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Crisco
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PhoenixToruk
United States69 Posts
On September 26 2011 17:37 Angry_Fetus wrote: I talked to my local Occupational Health and Safety Board (government entity in charge of workplace safety), and they confirmed that five fingers were considered "closed toe". I work in retail and I have worn them to work. No problems with not having a huge sole for "protection". You just need to adjust and they are fine on hard surfaces. I don't know how they do things in Canada but employers here would tell you to put on real shoes no matter what OHSB says. Would you rather stub you toe with the protection of a full on shoe or just the individual digit? Closed toe my ass. That defeats the entire purpose of having a closed toe. | ||
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Doctor.Ownage
United States39 Posts
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Dante08
Singapore4140 Posts
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wordd
Australia190 Posts
On July 30 2011 14:38 benjammin wrote: those are the ugliest and goofiest looking things i have ever seen wtf lol! you should rock some of these ![[image loading]](http://www.wavesatnight.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/vans.jpg) | ||
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Paperplane
Netherlands1823 Posts
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reapsen
Germany559 Posts
I´ll recommend you just go to your local shoestore, try on a few pairs and go with what feels best. If you have to stand all day, try to do short relaxing exercises and a little stretching whenever possible. | ||
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Flyingdutchman
Netherlands858 Posts
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kierpanda
United States757 Posts
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divinesage
Singapore649 Posts
On September 27 2011 02:16 Flyingdutchman wrote: Get two pair of good fitting shoes. Switch them halfway through the day. How would this help? | ||
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Wrongspeedy
United States1655 Posts
On September 26 2011 16:56 PhoenixToruk wrote: Why does this keep coming up? I've never heard of a retail location that would let you wear open toed shoes like that. And yes, it is open toe even though they are "covered." Also those are definitely not for standing on a hard surface for 8+ hours at a time. Just go try on shoes you think look good and walk around in them a bit. Then ask yourself, "could I wear these all day?" It sounds like your trying to say that you don't like the way that they look and are therefore uncomfortable. The whole point of those shoes is that they were designed to be good for you feet, so standing in then for 8 hours is definitely not a problem (probably more comfortable than any shoes you wear). And honestly no one is going to notice unless they are looking at your shoes for some reason. They are not open toed they do not expose your gross feet to the rest of the world (which is the real reason why your not allowed flip flops, not because you could stub your toe, because unless your wearing steel toed boots that doesn't even matter as it takes relatively little force to actually break one of your toes). I honestly would not be surprised if 30 years from now (probably less) people will be wearing something that you would have found ridiculous now. I work at UPS, so I'm supposed to wear steel toed boots :S and I do. | ||
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BluePanther
United States2776 Posts
![[image loading]](http://dsp.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pDSP1-7845070p275w.jpg) Got these not too long ago, absolutely love them. Puma Cell Cerano. Sporty and comfortable, but yet casual enough that you can wear them with jeans/shorts. If not this, get some new balance shoes. Those are always incredibly comfortable. | ||
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T3tra
United States406 Posts
Having said that, those green silence vibros look fucking cool. | ||
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