*grins*

[conuly]

Now, we all should know that, contrary to popular belief, state health departments don't ban going barefoot in businesses.

But recently, somebody told me that this sort of thing is regulated by the locality, and not the state. Interesting, interesting.

Well, it's official:

Dear Ms. Baker:

I am writing in response to your recent inquiry addressed to the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) asking whether there are sanitary regulations requiring that food service establishment (FSE) patrons have on footwear.

Neither the New York City Health Code nor the New York State Sanitary Code contain any provisions which address the issue of clothing or footwear worn by patrons in New York City FSE’s.

Thank you and I hope this adequately addresses your inquiry.

(I assume that they do not have stricter rules for places which do not serve food.)

So the shoelessness is not, legally, a problem for the niecelings - at least, not so long as we stay in the state :)

That post got deleted a while back, I'm sad to say, but all the same - HAH! Ha-HAH!

Comments

[kibbles.livejournal.com]

Besides what you can step on, what can fall on your feet is a big BIG problem. I guess I'm super sensitive to that because I've broken my foot from things falling on it, and because of Dan's line of work, where foot injuries can happen, and steel toed boots are a requirement (another myth -- that your toes get chopped off or crushed from them).

Anyways, I honestly cannot think of any post I made in reply to a thing you've said. I've been skimming SO MUCH lately I probably haven't even read much. I *have* been commenting a lot about what goes on in my life, which has been frantic and hectic and stressful and a lot is going on.

But I can't even think of one post of late where you said anything that I found even mildly annoying.

Or do you think the poll I did was because I was annoyed? I was actually facinated by your poll and wanted to poll my readers! Other than that, it's all personal stuff that I am dealing with.

One thing though, Ted has become more aggressive, and grabbing my attention, and I MUST get up the moment it happens more or less. Or he stands on my chair and pulls my hair, etc. So sometimes when I see he is getting wound up, or if he is actually yanking the hairs out of my head or whatever, my comments have been sounding rather rude/direct. If I remember to do so, I do go back and say something, or try to say 'more later, somethings up' or whatever. And its not even that he is NEGATIVE and I give him attention, he just wants it more lately, and I put the kiddoes first. He's just more OBVIOUS about it now. (i.e. instead of screetching or something in a corner or a room, assuming that means come see me mom, he comes and gets me. Communicate better, I respond better. He's communicating better, so I am responding better. I get what he wants more often now.)

But if a post looks like an attack on you, do let me know...I usually am direct, and actually don't post often in my own LJ anymore when someone elsewhere bothers me, and in threads I tend to comment, and maybe reply once or twice (in a conflict) but if it is something I don't see an easy resolution to, I just let it go.

[conuly]

Okay. I'm sorry it took so long to reply, but I went to bed right after posting and then, you know, the day happened.

It seemed for a while there that I'd post something autism-related, and you'd post in your journal something... very snarky?

But if you weren't directing it at me, I was probably misreading it a lot. I know it's not easy raising an autistic kid - heck, it wasn't even easy raising me, and everybody knows how wonderful I am :P

So I'll take a breath and be more patient.

[conuly]

As for "things can drop on your feet", that rule would make sense if they also banned, say, tennis shoes or open sandals, which provide no protection for the top of your foot. (And if they didn't try to claim it was a health department thing. I hate misinformation about easily-verified thingies.)

Obviously, in a hazardous area, I'd wear some sturdy shoes, or not enter at all - I don't want to get my foot broken (or lacerated), I break my toes often enough as it is! And a broken foot is hard to heal. But my everyday shoes, and probably your everyday shoes, and most people's everyday shoes aren't likely to provide much protection from that sort of thing - and I do believe that in most situations, heavy shoes are harmful instead of helpful.