Theodosia, if you can afford them, I can really recommend NurseMate shoes for when you have to stand on your feet for a long time. They're not pretty, but they're terrific when it comes to saving your feet. I got them from ShoeLine for about $60 or so.
Zoe: Nobody's saying that, sir. Wash: Yeah, we're pretty much just giving each other significant glances and laughing incessantly.
'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kathy A - Mar 29, 2011 6:52:40 am PDT #767 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Vortex - Mar 29, 2011 6:56:41 am PDT #768 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
Merrells are good, too. Also not cheap, but I think that they are worth the investment.
It's funny, in England, the cashiers sit down, and it feels so weird, but it makes so much more sense!
lisah - Mar 29, 2011 6:57:41 am PDT #769 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
I know my doctor and nurse friends love Danskos. More expensive but pretty stylish and very sturdy.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2011 7:01:28 am PDT #770 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Colin swears by Earth shoes.
Geeky growth chart. Man, I wish I were still growing. Is that a shallow reason to have a kid?
Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2011 7:02:19 am PDT #771 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Earth shoes, you mean the ones with "negative heel technology"? I was always afraid of those. Seems like they would kill your back.
§ ita § - Mar 29, 2011 7:03:42 am PDT #772 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
the ones with "negative heel technology"?
Yeah. He has had extensive foot problems (including surgery), and they are all that he wears now.
Vortex - Mar 29, 2011 7:37:20 am PDT #773 of 30001
"Cry havoc and let slip the boobs of war!" -- Miracleman
It's so funny, I remember my mom wearing those in the seventies.
Zenkitty - Mar 29, 2011 7:37:45 am PDT #774 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Huh. Maybe I'll give them a try.
Lee - Mar 29, 2011 7:52:55 am PDT #775 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
It's funny, in England, the cashiers sit down, and it feels so weird, but it makes so much more sense!
One of the new litigation trends in California is to sue employers for not providing suitable seating for their employees, which they are required to do (eta when the nature of the work allows it).
Kathy A - Mar 29, 2011 8:07:00 am PDT #776 of 30001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I wore Earth Shoes in the '70s, when I was in junior high. I had a chocolate brown suede pair that I just loved.
When I worked at Waldenbooks, those who had to work at the calendar kiosk in the fall and winter were never allowed to sit down, even though all of the other kiosk workers in the mall had stools. Borders Group policy forbade anyone from sitting down at a register. When I was at B&N, however, my managers let me sit down without saying anything because I was just too heavy to stand on my feet for eight hours behind the register.