The Case For Compulsory Socks
 

From here on in I think it should be made mandatory for socks to be compulsory on all flights! 18 upgrades on NZ4 yesterday AKL - LAX. I can only presume Hobbits weren’t excluded from the upgrade list!


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ewwww that is gross

Agreed, completely gross. I don't want to see someone's bare feet while flying. Particularly another guy's bare feet (at any time).

Toe fungus may be gross, but it is not contagious or harmful to anyone else. Many people have it. My suggestion is to mind your own business.

My suggestion is to wear some damn socks if your toenails look like Fritos. It's gross.

Terbinafine is a cheap (but slow) cure. I'd had this for years until I did the six-month pill regimen. Scourge-free now!

Flight attendants have more than enough to do without being forced to be sock police by squeamish travellers who become woozy at the sight of feet.

If this was Spirit airlines, it would have made the headlines, with a bunch of people saying this is why they won't fly it.

I am pretty sure that FA's would rather ask people to put socks on their scuzzy feet than walk by that every time they go down the aisle. :eek:

Eew. Yuck

I'm sure they've seen worse. Flight attendants are not that far removed from having to enforce mask mandates which sometimes prompted aggressive responses. The same would certainly occur if they began to pester unsocked fliers for their callous (pun intended) disregard of the tender souls among who us are appalled at the sight of feet.

I am only appalled at the sight of feet in certain circumstances. If I was at a restaurant and I saw some clod with those nasty dogs up on a chair or a table, I would hope the waiter busts them. Same with on an airplane...bad enough if he just had his feet bare down in front of him but to put those disgusting things on display is uncivilized.....show some class. Just because FA's have "seen worse" is no excuse for boorish behavior.

If I had toenails like that I would keep them covered. They're utterly disgusting and that person needs to be toenail shamed. It's either a statement or a cry for help.

Perhaps, I'm old fashioned and out of date, but I'm still from the school of thought where a gentleman should always keep his shoes on in public, and those shoes better have laces. I get that we're becoming much less formal and less stringent about these things, but at least don some sandals, slippers and, at the very least, some kind of socks.

Is it the feet themselves or where they are put? The reaction to a restaurant patron with their feet on the table should be the same whether they were wearing shoes or not. Is it enough that the flight attendants ask passengers not to put their feet on arm rests as opposed to forcing them to wear socks?

Sandals raise an interesting point. The unsightly digits shown above would be in open view while wearing sandals. Would a mandatory sock mandate apply? Socks and sandals are not universally accepted and socks cannot be worn with some types of sandals.

LOL..."unsightly digits"! What a colorful way of putting it. Ah, this is way above my pay grade and part of me still longs a return to an era where some semblance of etiquette were still widely practiced, sparing us such bizarre and absurd conundrums.

This being FT, I've got an FT'esque solution--fly in 1A or 1K, and mind my own business.

Wow!!! Ewwwww!!!! I agree socks should be mandatory regardless. I don't want to see anyone else's feet, even if they are nicely pedicured.

I don't wear socks, but will definitely wear them on the plane once we're seated. It's nice to take off your shoes after a lot of walking around airports. It's quite easy to throw on some socks, and fwiw, it keeps your feet warm, especially on the long overnight flights. And it's just good manners..

you *NEVER* want to use the lav while barefoot, and socks only provide a marginal “improvement”

I prefer to mind my own business and focus on myself and my family. I also don’t mind screaming children and dogs on the flight. I waved to the dog sitting behind me and I pointed out the dog to my child.
I do get fascinated with men sitting in F while their female spouse and child are not in F - this I’ll notice because I’ll see their families in baggage claim.

thinking gaobest just posted in the wrong thread ?

Better to have pee covered feet than pee soaked socks. At least you can clean your feet with a wet nap.

I can only hope that I'll be lucky enough to live to my end of days without ever witnessing something like this first hand--reading it is borderline traumatic enough.

And if you put your shoes on before going to the lav, you avoid both horrible options. :idea: