Crocs, suitable for work?

Mary Janes:






Alice:

What sort of work do you do? I have never thought of Crocs as suitable working shoes, but then again, I would have to know the type of milieu where you are performing your duties.

Of the two styles, the Alice is closest to business wear.

It'll be office based work. I'm going to be working in my own office for a small health therapy business, for now... And it's for someone I know, so he shouldn't mind me wearing them. Plus I'll highlight the health benefits of them to him

So basically office work.

See I think that too, but will they end up being too similar to the normal schuh shoes of that style that I have? Or will they be nice and cool and croc-like? This is my only concern and the thing that's drawing me to the mary janes....

Again depends on where you work.

If your business requires business casual dress or better, then I would say no.

Personally I think they are butt ugly, but I know many people swear by their comfort.

I finally bent and allowed my daughter to get a pair - not crocs, but some other popular brand that all the kids like. I guess I bent because she is so difficult to buy shoes for - narrow feet so she finds few shoes that she is comfortable in. However, these types of shoes are not allowed in her school.

I miss California. All this dress code crap is depressing.

Shorts everyday!

One of the big hospitals here banned crocs because of all the accidents people have had wearing them: http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/escalator.asp

okay...this is true..and I love my Crocs...I have even grown to love how they look...though I only wear them with my jeans or while gardening. But I trip in them...a lot. So do the kids. I won't let them wear them to play. Only to run up to the grocery store or to the pool. Places where we will not be running.

I agree with the fact people trip in them a lot, so, I don't see the health benefits.

Also, you mention you know your new employer, so he shouldn't mind.

There is a separation between being someone you know, or a friend, and your employer.

In the workplace an employee has to abide by the same rules as everyone else.....no special treatment like being allowed leeway in dress because you know the boss personally.

Also, from the employers viewpoint, it would bother me if someone said I shouldn't mind something just because of a personal relationship, no matter how casual that relationship might be.

In fact, he may mind very much, but may feel uncomfortable saying something, because he knows you. One of the worst things a person can do is hire a friend who thinks "he won't mind, we're friends". Remember, on payday, the friend wants his full paycheck, not some of it. Even if the boss says "You shouldn't mind. I'll get it to you next week, but I had to make sure everyone else got paid. We know each other after all."

Yeah, I don't like the proper clogs that much, but since buying a pair of the 'Cleo' sandals I'd like a pair of crocs I could wear on the less sunny days...

The health benefits are that they are more supportive to your feet/ankles/legs if you're stood up all day. They're also antibacterial. I hadn't heard about a load of tripping incidents..

I'd also like to say about that report ... "WTF?" How in the hell? Also there are incidents from like 40 years ago involving other things on escalators... So I'd say it's the escalators that are the main danger... O_O

Anyway, I'm not bothered about that, I don't regularly use escalators, and not ones that would trap a bulky shoe like that.. I really don't see how they managed it...

He's the one that's defined our relationship as 'friends' rather than employee/employer. Plus he's leniant with everything... Like...I'm allowed to make cocktails....while I work... 'parently...

I'm still not sure about which one. It's more the fact that I don't want to a get a shoe that's specifically for work, one that I can still wear with my jeans and stuff...but that won't look hideously boring. I need to think...

I had a boss who used to drink on the job.

He was an alcoholic.


If you're going to be working somewhere where one is allowed to drink, I don't think it matters what you wear, they'll be out of business soon enough.

Health therapy, drinking, crocs....sounds like a master plan.

I trip in any shoe I am wearing when I am drinking no matter where I am.

well there you go....


but, being a good wife that doesn't work outside the home, you can go barefoot if you want.

so, are you saying you regularly become snockered while making biscuts and knitting your husband sweaters?

wow, this having your husband go out and work so you can take care of the home is sounding better and better.

It ain't bad a'tall.

Tell me mismi, have you ever run on a treadmill drunk?

HA....no - I don't need to be drunk to fall on a treadmill. I can do that in my own natural state. Thank you very much.

I'm not planning on staying there long, it's an in-between job...really...

I'm also not planning on making cocktails in his house, because, well...that's just freaky.

But that's how he is anyway, so I don't think he'll give a crap what I wear, he'll just say it accentuates my breasts or something damn weird.

Treadmills make me feel drunk. Why not just go for a walk instead? Where the ground doesn't whizz away under your feet?

Well, that's the Alice style out of the window. They're too narrow for my feet...

I wonder if Bindi wears them to work?