Originally Posted by
deniah
that's a very pedantic interpretation of the space.
i've seen people do this - with bare feet!!! on a table top that other patrons place their foods and drinks unaware that matter of callous and jam rested there just moments before...
In life, there is always a red line depending on the situation.
Bare feet on any table in public is over the line. But a low cheap table in an airport lounge not used for anything or alternatively used by this man in socks with no one anywhere near him? We don't know the circumstances. Maybe he is stuck in the airport for 2 hours after an intercontinental flight. Who knows. In any case, it's on the acceptable side of my line.
P.S. I always wipe lounge table surfaces, regardless of who or what was sitting at it previously.