I met Captain Slow - Page 3

ryosuke · July 15th, 2006, 8:52 PM

brilliant! images/smilies/lol.gif

osabros · July 15th, 2006, 10:57 PM

that is so cool images/smilies/mrgreen.gif

superchevy · July 16th, 2006, 12:14 AM

re: the shoes, no service policies in the united states.

i believe that this is entirely for the protection of both the patrons and businesses. we live in a lawsuit-happy society. i'm sure there have been a number of cases in the past involving a patron suing a business, because they were subsequently injured while roaming barefoot in a business.

it's a good policy though. it really doesn't make sense for a person to walk barefoot in a business, especially restaurants. for one, it's unsanitary as hell. not to the other patrons, but to the barefooted individual(s). the floor of bars, restaurants, etc. are dirty as hell! secondly, it is dangerous. you could easily receive lacerations or punctures from objects lying on the floor.

i'm all for freedoms, and i would actually love to walk around barefoot in many places. however, for reasons stated above, it wouldn't be logical. i choose to comprise by simply wearing my flip-flops nearly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. the only exception to me wearing sandals are for professional settings, or when i'll be in environments where sandals would be a horrible idea (ie. hiking mountain trails).

Munoz · July 16th, 2006, 12:56 AM

Great story! images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Viper007Bond · July 16th, 2006, 1:16 AM

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Originally Posted by superchevy

re: the shoes, no service policies in the united states.

i believe that this is entirely for the protection of both the patrons and businesses. we live in a lawsuit-happy society. i'm sure there have been a number of cases in the past involving a patron suing a business, because they were subsequently injured while roaming barefoot in a business.

The rule has actually been around for like 50 years, if not longer I believe, so it's from well before we became lawsuit happy. I think it's just strictly we don't wanna see that kinda stuff while shopping, trying to eat, etc.

Wikipedia of course has quite a few mentions of this phrase: http://www.google.com/search?q=no+sh...Awikipedia.org

Munoz · July 16th, 2006, 1:22 AM

what? not legal to walk barefoot? images/smilies/ohmy.gif

Viper007Bond · July 16th, 2006, 1:27 AM

It's not illegal at all, it's just that stores, restaurants, etc. are private establishments and most won't let you in if you don't have some type of shoe on or a shirt.

Munoz · July 16th, 2006, 1:28 AM

haha nice!, got to love the US of A images/smilies/biggrin.gif

Redliner · July 16th, 2006, 5:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Munoz

haha nice!, got to love the US of A images/smilies/biggrin.gif

OFFTOPIC: Isn't this signature a little too big?

Evo7 · July 16th, 2006, 6:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

It's not illegal at all, it's just that stores, restaurants, etc. are private establishments and most won't let you in if you don't have some type of shoe on or a shirt.

That reminds me, once James got refused entry to a trendy wine bar in London for looking too scruffy!

Peter3hg · July 16th, 2006, 6:47 PM

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Here in the US we have to wear shirts and shoes to go to any sort of shop.

Yeah, I was just about to say -- do they not have "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" there? It's a health issue I believe here, plus who wants to look at people's feet?

Certainly never heard that rule. It's not that common for people to be bare footed but when its warm its very common for people to be goin around with no shirt on.

AZZA · July 16th, 2006, 9:05 PM

that is way to funny! I WANT TO MEET JAMES MAY

Viper007Bond · July 17th, 2006, 2:58 AM

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Originally Posted by peter3hg2

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Originally Posted by Viper007Bond

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Originally Posted by optimusprime

Here in the US we have to wear shirts and shoes to go to any sort of shop.

Yeah, I was just about to say -- do they not have "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" there? It's a health issue I believe here, plus who wants to look at people's feet?

Certainly never heard that rule. It's not that common for people to be bare footed but when its warm its very common for people to be goin around with no shirt on.

Same here, but on the beach or whatever. Most places won't let you in though unless they're like on the beach or something.

bartboy9891 · July 17th, 2006, 3:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Munoz

what? not legal to walk barefoot? images/smilies/ohmy.gif

the last thing you want is a lawsuit by someone who stepped on a rusty nail in your restaurant

Munoz · July 17th, 2006, 11:55 AM

Yeah, i got the point images/smilies/smile.gif

AiR · July 17th, 2006, 7:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Munoz

what? not legal to walk barefoot? images/smilies/ohmy.gif

the last thing you want is a lawsuit by someone who stepped on a rusty nail in your restaurant

That's a pretty shoddy restaurant images/smilies/lol.gif

jtkellertx · July 17th, 2006, 8:09 PM

It's really like broken glass and porcelain and stuff. Americans with their fat inbred stumps (as May would have put it) are prone to drop things.

typeronin · July 19th, 2006, 7:14 PM

It's mostly because the floor is rather disgusting everywhere in the States...

...but come to think of it, the floor of that Tesco wasn't exactly clean either...probably dirtier than I'd find in most metropolitan areas in America.

ttyrants911 · September 5th, 2006, 7:43 PM

News just in...

James has been spotted again visiting his local Spar shortly after waking up!

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h279/ttyrants911/DSC01046small.jpg

epp_b · September 6th, 2006, 4:36 AM

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Been on the site downloading episodes of Top Gear for a long time but never really posted on the site. My friends tell me that folks on these forums may get a kick out of this.

...

That's so neat and so...awkward? I dunno, maybe I'm just an awkward person myself images/smilies/wink.gif

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Yeah, I was just about to say -- do they not have "No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service" there? It's a health issue I believe here

Really? What kind of "health" issue? Like people's feet are any cleaner than their shoes?

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plus who wants to look at people's feet?

Why not? It's not like you've never seen feet before.

Y'know, when you think about it, why is it so odd to go barefoot across the street to a shop on dry pavement on a warm day? I think we find this "odd" because it seems that they still value a little thing called "common sense"...something that left North America far too long ago.

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i believe that this is entirely for the protection of both the patrons and businesses. we live in a lawsuit-happy society. i'm sure there have been a number of cases in the past involving a patron suing a business, because they were subsequently injured while roaming barefoot in a business.

it's a good policy though. it really doesn't make sense for a person to walk barefoot in a business, especially restaurants. for one, it's unsanitary as hell. not to the other patrons, but to the barefooted individual(s). the floor of bars, restaurants, etc. are dirty as hell! secondly, it is dangerous. you could easily receive lacerations or punctures from objects lying on the floor.

i'm all for freedoms, and i would actually love to walk around barefoot in many places. however, for reasons stated above, it wouldn't be logical. i choose to comprise by simply wearing my flip-flops nearly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. the only exception to me wearing sandals are for professional settings, or when i'll be in environments where sandals would be a horrible idea (ie. hiking mountain trails).

Yeah, so? If you want to wear shoes, go ahead. If you want to go barefoot, look out for your own stinking self. It's the lack of common sense and personal responsibility that results in stupid laws and rules like this.

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superchevy Joined: Jan 6th, 2005 Last Online: November 17th, 2009 Location: raleigh & fayetteville, north carolina Age: 26 Posts: 614 Car: '97 jeep grand cherokee limited - up country Rep Power: 26	re: the shoes, no service policies in the united states. i believe that this is entirely for the protection of both the patrons and businesses. we live in a lawsuit-happy society. i'm sure there have been a number of cases in the past involving a patron suing a business, because they were subsequently injured while roaming barefoot in a business. it's a good policy though. it really doesn't make sense for a person to walk barefoot in a business, especially restaurants. for one, it's unsanitary as hell. not to the other patrons, but to the barefooted individual(s). the floor of bars, restaurants, etc. are dirty as hell! secondly, it is dangerous. you could easily receive lacerations or punctures from objects lying on the floor. i'm all for freedoms, and i would actually love to walk around barefoot in many places. however, for reasons stated above, it wouldn't be logical. i choose to comprise by simply wearing my flip-flops nearly 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. the only exception to me wearing sandals are for professional settings, or when i'll be in environments where sandals would be a horrible idea (ie. hiking mountain trails).

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typeronin Joined: Jul 14th, 2006 Last Online: April 10th, 2007 Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	It's mostly because the floor is rather disgusting everywhere in the States... ...but come to think of it, the floor of that Tesco wasn't exactly clean either...probably dirtier than I'd find in most metropolitan areas in America.

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