That Bed Scene should have been cut out. what was Nancy thinking??

No. He was like a father to her. She really wanted to curl up next to him and put her head on his shoulder and have him say, "it will be ok." Having him say, "you can be buried with me and my wife" was almost as intimate and as much an indicator of their family relationship. It also didn't infantile her.

I completely agree with horsenbuggy's comments. There was tension in the scene because he had been waiting to tell her about her husband's affair and Jules wanted to talk about it, each wondering if it was too intimate of a topic for them to discuss.

I did not get the feeling that there was any sexual tension, whatsoever.

You lost me at "showing barefoot is not something you would do in front of other people unless you feel comfortable with them. I mean, some people get turned on by feet"...
I couldn't give a rat's ass if I happened to show my bare feet to a foot fetischist, there are people that are turned on by noses, chins, legs and hair. Perhaps the most decent thing would be to just cover the entire body in a big paper bag, so as not to turn anyone on, unless they happen to be paper bag fetischists (there are people that feel sexual attraction towards inanimate objects such as builtings and bridges, so someone feeling the need to hump a paper bag wouldn't be all that surprising).

I'm guessing your point is that people who are friends (especially if those are mixed gender people) should not be in bed together. Even if they are both covered up...laying on top of the covers...on separated sides...just talking.
Because that - to you - is suggestive.
You know what, that says so much more about you, than it does about the characters in the movie.

More importantly what is going on in your head.

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Same

Funny how people project themselves into scenes.
I saw the film, twice, and the scene has nothing wrong with it. It was daring and well done.
(and I consider it a bit of a nod to "Lost in translation"... but that's a different discussion).

I would agree with you that the scene felt awkward. I am certain that there was no real or implied sexual tension (which I will explain momentarily), I thought that a number of factors (male-female, boss-intern, that one was an angry cuckold spouse, the age disparity, on a business trip to a romantic city, privacy of a luxury hotel room, in dressing gowns, reclining cozily on a bed, at night) might make that situation seem questionable to an outside observer regardless of how innocent it really was.

I saw that scene as a re-creation/tribute/reference to a similar and much better set-up situation with a young Scarlett Johanssen and an older Bill Murray in Lost in Translation, which in turn was inspired by a similar situation with Sophia Coppola and her father. The hotel fire alarm, the bathrobes, hanging around platonically on a hotel bed having deep conversation.