Not for the Best (Buy)

Folks may recall that I filed a complaint under the Americans with Disabilities Act against Best Buy after they called the police on me.

I finally got my official reply from the Department of Justice.

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Hobby Lobby

The way the law is is that stores and the like are considered private property, and that owners are allowed to do as they wish with their private property. Property rights are strong.

But it’s not that simple.

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Unintended Consequences

Yesterday I wrote about being Barefoot Up North. It ain’t always fun and games.

Here’s an incident that still burns me up when thinking about it . . .

But there’s a bright side.

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Raped

On Saturday evening, a police patrol in the Ohio State University campus area came across a woman being raped in a parking garage. They stopped the rape and arrested the perpetrator.

The woman was in the area because she had just been kicked off of a local COTA bus.

And I’m sure my readers will easily guess why she was kicked off.

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Best Buy. Wussed Way.

Let me continue with yesterday’s Best Buy. Worst Way.

We pick up the story after I sent an email to Best Buy’s corporate offices about violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.

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Best Buy. Worst Way.

I got kicked out of a Best Buy the other day. I imagine those who’ve been kicked out of other places have had similar experiences.

But this time I had the police called on me.

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A Liability Waiver Example

I recently read about an instance in which a barefooter used a liability waiver when confronted in a hotel. Now, I’ve never cared much for liability waivers, and this example is fairly illustrative in that regard.

Here’s the story.

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Shoes are a Necessity

The guest yesterday on The Huffington Post’s C-Suite was Blake Mycoskie, the CEO of TOMS shoes.

He actually seemed like a very nice guy—very caring and socially responsible. But . . .

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OSHA Fines Home Depot $150,700

My post on this news story hasn’t turned out the way I thought it was going to.

I thought it was going to be about schadenfreude.

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Sign on the Door?

There was a recent photo on Facebook showing the sign on the door of a nightclub, specifically disclaiming responsibility for bare feet or flip-flops.

I am of two minds about it.

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Barefoot4Them

When I wrote in yesterday’s entry that It’s Barefoot Season at the Dispatch,that wasn’t all of it. The Dispatch also had a full story that was barefoot-related.

However, that story had a lot of familiar elements, and those were nothing we are particularly fond of.

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Oh So Close

Here’s an advertisement for KFC in Australia.

There’s just one tiny thing wrong with it.

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NSNSNS? No, NSNBNSNLCN!

Okay, here’s a new take.

In Hasidic New York.

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Shoo! Donations

I’ve written before about the shoe charities, companies like TOMS Shoes and their marketing effort that uses the lure of donating shoes to help sell their shoes. One of the items they talk about on their blog is the transmission of helminths (e.g., hookworm), and how important their shoes are for combatting them.

I have found an interesting commentary on that.

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This Ability

We’ve seen many times that the employees of businesses can get quite adamant in their ignorance. Their excuses for tossing barefooters will shift from non-existent health code to non-existent corporate rules to non-existent insurance excuses. Then, if you get through all that, often some corporate weenie will make up a rule right on the spot. (I’ve had them tell me, no, it is not written down anywhere, but it’s a rule now.)

In last Wednesday’s entry, How Wanton, Barefoot Ward asked a question in a comment:

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