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Absolutely. In this day of political instability, world hunger rising at an unprecedented rate, the resurgence of pandemic diseases, and possible collapse of social values known over the past three centuries, I can totally relate to getting incensed about what shoes people are wearing.
Stick to your rabbit hole, my friend. Don't let the fact that your backside is vulnerable concern you.
When you go weary of that one, you can always resort to gum-chewing in public workers, hair styles, and tattoos.
With you they bug me too. I do remember them in the 90s tho but this back in arizona but still. Although they may have been some other type of sandal or whatever not flips but same thing.
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There are many people providing disgusting sights and sounds out in public, such as walmart stores. You just have to avert your eyes and try not to provide such sights yourself. There is not much you can do about the sound effects.
How about those heavy people wearing flaps with feet so big, wide and flat with the cracks in their foot calluses all around the heel? That and the fungusy toenails. Look AWAY!
Last edited by BlackberryMerlot; 03-31-2018 at 11:28 AM..
There are many people providing disgusting sights and sounds out in public, such as walmart stores. You just have to avert your eyes and try not to provide such sights yourself. There is not much you can do about the sound effects.
How about those heavy people wearing flaps with feet so big, wide and flat with the cracks in their foot calluses all around the heel? That and the fungusy toenails. Look AWAY!
Not the same thing at all. When I go to Walmart - I'm expecting "interesting " people. I can choose not to go.
But sometimes I choose to do so and "pay the price" cuz they have what I need....
I expect mature adults to conduct themselves like adults. There was a woman at work that used to do it. In an office where I had to wear a tie. You're telling me that I am not supposed to notice that?
Not the same thing at all. When I go to Walmart - I'm expecting "interesting " people. I can choose not to go.
But sometimes I choose to do so and "pay the price" cuz they have what I need....
I expect mature adults to conduct themselves like adults. There was a woman at work that used to do it. In an office where I had to wear a tie. You're telling me that I am not supposed to notice that?
I remember back in the 90's and in centuries prior that people in the United States wore SHOES or at least something that covers the entire foot such as boots.
When 2000, and the years after, arrived I noticed that people started to wear flip flops not just to the beaches or to other swimming locations but anywhere considered informal. Daily, I have to endure simultaneously seeing the disgusting feet of some people in addition to hearing the sickening smacking sound that is made when the soles of the flip flops hit the ground and when people's foot soles smack their flip flop soles.
Do Americans actually wear flip flops informally abroad when visiting other countries? I'd hate to think what is going through the minds of the people in host countries, especially in developed countries, when they see an American(s) walking down a street while creating those annoying flip flop smacking sounds that I mentioned in the paragraph above. Yeck.
Is there someone else in this forum that agrees with me?
For years now! The only times flop-flops are appropriate are:
On your own property
Taking the dog out for a potty break
Very near a body of water (pool, lake, ocean)
Coming home from a pedicure
Flip flops are the shoe equivalent of dirty old stained sweatpants. They say “I’m too lazy to care.” What is particularly sad is seeing women with their hair, makeup, and nails done, and a cute outfit only to be wearing flips flops. It’s like they just ran out of energy getting ready and said f-it, I just don’t care anymore. Like smoking or gu chewing, it just destroys and cheapens the whole image. The worst is the morons that wear them to WORK! That is just nasty and they should be sent home, not allowed to go around the workplace with that sticky slap-slap-slap sound and showing off their dirty feet in the workplace.
My grandmother was born in 1925. She grew up in East Texas. She wore flip-flops every day of her life, as far back as I can remember, unless she was going to the bank or the doctor's office.
Are you bothered by any form of shoe that does not completely cover the foot? There are a lot of sandals,etc that show the foot and don't "flip flop".
I don't wear plasticy (is that a word?) beach ones around, but I do wear nicer ones quite a bit of the time. I've never noticed that they make a noise - I don't think they do.
Guess I've just never noticed it to the point of it being a big deal around here.
It used to be considered tacky. I grew up that way. Was hard to accept for me too, but now I love them. They are now under the category of 'sandals'.
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