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Originally Posted by Lost Dog
Good thing! That athletic shoe would totally save your foot from dropping a weight and breaking another toe!  |
It made no sense to me safety-wise. The owner said something about not wanting someone in that area barefoot if someone from the insurance company stopped by.
It also had much to do with appearances and allowing exceptions to the facility's rules. Their posted rules required shoes when using the facility. He would allow me to use some areas of the facility with 1 shoe and 1 flip-flop (and the stair climber barefoot), but wanted everyone to see that I was single-shoed only because I was injured. He didn't "want others to see that I was barefoot or wearing flip flops and decide to do so themselves". The free weight floor ban sent a clear signal to the crowd he was most concerned about.