Men and crocs

[nelson84]

Men can wear crocs only if you have a fanny pack to go along with them, and a pony tail .

Enjoy the crocs

 

[Wednesday till I die]

 

[Donald&Tinkerbell]

Real men could careless what other people think about what they wear.

 

[bumbershoot]

It is no surprise that most people wearing crocs are overweight. Also, I find it disgusting that people working in a supposedly "sterile" environment will wear an open toe, or open heeled shoe.

crocs are a fad, like soap on a rope, or jellies sandals. In 5 years you won't be able to give a pair away.

Huh?

My stepmom is a nurse, has been for over 10 years, and wears clogs on every shift. Not crocs, as she is happy with the brand she started with, but nurses and some doctors have traditionally worn clogs for quite a long time! And they wear such shoes because they are so easy to disinfect, unlike wearing tennis shoes each day, where the gunk can get trapped. You can't just dunk trainers into a bucket of disinfectant every day...

Here is a link for the sobeks
http://shop.crocs.com/pc-73-4-sobek...=41p&subsectionname=footwear&section=products

I have had several folks ask what they are and when I tell them they are crocs they dont believe me. I think the folks at crocs are coming around and starting to develop some nice looking shoes.

Goes to show, one person's attractive shoe is anothers ewwwwwwwww. When I met DH he was addicted to that sort of shoe (sobek style) and I think we finally got rid of the last of 'em with this last Teva purchase.

Reread that to yourself:

"Be a man and wear sneakers for crying out loud."

Doesn't that sound kind of weird. Real men would wear steel-toed work boots or cowboy boots, not 'sneakers.'

And of course...boots have high heels on them...



So anyway, DH wouldn't mind trying Crocs, and as long as they aren't sobek style I wouldn't mind, but he's worried about the squeaking. MY crocs drive me insane with the noise they make, and DH prefers to keep the things that drive me mad to a minimum. Is there a way to reduce the noise of crocs, other than wear them with socks?


I like that off road version.....

 

[xnascar2x]

I'm 32 and a guy and I just got back from Walt Disney World. All I wore all week was Crocs. I have the Beach ones in black and the Scutes in Black. There were a lot of men wearing Crocs while we were down there. They are very comfortable!

 

[webshark3]

You quote a cartoon character, and then have the nerve to laugh at my post?

Whatever.

I guess croc wearers can't take a joke.

You can wear what you want, and I can laugh at what I want (which was the Simspons quote and it's take on perceptions in society..... not your post).

 

[webshark3]

I have no opinion on croc wearers (I personally don't even wear sandels), but found it odd that many here are nurses doctors who wear them. Open feet isn't acceptable in most busniess, and I found it even stranger that medical facilities would allow it. Just Googling brought up the following:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_519819.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2061288,00.html

http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/Crocs/crocs.htm

http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=643818&catname=Local+News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gzvlK3xx4E

http://www.thestar.com/article/239048

On the flipside, also found a link to "medical" crocs:

http://www.jellyegg.com/crocs_and_you/hospital_and_medical/index.asp

 

[Dead-metal]

Real men could not care less what other people think about what they wear.

Exactly.

Crocs rock. I'm a man and wear Crocs. I wear what I want

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[webshark3]

Exactly.

Crocs rock. I'm a man and wear Crocs. I wear what I want

I gotta admit. Those don't look horrible. They blend in. No wonder I never saw men wearing Crocs (not that i ever intentionally looked).

I'd question your wearing jeans to the Parks. I assume it was a much cooler month.

 

[goofyernmost]

It is no surprise that most people wearing crocs are overweight.

Now was that really necessary?

 

[duckfan78]

I considered this same topic and cannot give Crocs a try. I think men look silly with them on. I went for the next best thing for comfort. I bought a pair of Sperry Santa Cruz flip flops and wore them to WDW. I brougth my Nike walking shoes as well just in case. I never put the shoues on and stuck with the flip flops....they were extemenly comfortable and less of a stretch for me.

flip flops remind me too much of a thong...thongs for men's toes.

 

[bumbershoot]

I have no opinion on croc wearers (I personally don't even wear sandels), but found it odd that many here are nurses doctors who wear them. Open feet isn't acceptable in most busniess, and I found it even stranger that medical facilities would allow it. Just Googling brought up the following:

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_519819.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2061288,00.html

http://www.esdjournal.com/articles/Crocs/crocs.htm

http://www.niagarafallsreview.ca/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=643818&catname=Local+News

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gzvlK3xx4E

http://www.thestar.com/article/239048

On the flipside, also found a link to "medical" crocs:

http://www.jellyegg.com/crocs_and_you/hospital_and_medical/index.asp

There are work crocs, which have a closed foot area. As for the heel, who really cares? It's not like my stepmom-the-nurse (who wears clogs other than Crocs) or her crocs-wearing colleagues aren't wearing socks.

Of course the whole sanitary thing is, well, a crock, in a hospital, where people routinely wear scrubs out on the street to get lunch, then go back in to the hospital, and where all this big evil germs reside...

I haven't worked in a hospital (gack), but I've taken some intense Anatomy labs, and the people wearing tennis shoes had DISGUSTING situations with their shoes. I had to have a lab-only pair of shoes. Not everyone did. And the shoes could not be considered clean. If they had Crocs back in '92 (or if I had been aware of them) I would definitely have considered wearing those to be FAR cleaner than the options available at the time.


edited to add. Aha, I see the last bit mentioned what I mentioned. Actually, at least one of the other articles mentioned them, at the end...I have a feeling most of those articles were from the same source or two, just with different writers putting different spins on them. And I have a feeling that the pictures that went along with the article were just stock photos of what the paper figured a Croc was, and they might never have asked the medical professionals what exactly they were wearing.




So does anyone have anti-squeaking suggestions for me?

 

[billwendy]

lol - this is funny -

i think that men wearing low cut socks with sneakers looks funny - men wearing flip flops looks funny - but WHO CARES!!!

my DH has a pair of the black off road crocs, and he loves them - they are very comfy for him -

be a man, and wear what you want!!!! be comfy, you will be on your feet for a lot of standing and walking!!!!

 

[Wednesday till I die]

Mickey doesn't wear 'em!

And......... they DO look silly.

 

[drclaws]

Mickey doesn't wear 'em!

Of Mice and Men?

 

[ConcKahuna]

Just say no to Crocs. They're like footwear by Playskool.

 

[rotlex]

lol - this is funny -

i think that men wearing low cut socks with sneakers looks funny - men wearing flip flops looks funny - but WHO CARES!!!

my DH has a pair of the black off road crocs, and he loves them - they are very comfy for him -

be a man, and wear what you want!!!! be comfy, you will be on your feet for a lot of standing and walking!!!!

Not to mention grown men wearing dress shoes with black socks and shorts, LOL. I'll wear my crocs with PRIDE any day over THAT look!

Oh yeah, and my other favorite...grown men wearing sports jersey's with someone else name on the back. Not secure enough in the eh, manhood to wear crocs, but OK with wearing another guys name on your T-shirt.

 

[JunieJay]

DH would never wear them, but I like them on men. The right man, that is. DH is very much a guy's guy, if you know what I mean, meaning fashion means nothing to him. On him, Crocs would not work. On other guys, those who have a certain sense of style, I like the look.

I tried to get my boys to wear them but both seem to be taking after their Dad in the fashion department. Both of them looked at me like I was nuts. They do have the flip flops though, but would never consider the Caymans.

 

[luvthemouse71]

It is no surprise that most people wearing crocs are overweight. Also, I find it disgusting that people working in a supposedly "sterile" environment will wear an open toe, or open heeled shoe.

crocs are a fad, like soap on a rope, or jellies sandals. In 5 years you won't be able to give a pair away.

Feet are not considered sterile..on a surgical gown only the area below the elbows and the front of the gown to about waistlevel are sterile. Crocs don't come anywear near the sterile field so they are fine. My Crocs are the closed sort because I do some very bloody cases and at any rate, my shoes don't go home with me either.


Ps. I'm not overweight-I am however a nurse that spends most of the day standing, so trust me, 5 years from now, I'll still be sporting my Crocs despite what the unknowledgeable "civilians" think. Most hospitals have an infection control department and my hospital has deemed them OK. Matter of fact, they sell them in the hospital gift shop!

 

[aprilgail2]

I think guys that wear crocs look very feminine....I can't stand seeing guys wearing crocs!