Conflict at Walmart Concerning Shoelessness!

What happened??

I just talked to these people!  We had confirmed with the ASSISTANT MANAGER at Walmart that there is no reason I was being told to wear shoes or leave.

So I go to Walmart for some weekly shopping (still trying to automate my grocery shopping on Amazon Subscribe and similar websites) and I’m just walking through the garden center on my way to the pet supplies and a lady stocking a display looks at me, looks at my feet, and says,
“You know you have to wear shoes in here.”

I was of course very surprised and slightly caught off guard.
I told her that no, I didn’t have to, and that Walmart doesn’t have any rules against going barefoot in their stores.

She muttered, “Whatever…”

“I could go walk with you to the manager and ask him, if you like.”

“No, it’s fine,” she said in a sort of high pitched voice that really just told me she didn’t like me but did believe that I was right.

So I continued my shopping and laughed to myself every time I thought of her response.

I think my Walmart must’ve hired a lot of new staff because I didn’t recognize a LOT of the people working there.  Perhaps they’ve just not been informed (yet?).

If Walmart does ever make another rule against barefeet, I WILL stop shopping there that day.  And never go back.  I don’t like them to begin with, but that would just be the last straw.