holes keep your feet cool... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Jim Busby" <jim_busby at byu.edu> To: pianotech at ptg.org Received: 11/23/2009 11:40:57 AM Subject: Re: [pianotech] Bare feet/germaphobe >My aunt had a very expensive Persian rug and said that bare feet leave an oil which >is very detrimental to it. >Funny how we all think. I'm not a germaphobe, but dogs walk through their own >excrement and track it all around then we walk through their tracks, then inside with >those shoes. I understand booties and such, and respect other's houses. I wear >shoes that are easy to get off, and socks with no holes. <G> >Jim Busby >From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf >Of wimblees at aol.com >Sent: Monday, November 23, 2009 12:15 PM >To: pianotech at ptg.org >Subject: Re: [pianotech] Gated Com >I do not have a problem with guard gates. My big hangup is having to take my shoes >off in a home. It is dangerously slippery, makes using the pedals painful. What I >distaste even more is being handed a set of "footies" to put on over my shoes. >These things tell me about the snootiness of clients. I can understand Asian families. >I hate to be considered a lowly laborer and treated as such. Just my humble opinion. >James >Well, it's a good thing you don't live in Hawaii, Jim. It's considered rude not to >remove your shoes. Of course we don't have snow and ice to deal with, and 95% of >the time the floors are clean. When I first came here I wore sandals without sock, >and walked around barefooted. I now wear loafers with socks, so I walk around in >sock feet. They do wear out, but my feet dont' get dirty. >Wim
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