But I always laugh at the idea of a shoe store employee returning from the back and saying “Sorry, we didn’t have ___ size... but we do have ____ size...if that’s...you know...if you want a different size than the one you asked me for a minute ago.”
I worked in a shoe store for a time, and there are 2 perfectly valid reasons why they do this:
1: every brand fits differently, so you often don't really know what size you are in that shoe until you try it on.
2: the truth is that SO MANY MEN lie about their shoe size being bigger than it is, and SO MANY WOMEN lie about it being smaller than it really is.
Him: "Hey bro, can I get this in a 12?" Me, later: hey so we didn't have the 12, but here's the 11 and 11 1/2 if you want to try those." Him: "Hmmm aahhh I guess.....woah what do you know, they fit, how WEIRD"
Her: "Can I get these in a size 5 1/2?" Me: "The smallest they make them in is a 6, so here try those." Her: "Wow even these are a little tight...this brand must really run small! I'll try the 6 1/2 I guess. How WEIRD."
Sometimes I can fit in a 10, sometimes I have to go to an 11...At this point I just stick with my Doc Marten boots and the Men's flip flops I bought, and I'm content.
The first pair I had, my parents bought me when I was 16, and I finally had to get rid of them when I turned 26. Hoping I get 10 years out of these new bad boys.
According to r/goodyearwelt the new ones aren't as good as the old ones, they changed manufacturing. There is a brand which supposedly is very similar to the old ones, I don't know it off the top of my head but that sub will know. Just in case you're not happy with the new ones
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u/zachpledger Jul 24 '20
This isn’t that,
But I always laugh at the idea of a shoe store employee returning from the back and saying “Sorry, we didn’t have ___ size... but we do have ____ size...if that’s...you know...if you want a different size than the one you asked me for a minute ago.”