Originally Posted by
BaconSF
I agree, not sure why the op is upset. People in the states get offended over everything these days
+1, although I find all this stuff about feet to be a global phenomenon. In Asia, god help you if you stop to tie your shoe and you put your foot on a subway seat or a park bench. Then there's the stuff about whether you can put your feet on the bulkhead wall or not (and evidently bare feet is grosser than shoes there too?), it's a lot to follow for someone like me who wears socks and shoes but who isn't inclined to care about those who don't.
Originally Posted by
Kacee
I've stopped being surprised by anti-social behavior in the lounges.
Though I would place this well below "dude yelling into his cellphone" on the annoyance scale.
Even worse is this seemingly accepted phenomenon of having your call on speakerphone for the whole world to hear both sides of it! Same with music, games, watching TV on phones. When I was a kid (i.e., the late '90s), you put your headphones on.
Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Of course it violates a health code. The lounge employee should know that. It probably violates a hotel rule too as broken glass can lead to injuries and lawsuits.
I'm also curious about whether all five of them were entitled to use the lounge.
No, as far as I can tell, there is no health code anywhere in Minnesota that requires shoes in restaurants.
I suppose the hotel could have its own rule about shoes but I doubt the presence or absence of such a hotel rule would impact the likelihood of a plaintiff's success as an invitee in a hotel recovering for stepping on broken glass.