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op does not work in a hospital.
I wager 70% of all crocs worn are hospital employees.
They all wear Hooka sneakers here - cold country though.
Doubt.
Most popular footwear in Hosiptals are birkenstocks.
Crocks are popular with young kids and people in the south of the US.
This is what happens when you have a bias and then just find a search result to match it instead of caring about actual facts
Speaking as a hospital worker, in a hospital, wearing crocs. Doing a fast count in my department I see 12 pairs of crocs, among about 20-ish people.
What the fuck is a birkestock.
Birkenstocks are great sandals that are popular with hippy types… I’ve owned several pairs over the years and I love them.
However, they’re not really quite as comfortable as Crocs.
This seems like you googled that and took the sponsored link as gospel. Every article I’ve seen mentions Crocs and tons of other brands over birks. I’m not even an advocate of Crocs, was just curious as I didn’t believe the birks comment and have looked in to shoes a ton over the years. Birks and toe drop are a real thing and a pain
I knew a lot of chefs that liked them
As in the people working with knives and hot water?
They have a closed toe design, but yeah. Clogs of all kinds are super common in commercial kitchens.
The hospital I work in just BANNED regular Crocs because the holes on the top and sides don’t protect the feet from splashes/spills/drops. It’s been so interesting to see Crocs in the hospital just disappear overnight.
They never went away
They make feet smell? Huh? They’re comfortable and air-y. No smelly feet.
That’s where you’re wrong my friend! My feet get moist with our without socks and I had a pair that I used sockless for a while and they got naaaasty after a few days use. Now, I will say that they wash out nice and easy but if you’re going sockless with juicy feet for any amount of time it makes a very special kind marinade. 3/10 do not recommend.
Could be a personal issue? Not everyone has sweaty feet. Personally I am the same way as you, swamp foot central… but I wear socks with my crocs.
Fuck social norms 😎
It’s only a personal issue until someone else catches a whiff 😉
But yeah, as someone who isn’t a fan of socks having sweaty feet is a major annoyance.
That sounds like a “them” problem.
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I use them every day and I don’t have that problem, sorry~
Oh no need to be sorry, I was just sharing my awful life experience lolol.
yeah came to piont this out. I won’t argue the ugly but feet wrapped in socks and normal shoes all day are rank while crocs feet are as good as feet ever are. Say like just after waking up.
They are excellent, versatile footwear. Comfortable. Great for stepping out back to grill, to get the mail, heading to a friends pool party, fishing, the beach or anything wet, or running out for the day.
Top tier shoes.
Unfortunately the only thing they can’t do is preserve your dignity. That what the holes are for, so your self-respect can flow out unimpeded
I was this way once. I was gifted a pair and had to wear them for a few days so I didn’t look like a monster in front of my family.
Crocs are so comfortable you don’t rely on your dignity to make it through the day. My smile starts at my feet.
Crocs are absolutely not comfortable.
I got flat feet so that’s gonna contribute some but even flip flops aren’t that bad.
Crocs make flip flops? Have you tried them?
Agree, the shame and embarrassment I felt about trying Crocs disappeared the moment I took my first step in them. I now hate wearing any shoes that are not Crocs.
Mine starts with a pair of Mephisto shoes. 10x the price, 10x the comfort, 20x the durability
I’ll look into those, always trying to upgrade my sole.
They are excellent, versatile footwear. Comfortable. Great for stepping out back to grill, to get the mail, heading to a friends pool party, fishing, the beach or anything wet, or running out for the day.
Top tier shoes.
Explain the ones that are lined with fleece on the inside.
Every day we stray further from God’s light.
These cannot be explained. My wife used to wear them to hockey practice at the ice rink up in mass. Still can’t explain the fleece ones.
The offer ZERO ankle support and often don’t fit snuggly enough to support anything really. Unless you wear flip flops, don’t wear these. Easy way to end up with constant foot, ankle, and knee problems.
https://www.runnersworld.com/uk/news/a36406163/5000m-wearing-crocs/ I am not saying this is a good idea. Just thought it was apropos.
I’d still rather wear slippers lol, you can actually get some decent pairs that are comfy and look less ridiculous than Crocs
Exactly, people are wearing clogs in place of sandals insisting that the ancients were wrong.
The ancients were wrong about a LOT of things.
This is how you get cursed.
The ancients made clogs out of wood, my dude.
Human ankles aren’t made from glass.
Regular shoes are going to give you bunions in the long run.
There’s a reason hiking and activity shoes have ankle support. Ankles aren’t glass, but you don’t want to roll them in uneven surfaces
Who the hell would want to wear crocs for hiking?
They’re actually pretty popular with hikers. They’re lightweight and comfortable, and also non-absorbent.
Not for the actual hiking part, but they’re great to throw in your backpack and wear around camp at the end of the day, and if they get wet they aren’t going to get heavy so you can wear them instead of your boots if you have to wade across a creek.
The reason hiking shoes have ankle support is because most people already have glass ankles. If you let your ankles strengthen without them then rolling your ankles doesn’t equal injury. I went on a long hike just last weekend and rolled my ankles pretty hard on two occations without any pain or injury.
Also lots of “activity” shoes don’t have ankle support. See: most basketball shoes, trail/ultra running shoes, football cleats. All shoes that are pretty optimized for performance in sports that have high ankle impact, most are low top.
They never fell out of style amongst people who work on their feet all day. I’m guessing you don’t need them while riding a desk, try walking 10mi a day through a warehouse and see how your loafers do.
People who work on their feet all day don’t use crocs. You’d use TreadSafes that have actual support and fit, or you’d use an actual work shoe like Keen. Crocs absolutely will not hold up in a warehouse and will provide zero support or protection for your feet.
Lol ok.
-A guy who walks 10mi a day through a warehouse in crocs, while seeing all my coworkers also wearing crocs, who used to have a shitton of foot pain but hasn’t since switching to the crocs.
Sorry but I think I’ll take my own word over yours on this one.
And I walk 12-14 miles a day in Keens. My last assistant refused to wear anything but Crocs. Guess who was out every other week with foot problems? Not me.
I worked at a running shoe store for a while. If there was one thing that was a given, it was that no two feet are the same and no shoe will work for everybody.
I’m a huge fan of Altra. I wear their shoes to work and to run, and though I haven’t run as much in the last year or two, I’ve been biking a lot, so I’ve repeatedly been in their emails asking them to introduce some cycling shoes, or at least do a design collaboration with an established cycling shoe brand, so I don’t have to be stuck with the Scott ones I’ve been using, which are fine, but don’t have that Altra fit that I really like. I got several pairs of Altra running shoes when I worked at the store: some Escalantes, some Superiors, multiple pairs of Lone Peaks, some Torins, and even some Commutes, and I’ve been extremely happy with all of them. But I’m a relative minority among the set of people I worked with, because a large majority of my customers didn’t get along with them.
I don’t own any Crocs and don’t have any plans to, but your assistant does appear to be in the minority when it comes to them.
Ok well if that was my data set, then I would also share your opinion.
Go to a hospital. Crocs as far as the eye can see. And they work long grueling hours.
Was your coworker an old man with gout? Foot problems from an unrelated soccer injury? Just lying to you and you’re buying it?
10mi/day for about 2 years on the same crocs, I haven’t even had to buy a new pair yet, no foot pain since the switch. Again, I’m forced to trust my feet over your anecdote.
Crocs absolutely destroyed my back. I actually have a set of Merrell Loafers that feel like I’m walking on air and don’t make my back feel like it’s being stabbed. Actual support is what I need on my feet all day, not a garbage slab of rubber.
Crocs dont make your feet smell. Bad hygiene makes your feet smell
once had a coworker complaining about how the gloves at work make her hands smell gross. she wouldn’t wash her hands or change her gloves enough. your nasty hands make your hands smell gross.
If the gloves are nitrile they sometimes can have a nasty sulfur odor that doesn’t wash off easily.
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I’m not super familiar with other glove materials, they may have similar issues.
i’ll just say that i used the same gloves and my hands didn’t smell
Not washing your hands or changing your gloves is definitely nasty! Regardless of what the gloves add to the mix…
Never had a sulfur odor from nitrile gloves, and I’ve used them exclusively for my 15 year chemistry career.
It depends on the quality of the glove. Nitrile is vulcanized, and if the sulfur compounds aren’t sufficiently removed afterwards, the gloves stink. I’ve tested several different gloves from different manufacturers via FTIR (trying to choose one for cleanroom use), you almost always see some amount of sulfate in the extractable residue. Some you can tell are shit just by the smell when you open the bagging.
Analytical chemist for 17 years :)
My lab/department always uses Kimberly Clark, they’ve never caused a sulfur issue for us, though I admit I’ve never done FTIR or IMS on them, so maybe they do give off minute amounts.
11 years in analytical chemistry myself.
Because they are super fuckin comfortable
Croc user for like 12 years here. I don’t have smelly feet. Maybe the trick is to freak out people even more and wear socks with them. 😎
Shoes that are breathable with holes like Crocs and dont retain smell (like with fabric) won’t make your feet smelly. If anything, closed shoes with no holes and no breathing will smell terrible after a work day (like high heeled type womens shoes)
People that say they make feet smell are 1000% telling on themselves for having poor hygiene lol
yeah it’s weird, because open shoes actually wouldn’t create more smell, it reduces it. i guess they mean they want smells enclosed and only when they get home and open their smelly closed shoes. And this is from someone who thought crocs were dumb in the 90s and 00s.
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I do this. I bought the canvas dock style crocs awhile back and when the canvas gave up I notice the insole was removable. I put these in my Cat work boots and they are the most comfortable workboots I have ever had. Why Crocs doesn’t sell their insoles alone I will never understand. Thats their biggest best part.
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Not sure why no one has simply taken the cushy sole of Crocs and put a less ugly top part made of normal fabric.
That’s basically what Heydudes are.
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Crocs makes Crocs that don’t look like the original style.
I’ve never worn Crocs, but Zenni shoes are really comfortable and look good as well. They are also waterproof.
Oofos have some exactly that except I find them to have far more comfortable soles.
The are quite expensive though.
i have crocs but as sandles
The Merrell Hydro Mocs are more comfortable than crocs imo. Both look weird though.
Look worse than even crocs and costs arm an a leg. I don’t know who buys real crocs but I got 5€ fake ones in my size and they are the most comfortable shoes I have.
I got mine for $25 at some outlet store. I’m not sure I’d pay over $50 for either the crocs or merrells.
These rubber monstrosities will be worn for a few years until the craze ends and people realize theyre wearing oversized packaging peanuts on their feet. Then they will be chucked in a landfill en mass only to be dug up in 10,000 years by the sentient cockroach people who have inherited the hellhole we have created. They will wonder, just as I am in this very moment, what the fuck compelled people to put this garbage on their appendages.
Except they never went away and it’s like super duper weird that you would take time out of your day to care about the shoes that someone else wears. Get over it lol. It’s seriously SO childish how much some of you care about a shoe.
Judging by how much some of you care I’d even guess that they’ve been around longer than a lot of you have been alive lmao
It was a joke. Relax, my dude. This is literally a shitposting community.
The downside to so many reddit refugees is the large influx of those who take everything very very seriously.
They’re extremely comfortable. Many people who have to be on their feet all day swear by them. Of all the useless shit the future mutants are going to question, I don’t think Crocs will make the list.
Fair but its become a fashion statement and like most fashion, it will be done inside of 3 years and then theyll pile up in a landfill.
They are handy as watershoes or a quick slip on if you have to nip outside to put out the garbage or check the mail.
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