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I don't like open toed shoes for safety reasons. There are many occasions even during spare time where something may hit your toes! Also want to be able to walk significant distance and run at any time to get out of an emergency situation. This is especially true when in a car and airplane and in public places. SoCal is super laid back ... Until the next good shaker ...
I remember passing a wreck on the interstate where a little dog had jumped out of the car and was running down the median along oncoming traffic - and a guy several hundred feet behind it "running" after it in his flip flops ... Not sure if he was able to fetch the dog before it got run over ... I remind my family of this when we travel and everyone wears shoes ... G |
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I think subconsciously, I look down on old grown men who walk around with shorts, t-shirt and filp flops.
They look like they never grew up, have some sort of chemical imbalance, or are not to be trusted with important things. Part of this is because I am an employer I think, and I spot things that suggest a person is lazy or sloppy, and going out in public without shoes or at least more sophisticated version of flip flops, like those action sandals or Addidas slip on sandals is just one of those superficial things that sort of say "lazy slob". I think another is that my sloppy Hakujin fat-ass brother in law always looks like Chris Farley with flip flops, shorts, and t-shirt. And he's really sort of an arrogant loser. I find that sooner or later, I let my disdain for these types to show. |
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I learned a long time ago not to judge someone by what shoes they wear. Some of the most driven and successful people I know you would judge as a "lazy slob". |
Here are my favorites, I wear these to travel, cut the grass, pretty much wherever I please. I always catch the ladies checking me out on elevators. I hadn't really considered the sexiness factor until reading this thread and then it dawned on me as to what was going down.http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435012418.jpg
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When I see a 50+ guy walk into a restaurant, or pull up in a Porsche wearing flip-flops and cargo shorts, I assume he must be extremely confident, secure with himself, and could not care less what others think of him. I run in a pack of early retired guys. Every one of us dresses in cargo shorts and flip flops, so much so that my wife calls it the "Retired Guy's Uniform". I hardly think a retired surgeon, retired nephrologist, and a cashed out Clinical Laboratory owner with a Ph.D could be called "lazy slob". |
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I do wear flip flops; more so recently than in the past. I guess all those years of keeping my feet cramped up in combat boots, and now in dress shoes every day...it's kinda liberating. Like someone else mentioned, I have the type that goes between the toes, and the kind that go over the toes. The over the toes ones, I use for the drive to/from softball games so I don't have to wear my cleats in the car. |
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He was notorious for wearing old dress shoes that were covered in dust, a 1980s Members Only jacket (well into the 2000s) and an old calculator wrist watch. What I think held him back, and ultimately led to many failures, was too much ambition, too much drive. But his attire was not "lazy slob". More I would say "out of touch geek". If you walked into his office, and he's got to be in his 90s now, with flip flops, you'd never hear the end of it. Let's say he'd judge you for sure. Most businesspeople I know, especially sharp ones, size people up instantly. Yeah, people DO judge books by their covers. Yes it IS superficial. But that's the way it is. If you want to try to succeed despite being a lazy slob, have at it. Go right ahead. |
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I wear my flip flops just about every weekend here along the coast.
Going on 36 years with the same pair. Bought them around '79 when I was visiting a friend in San Diego. They're Lighting Bolt flip flops. |
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If you don't want to be looked at as a lazy slob, then don't appear to be one. If you don't care that people may think of you that way, then that's another subject entirely. |
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Look, you can't help but make an initial assessment when your first see someone. The wise man does not let that blind him to what is really there. Also, dressing casually is not even close to dressing like a lazy slob. Wearing flip flops, by themselves, does not make you look like a lazy slob unless the person looking on is a pretentious prick. |
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http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435017115.jpg Rusnak going surfing… http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435017153.jpg Rusnak going riding…. http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1435017199.gif |
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You guys are too funny. I don't wear flip flops often but a few times out of the month. I seem to kick siht accidentally all the time so I try to protect my poor toes as much as possible. I only wear running shoes. Shorts and tee shirts or a button down shirt long sleeve shirt 365 days out of the year. oh yeah, cargo shorts. Fancy dinners? They can eat without me if its that serious.
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I always get a kick out of these younger men wear their business suit and tie where it really isn't necessary just to impress, God knows who? I was as a retirement "Thing" at a local Mexican joint for an old friend who retired as a high school counselor. This young early 30s young men who took over George's job with a full suit and tie hanging himself in 100 degree heat with a beer in hand. I can see the sweat dripping down his face and he was constantly wiping the sweat off. Why not take that tie and the coat off and relax. A bunch of us are in shorts and tee shirts. To me, that's a sign of lack of confidence. Is not the presentation, it is how you conduct yourself in a certain situation. A couple of my friends who work in management (office environment) tells me to drive a cleaner newer truck and put some big boy pants similar to Rusnak suggested in his earlier post. WTF do I gotta impress?
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We need to ask Tabs on this subject
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Plus, since retiring and wearing nothin but flip flops and cargo shorts, my in-laws stopped asking us for money.
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You either choose to just accept it, or make a better impression. These are not my rules, it's just how it is. |
I wear flip flops, shorts, and a ball cap nearly every day in the summer that I'm not working. I dress for success at work, but when I'm off, I don't give two ****s what anyone thinks of my clothes. I dress for my comfort not your preconceived notions.
I've met some guys that you would consider to dress like slobs, who could buy you several times over without blinking an eye. Sorry, never judge someone based on what they wear or drive. Some people don't give a crap about what others think of them, usually its because they are sitting on a fat bank account and are fine with life on their terms. I'd rather deal with a rich guy in shorts, than a wannabe rich guy in a cheap suit... |
Sidney, I'm building $5M worth of property for myself right now. And even I have to admit that it's important what others think. That's part of being a grownup.
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Wow, $5M of property? Really?
Boy howdy. you're a real success. Lemme tell ya. I have friends who would take a bullet for me. Thats real success. |
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