re: #74 Cato the Elder

I’ve always wondered about the “no shoes” thing.

Shirts I can see insisting on. Not everyone who thinks he has great pecs and abs actually does.

But shoes?

How are the soles of my feet any dirtier than the soles of my footwear?

And how do bare feet pose any greater risk around food than workboots?

I don’t stick my feet in the trough, shod or unshod.

iirc,, there are more fungi diseases on the feet than I care to think of. Covered, they can’t be “left behind”