Ugh. I'm sorry everyone, it's been very hectic lately with a new job (a call center which means I'm going to be looking into barefoot at the work place), classes to get done, and life throwing me curve balls left and right. I have a few posts I want to write up that can be expected in the next few days, but for now I'm just going to talk a little about attempting to go to a Rob Zombie concert barefoot.
Security did NOT like me. They took one look at my feet and told me it was a no go. I asked why, argued their points ("We have food inside!" "So?" "There's a health code!" "No there isn't") and their final argument came down to I'll get stepped on or slide in something spilled and they'll get in trouble. In short- If I wanted to get in they expected something. I came back with flip flops and through security they let me go.
There was security everywhere as to be expected at a concert of that size, but I slid my shoes off, hooked them to my purse, and not a word was ever said. The floor was padding placed over top of ice that slid slightly as people walked across, and there was the occasional damp spot and cigarette bud (way to follow laws there guys), but I ran across nothing that would be safer in flip flops.
Over all I stuck near the wall and had no worries about being trampled and could feel the vibrations of the speakers through my bare feet better than anyone with shoes could. Sadly though I don't find indoor environment that spectacular these days even while screaming along with a crowd for Alice Cooper (who played before Zombie who I sadly missed due to sickness).
O rly? How did they expect flip-flops to save your feet from being stepped on?
ReplyDeleteUnreal. Those security guards must be really young and never saw this. Any concert I went to during the 1970s and 1980s that was during the summer, indoors or out, had LOTS of people entering barefoot. They would have to turn away 10 or 20 percent of the people if they tried to enforce something like that. And up until the mid 1990s, Grateful Dead concerts still had that many people going barefoot. No one paid any attention.
ReplyDeleteOutdoor concerts I've been to are generally pretty barefoot friendly.
ReplyDeleteAt this concert I didn't see a soul in flip-flops even (everything was boots and closed toed shoes in general).
And boy do I wish I was around during the 70s! I would have loved it.
Those really wide bell bottom jeans hippies wore during the late 1960s were not just for looks - they were functional as well. Try that next time. Much harder to notice that you are barefoot when your jeans cover your whole foot.
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