Do You Look At People's Shoes??

BWZN93

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Details matter. A lot. I'd be wondering what other small, "irrelevant" details they'd overlook day-to-day in their work.

EXACTLY this. 'It's all about the little things' as my husband says. Little things mean everything. Look how many marriages fail because it started off with forgetting the little things; it's a sign of a downward spiral.

I'm armed forces too which I think plays a factor in this, and I'll more than notice your shoes in work. I'll probably discipline you if you haven't bothered to at least try and make them clean and tidy. I would pick you up about it and expect your shoes to be gleaming tomorrow. I notice it in 'civvies' too. Dirty and unkempt shoes are a sign of a bigger sloppiness problem. It takes nothing more than two minutes to quickly polish and shine a pair of shoes. It assists their ability to retard water and shows that you take care of your kit. Pretty much most big supermarkets have cobblers in them to fix a pair of shoes, multitask at your shopping and get them fixed if required.

In other words, take care of your !!!!, it's not hard.

Georgiegirl256

arbroath_lass wrote: »

I don't concern myself with what other people wear. Each to their own. I'd rather "judge" people on how they treat me than what they wear (clothes/shoes/make-up) or how much money the have/don't have.

I don't think anyone has actually mentioned judging people on how much money they have/don't have?

It's small details that people quite often notice, such as clean or scuffed shoes, clean hair, clean teeth and clean nails. It shows that people take pride in themselves and attention to detail.

These things really don't matter so much in day to day life when you're popping to the shop for a pint of milk, pottering around the garden/house or even going to the gym. On the other hand though, if someone is going to a job interview, Wedding, funeral or anywhere that requires being smart, then small details like that quite often do matter.

A friend of my parents always wears a smart suit to funerals, but scruffy brown trainers, it not only looks odd but stands out like a sore thumb.

VestanPance

I wear Converse most of the time. Shoes and polishing is only for job interviews!

VestanPance

Lunar_Eclipse wrote: »

There is a huge middle ground between heels and vans! But would you wear your vans with a suit to a job interview when presumably you're presenting your 'best self', or to work (in a traditional smart environment)?

In my industry 'IT' there are a good few places I know that turning up to an interview in a suit would see you automatically ruled out for the job, as they would think you won't fit in.

It's a reverse snobbery of the you must be suited and booted situation

stir_crazy

DH always notices shoes, possibly because he has such awkward feet that he can't get many shoes to fit and so he has to look after the pairs he can get. He shines his shoes once a week and wipes dirt off them as soon as we get in. I have smartened up my own shoes since meeting him but I wouldnt say I notice many other people's footwear.

DigForVictory

I notice on parades & hillwalks, and occasionally, bemused, on the High Street.

One of our Scout leaders is ex-military & thus immaculately polished & pressed. We deliberately step back & let him do the talking about Turnout for Parades. I'd willingly believe he has a collection of shoe polishes if I ever saw him in footwear in any other colour than black.

I'm neither polished nor pressed (oops), but I'm a demon for clean hands & faces, week in, week out. (I make an exception for henna art - largely as it's glorious & the wearers are rightly proud of it, but my Scouts know my views on Biro...) My colleague has brought in an ironing board - I brought in a nailbrush.

My sons are absolutely capable of cleaning & polishing hillboots, but seem to regards a wipeover with the black sponge adequate for school, whereas I used to love getting a conker gloss on my school shoes.

Mrs_Ryan

I have fibromyalgia and plantar fascitis so I suffer terribly with pain in my feet. Consequently virtually all my shoes have seen better days- I live in either my three year old black Uggs or my cheapo black Fila trainers both of which are pretty scruffy. Even my Converse are quite scruffy. The rest of me is generally well turned out but i frankly don't care what anyone thinks of my shoes- anything that helps minimise my pain a bit, I don't really care what they look like.

amistupid

BitterAndTwisted wrote: »

Y Details matter. A lot. I'd be wondering what other small, "irrelevant" details they'd overlook day-to-day in their work.

This is exactly why the Armed Services put so much importance on the turn out of personnel. If they can't keep their footwear and uniforms immaculate, they can't be trusted to keep their weapons in good order. Attention to detail is essential.

Georgiegirl256

amistupid wrote: »

This is exactly why the Armed Services put so much importance on the turn out of personnel. If they can't keep their footwear and uniforms immaculate, they can't be trusted to keep their weapons in good order. Attention to detail is essential.

My Dad was in the army, and he was always immaculately turned out. His attention to detail on every thing he did was to be admired! So much so that he didn't like anyone to help him with anything, as he prefered to do it all himself, because that way he knew it would be correct!

amistupid

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

My Dad was in the army, and he was always immaculately turned out. His attention to detail on every thing he did was to be admired! So much so that he didn't like anyone to help him with anything, as he prefered to do it all himself, because that way he knew it would be correct!

We do tend to become 'control freaks'.