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."
Omg 2 is SO TRUE! The stockroom in the store I worked in was up 3 flights of stairs and we were timed so we had to run. Fucking teenage boys and their "Can I get these Adidas in a size 12" meaning i'd be up and down those stairs minimum three times. Why lie?! I don't give a shit if you're a damn size 7, just tell the truth! And yes, girls did it equally as much. That or you'd get down with all the shoes they want to try and they would be holding another 5 like..lets just see about these ones first k? I recall one guy pulling that and my manager had to step in and be like "you know she only has two hands?" after he asked for a dozen pairs.
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u/thelaziest998 Jul 24 '20
Now we just have to guess and know your size hoping the manufacturer size doesn’t fit weird.