Hi everyone,
I need your opinion and advice on something that might sound weird for a lot of you but do you think asking clients to keep their socks on actually sounds unreasonable ?
I've been asking clients to keep their socks on for about a couple of months now (I now ask everyone without exception to avoid the awkward moment of feet inspection and where in case the client has bad feet saying "sorry your feet are bad, you need to keep your socks on/you need to go" lol
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For those who are wondering, I made this decision because I've seen too many people in the past who had very bad feet/toe nails with contagious condition such as onychomycosis, pseudonomas, chloronychia, obvious verrucas, athlete foot or this kind (I pay a lot of attention to this). I'm very aware of any kind of health/skin condition as I'm very paranoid and always scared of catching something so I'm ultra careful and anxious.
That's why it seemed sensible for me to ask clients to keep their socks on in order for me to have more peace of mind + avoiding myself to worry to much afterwards.
However, I've noticed that when I've been asking this, some people make a weird face and ask why is that (some of them even get offended sometimes) so I explain them and even if in most of the cases it's not an issue, I've noticed a decline of people coming back to see me another time. I have no idea if it's related to this and that I might sound a bit too "clinical" for some (or it's just the fact that it's a bit quiet at the moment in general for everyone), that's why I wanted your opinion about this thing.
Do you think I should keep doing this in the future ? Or should I approach this case by case ? : I don't say anything about socks but if after looking at their feet I notice something wrong I ask them to keep their socks on ? What do you think ?
Thanks for your help