The phrase “no shoes, no shirt, no service” is a common rule used by businesses, especially restaurants and stores, to establish dress codes and maintain a certain atmosphere. While not mandated by any law, it’s a way for businesses to control their environment and potentially discourage unwanted patrons.
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When did this phrase begin and why aren’t bottoms included?
How can businesses use and enforce this notion when it is not a law?
Are there other things like this that exist?
I kid about the pants. We all know what would happen with indecent exposure in a proper society. Still, the questions remain, and I’d like the answers. After all, I am a curious person.
The “No shoes, no shirt, no service” policy, often seen in businesses like restaurants and stores, is a dress code rule that dictates customers must wear shoes and shirts to receive service. This policy is not mandated by state or federal laws. It’s a way for businesses to maintain a certain level of hygiene and social appropriateness, and it is generally enforceable by private businesses.
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How can businesses implement this practice if is is not the law? DO they enforce this policy? Well, let’s discuss that, shall we?
According to HowStuffWorks.com, “The Society for Barefoot Living blog posited that the signs didn’t even exist until 1970, but ‘spread like wild-fire’ as more business owners looked for ways to keep out those long-haired, tie-dyed, barefooted hippies.” They wrote that William Rorabaugh, who is a history professor at the University of Washington and the author of “American Hippies,” reported seeing similar signs back in the 1950s, but really, this is attributed to the 1970s popularity for it. To be fair, “Please wait to be seated” signs began to be posted in fancy restaurants at about the same time, too.
Though it was popular to add “By order of the Board of Health.” to the signage, this policy had nothing to do with the government no health codes. According to HowStuffWorks.com, “In fact, no U.S. state has a law requiring restaurant patrons wear shoes. The Society for Barefoot Living went to the trouble of including copies of letters from every state department of health in the country saying that while food service employees must wear ‘proper attire,’ there are no rules for patrons.”
I the 1970s, this policy came about to prevent the American Counter Culture and Dissents from entering businesses. In 2020, the saying adjusted to “No Shirt, No Shoes, No MASK = No Service.“
The truth is that the mask mandate was a little different situation. The 1905 Supreme Court case Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905) says it is the state’s right to enact and enforce compulsory vaccination laws. This particular case was regarding smallpox, but it related directly to the mask mandate when it came to the question of whether or not this violated one’s personal liberty (“my body, my choice”). The answer is NO, it does not since it is the state’s policing power and it is neither “unreasonable nor arbitrarily imposed.” The reasoning is that a vaccine plays directly into public safety and health, whereas dress code does not.
***Let me remind you, I am offering information and NOT my opinions. I have opinions, but I’ll refrain from sharing them because they don’t matter. When it comes to vaccines and dress code, that is between you and your God. You do you, Boo!
Anyway, as we learned during the 1970s and again with Covid, businesses have the right to refuse service. They can set their own rules for their establishments as long as it doesn’t violate the federal Civil Rights Act by singling out any particular class of people.
J.M. NORTHUP 