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.

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.