There is no reason for this equivalence. My main reasoning is reducing cleaning effort on my end. If the office were to have a no shoes rule I'd be walking aro

There is no reason for this equivalence. My main reasoning is reducing cleaning effort on my end. If the office were to have a no shoes rule I'd be walking around in socks or barefoot as long as others do. Sharing foot bacteria with my coworkers is also a different ballgame than sharing it with my wife and kid. The family is already sharing quite a bit of bacteria so what's a bit of foot stuff.