black. I walk quickly in the Aussie summer and my feet, although they feel the intense heat of the black tar, are OK with it.
Inside the supermarket the tiles are smooth and cool. Such difference in feel to the car park. My feet sigh a happy sigh.
I move through the isles feeling my stride. I move with stealth feeling every footstep. The touch and the way my foot rolls, the stretch of my arch the strength of my ankles. On my toes to grab a product and slip it into the basket.
Past the fridge isle. The floor is deliciously cold in summer but painful in winter. It is a sensation I never knew existed when I wore shoes.
I am finished and standing in line for the checkout. I practice balancing on one foot and then the other. Close my eyes and incorporate my stabiliser muscles. Next I lean forward and stretch my achillies and calves. I am subtle in my movements. I wonder if anyone notices. I bet everyone else in line is lost in their own world.
I pay, pack my stuff in my green bags, move back to the hot car park and then drive home.
It seems sad that most people choose to press the mute button on their feet. There is so much in this world to feel when you just get around with nude feet.
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I feel you but.. there wasn’t a no shoes no service sign?
What if there was?
Most employees won’t personally care, and they have no legal backing.
In any case there were no shoes, yet, service. :P
[...] for a breakfast sandwich and some coffee and thought I’d go ahead and try out the theory that most people wouldn’t bug you for walking barefoot in public (and it’s not actually against the law). I have to admit that I felt a little awkward [...]
Nice photo!
Don’t forget. When you enter someone’s business your not in public anymore. A company can ask you to leave if they have a posted rule for anything. Your only recourse is to shop somewhere else, but I doubt anyone will care as long as you don’t look homeless or crazy.
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Seems like this tool will require the consumer to register with the site in order to create her ’shopping cart’. It’s one more bit of proof that folks developing online services are not afraid of requiring registration, and that consumers who want valuable content and services are willing to register.
i love Online shopping because it is so convenient and it is just one click away.*::
Dude this is awesome! ive been going barefoot for a long time(except at school, i went for a month give or take and they got reaaaallly mad at me for that then i decided to wear shoes(flipflops) at school but not that im out of school ive been going barefoot everywhere, and i agree when you go barefoot, this is gonna sound corny, but it opens up a whole new world of feelings and sensations its so coool i would totally recomend it
G’day Tim
Great reading there are others that appreciate the extra sensations one gets once the shoes are discarded.
I drive around mainly barefoot, it feels far better. Now we are in winter there is nothing better than putting the floor heating vents on as I drive to work
I’ve not been brave enough to walk around the shopping malls without shoes. I don’t want to be escorted out by the security types.
The summer heat is a problem, especially in Adelaide, I’ve burnt my feet a few times.
One time when the pavement got too hot I walked along the dry grass verge until I stood on some bindi weed and got a sole full of tiny arrows.
Now I have the opposite problem, the sand on the beach in winter is pretty cold and the feet go numb quickly.
It’s a great feeling to be liberated from running shoes after 30 years.
Neil
Hi, Keep up the good work its nice to see a blog that stands out from the rest, this was a very informative read and as now been added to my favourites!!
online shopping is very exciting because you do not need to go on a shopping store to purchase items.,~:
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