j_bgl t1_iv0p8ci wrote
Why would you shrink wrap shoes though?
ectrez OP t1_iv0pgkv wrote
So the concept behind it is cleanliness when working in pool side. I work as a life guard and I have to bring a second pair of shoes. The idea is that this eliminates that.
scruffychef t1_iv0r39j wrote
I think most people are more likely/more comfortable just having a pair of work shoes. Like the concept is so old and accepted that there are songs about "taking of my work shoes" and if you ask any warehouse worker what the best part of their shift end is, itll be taking off their boots.
I worry that a shrink wrapping will actually do the opposite of what I'd want in a chlorinated water environment. For instance, the plastic will be slippery on a wet deck, making slipping more likely. If water does get inside the shrink wrap then chlorinated water sits on/in your shoe all day damaging the finish. Last, if you're a lifeguard you probably dont want to have shrink wrapped Jordan's on when you jump in the pool to save a life.
I see the logic, but a wide variety of solutions to this "problem" already exist, booties with an elastic ankle band are the most common. Deck shoes, hell, Adidas basically started making flip flops when they could get athletes wearing them for tv coverage. The idea of a lifeguard slipping and sliding in their shrink wrapped sneakers, only to have to awkwardly take them off to save a drowning person, or alternately of them struggling to swim with a pair of waterlogged bags on their feet is just not a good look.
ectrez OP t1_iv13fbz wrote
I would agree with you if I hadn’t tested the idea already. By using a heat gun and shrink wrap traction is suprisingly not actually lost. If used on a smooth polished concrete floor I cant tell a difference untill after about half an hour later when dust has built up in the wrap in which is starts to loose traction. However, this issue is negated by the poolside moisture levels.
The idea of adding having water inside the plastic is a concept I hadn’t thought of thank you. And as a life guard It would be silly to wear shoes that you would be hesitant to jump In the pool with. And you aren’t allowed to wear footwear that can slip off such as flip flops at my establishment.
scruffychef t1_iv1izpj wrote
Fair enough, the only other instances of people wearing booties or wrapping shoes have been like, bedbug cleanouts, and once, a new hire at the fast food place I was working at showed up in bright blue wraps so he wouldnt wreck his custom print Vans.
ectrez OP t1_iv1j7zd wrote
Yh that’s just sad tho. Wear work boots to something like that. But the plastic wrap is more to contain micro dirt and grease from the street from contaminating the poolside. Rather than the other way around.
Funny story tho
putsfinalinfilenames t1_iv12rk0 wrote
How important is shoe traction at your work? Like, would slippery shoes be an issue?
ectrez OP t1_iv13ijg wrote
I answered in the response to the original.
Tldr:
Traction isn’t lost at all
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