On 07/18/2011 06:19 AM, Jimmy Kaplowitz wrote: > On Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 02:02:11PM +0200, "David Prévot" wrote: > >> I'm going to buy shoes to make some of these people happy, but could you >> please elaborate: I have trouble to understand the link between respect >> and imposing some kind of dress code (e.g. I'm not used to being imposed >> such thing when I come in a museum, a chuch, or anything else for that >> matters). >> > I'm sure this varies around the world based on local cultural expectations, > but > certainly in the US, many indoor and some outdoor places that serve the public > require shoes. Mostly this simply means 'sandals or more formal', but > definitely there are many places which would expect 'sneakers or more formal'. > Needing more formal footwear than sneakers would be unusual in a museum or > cultural center here, but many offices require that of their workers, > especially outside of technology companies. > > Part of this is certainly for sanitary/hygenic/odor purposes, but it's common > to infer respect or disrespect from clothing choice. It's a much more mild > equivalent of how in a courtroom or important politician's office it would be > disrespectful to wear a t-shirt, shorts, and a baseball cap, while if you saw > the same judge or politician at the beach they wouldn't mind your outfit at > all. > >
In addition, in most parts of the US, it is not just a custom but a legal requirement to wear shoes (meaning at least sandals) in places that serve food - it is a violation of the health code for these places to allow customers who are not shod to enter. _______________________________________________ Debconf-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-discuss
