Crocs, the plastic clog like shoe...

[Blarch]

I see these EVERYWHERE, I am sure I'm not the only one. I recently spent a week in the Florida Keys and saw men wearing these, something I don't see in Il.

And before you jump to conclusions, all the men were not gay. I sure wish I invented these simple plastic shoes.

Whats your opinion ?

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Are they recyclable? LOL All I know is they are freaking expensive!

[Heidi]

45. Yes, they're recyclable. Here's the letter I got when I asked:

Dear (Heidi's real name),

Thank you for your concern for our environment and community.

Crocs, Inc. will be launching a new recycling program, SolesUnited, in early 2008. SolesUnited is a first of its kind program created in response to the desperate need for quality footwear in impoverished countries and areas affected by tragedy. Blending environmental and humanitarian efforts, we are collecting, regrinding, and remolding your old Crocs shoes into new and donating these to people in need of shoes around the world.

If you would like to donate your shoes for recycling purposes, please send them to one of the following addresses below.

Crocs Recycling - West
3375 Enterprise Ave.
Bloomington, CA. 92316

Crocs Recycling - East
1500 Commodity Blvd.
Lockbourne, OH 43137-9277

For more information on the Soles United program, please visit www.solesunited.org.

Please contact me if you have any further questions.

Jana
Customer Service Representative

6328 Monarch Park Place
Niwot, Colorado 80503
T 303.848.7104
1-866-306-3179
www.crocs.com

[bicentennial_baby]

2. Wearing mine right now...

They're really comfy, except if I wear them w/o socks in the extreme heat, my feet sweat too much. Ugliness be damned, I love my Crocs! :bounce:

[Mrs.Matcom]

6. I have a friend who has bad bone spurs

on her feet. She says they are the most comfortable things she has ever worn. She knitts and makes sock to go with the different colored crocks she has...and she lives in Maine, and wears them year round!!

[bicentennial_baby]

7. The only time I don't wear them is in the rain...

That gets kinda ooky... :rofl:

[Mrs.Matcom]

9. oh, yeah I bet it does!

:rofl:

[MichiganVote]

3. Butt ugly, cheap looking, and wholly without any class

[Arkansas Granny]

53. That's my assessment also. They may be every bit as comfortable

as people say, but I can't see myself wearing anything that ugly by choice. I have a large foot anyway for my size and those things would look like clown shoes on me.

[MichiganVote]

61. Personally, I think they look like clown shoes period.

[alarimer]

4. I found out my cousin works for them

He's some kind of engineer or something so I suppose he doesn't actually make or design the shoes.

I have no desire to buy any though. I prefer Tevas for my summer footware.

[cutlassmama]

5. Though I don't wear them myself, every nurse down here in Texas has on

a pair. I've been in the hospitals quite a bit and they are all wearing them. They are supposed to super comfortable for people on their feet a lot.

[knitter4democracy]

10. Hubby's worn his out on rounds and needs a new pair.

He loves wearing them to the office and the hospital. Very comfy. He feet can breathe, and he doesn't hurt at the end of the day.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. I bought some over the summer, and haven't taken them off.

OMG they're comfortable and wonderful!!

[DS1]

13. My bullshit detector just broke

[Rabrrrrrr]

18. Well, figuratively speaking - I take them off when I come home.

But I've not gone back to my other shoes at all, except on the snowy days when the holes in the crocs let in too much wetness.

I freaking love them!

I can see why doctors and nurses and Mario are so enamored of the things.

They're really, really comfortable.

[cutlassmama]

75. Seriously, try them. I have a male friend who wears dark green ones

he has "problem" feet and weighs over 400 lbs. They are the ONLY shoe he will wear now. The comfort level is worth the price and ugliness.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

17. Why am I having a problem believing this?

:eyes:

[Gonzo Gardener]

11. I'm wearing a pair now!

They're great for slipping on before I go out in the garden, for when I'm on the boat, at the beach, kayaking, and my son wears his to and from the dojo. My first pair is still looking good after over a year and a half of abuse.

[Blarch]

14. Ya, I noticed that.

My wife wears em and they seem to be great for everything.

I guess it was just strange to see guys wearing them, didn't the trend start with little girls wearing them ? I remember driving down the road passed 6 bus stops and every stop had little girls wearing pink crocs. I don't really follow trends, but I started seeing these things laying around my house, and I don't have any little girls.

[Gonzo Gardener]

22. unisex footwear... great for diabetics too.

If pink isn't your color, or neon rubber isn't your thang, try the tan, sage green, navy blue or black.

I've seen lots of men wearing them. Comfort this good shouldn't be reserved for little girls.

If I'm not wearing my Birkenstocks (Birki's) I'm in me Crocs!

Besides, imagine how you could "personalize" YOUR pair with a few of those "Jibbitz"!

:rofl:

[mtnester]

12. Horrid things...worse than Jellies

[poisonivy]

15. Got my wife

a pair of the fur lined ones for Christmas, she LOVES the things. They keep her feet warm and they are easy to put on or off.

[SPKrazy]

16. they were all the rage at the hospital i work at among the nursing staff

until the Joint Commission (or our hospital's interpretation of their guidelines) declared them unsafe as they have holes and a needle could stick you through the holes. :shrug:

they are ugly, but i'll admit they are comfy.

have a pair that i've nearly worn out that were brown, and not the multi color brightness that is shown above.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

72. They make a kind without the holes...

My sister in law is a nurse and she wears them to work.
Duckie

[AlCzervik]

19. all the men were not gay? thanks for pointing that out.

:eyes:

[Blarch]

29. Oh please.

I was in Key West, so there were many gay men around wearing them, jeeesh.

[Lex]

39. and straight men too! OMG!

nt

[Blarch]

50. Yes.

something that hasn't reached Il. yet

I will probably have some by the weekend though :bounce:

[Lex]

38. Yeah, that part was grand, wasn't it?

It's an irresistible impulse for some apparently.

[Name removed]

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[DeposeTheBoyKing]

20. I love the Crocs flip-flops

They're all I wear in the summer. (Well, I do wear other clothes too...)

[MiniMandaRuth]

21. They look comfy, but they certainly are fug.

[sarge43]

23. They're deep dish fuggy, but just the thing for swanning around

the estate during the summer.

[Burma Jones]

24. I dreamt that Nicole Kidman would perform certain "favors" if you gave her a pair of Crocs

with the toes cut out and swore not to tell anyone........I'm not sure whether that was an erotic dream or not.......

[qnr]

25. I bet they'd make nice swim shoes. you could walk out with them, put on some

fins and do some snorkeling, and they'd be floating (somewhere at least, make a game of finding them!) when you were done.

[Catshrink]

26. I love mine

PS -- dickssportinggoods.com has all NFL and MLB teams and many college teams.

[Crabby Appleton]

27. I hate to do this to y'all

[Catshrink]

28. Eeeeew!

But, it's not the Crocs but the socks and the imposter wearing them that offend.

[sarge43]

30. Well, that's the picture to put next to the dictionary

entry for "Dork".

[Blarch]

31. Oh snap.

[SeattleGirl]

32. Haw! I was waiting for someone to post that pic!

:rofl:

[greenbriar]

42. do his socks have the presidential seal?

jebus but he is stupid

[sarge43]

63. Yes they do. n/t

[Highway61]

58. Christ...What a DORK

What the fuck is with thoses socks??????????????????

[elfrangel]

33. Got a set of cheap ones from somewhere, but

I love mine. Planning on getting another pair as soon as my bank account has a little more padding. LOL. The only downside, for me, is that I have really high insteps and I can't wear them for prolonged periods of time. They are great for running around town though.

[Skittles]

34. f***ing HIDEOUS

horrible

[Phillycat]

71. Never a word wasted with you, love! My sentiments EXACTLY. nt

[wavesofeuphoria]

35. they are amazingly comfortable

as you wear them, they seem to conform to your feet.

very "sensible" shoe for anyone who likes their feet to be comfortable.

maybe they are a "fad" because they are so darn comfortable ....

[KitchenWitch]

36. I have the Target knockoff version of the Croc!

Absolutely love them.

[Danger Mouse]

37. no amount of comfort can make up for how fucking ugly they are.

good for people that actually benefit from them, i wouldn't touch them with a one-hundred foot pole.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

62. ...

:thumbsup:

[Recursion]

40. Do you really need a second opinion on crocs?

They're one step below popping your polo shirt collar up.

[spindrifter]

41. They are big in Thailand

and Australia, too. Unfortunately, I can see entire reefs of them growing in the oceans. Some people say they are not comfortable. I've never been motivated to try one on.

[Richardo]

43. My bride gave me a navy blue pair for Christmas

I like them - comfy and no socks necessary. And since I never pay attention to footwear of any kind, I really don't care what they look like. :thumbsup:

Oh, and I'm not gay.

[tigereye]

44. my brother got my son some Steeler ones for Christmas!

[grasswire]

46. two pair here....

...and I love them. They're just perfect, and cute too.

[Kutjara]

47. They look like some kind of bizarre hospital footwear.

Perhaps something a patient on the secure ward would wear.

[marzipanni]

49. Because they protect your feet when you bang them against the floor repeatedly?

If only straight jackets came in such cheerful colors!

[Sultana]

48. They are ugly

Bad, bad fashion sense. :thumbsdown:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

54. yup.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

52. all the men werent gay?

what a strange observation, because ugly shoes are so a gay mans domain.

[kwassa]

55. They are too hot, in hot weather, even with the holes in them.

very comfortable for around-the-house shoes, though.

[SteppingRazor]

56. Who's jumping to conclusions?

You don't have to be a gay man to wear Crocs. Admittedly, I'd never be caught dead wearing them, but here in South Florida, they are ubiquitous.

[NewJeffCT]

57. not for me, but good for my almost 5 year old daughter

At her old preschool, they asked kids to bring bathing suits, towels, etc because they had "water play" during the summer.

But, with regular flip-flops, they often fell off her feet and one day, she got a cut on her foot from the wood chips they had on the ground there.

So, I bought her crocs because they don't fall off as easily.

[Highway61]

59. I admit I like them

a LOT...very comfortable

[SarahB]

60. I'm a nurse and wear them for work sometimes.

That's it. I would NOT wear them except for that. Maybe if I were pregnant again or had a medical reasons for comfy shoes 24/7. Other than that, um, I like a little more style.

[cwydro]

64. They are everywhere here in the Keys.

But actually, I DON'T see many gay men wearing them, lol.

But all the rest of us do. Gay women and all the straight folks.

[malta blue]

65. Unbelievably ugly shoe.....

but ooohhh so freaking comfortable.

I have a bone spur, plantar facsiatis and a neuroma all in the same foot. Couple that with fibromyalgia all-around pain and I am a limper. These shoes have made me stop limping. I no longer have the throbbing pain in my heel and between my toes. I tried all sorts of orthopaedic shoes and these actually did the trick.

Too bad they are so freaking awful to look at.

[montanto]

66. hate 'em, but wear 'em anyway!!

[SacredCow]

67. I have one pair....

They're definitely butt-ugly, but passable as footwear. Personally I much prefer Birks. I only wear the crocs when I know that I might end up in some deep water or mud, which is harder on the Birkenstocks.

[ghostsofgiants]

68. Ick.

[RebelOne]

69. My daughter is a teacher in South Florida

and wears them every day since she has to be on her feet most of the time. She gets some snarky remarks from her middle school students.

[AwakeAtLast]

70. They are great for people with heel spurs (like me)

I'm on my feet almost all day - these are the only things I wear that keep me from crying in pain at the end of the day. I don't care how they look if they keep me from pain!

[underpants]

73. Crocs -the shoes- and escalators. Not good.

Crocs Can Pose a Danger on Escalators
Some Parents Have Reported Kids Feet Being Sucked Into Escalators
http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Consumer/story?id=2530368

Crocs, kids and escalators a bad combination?Story Highlights
Latest Crocs controversy involves kids and escalators

Tots in Virginia, Georgia and elsewhere have gotten caught on escalators

Some says Crocs' soft rubber soles catch in escalator treads

Crocs Inc., says it has heard of only a few isolated incidents
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/09/17/crocs.escalators.ap/index.html

Crocs cause 40 escalator accidents
http://www.styledash.com/2007/09/10/crocs-cause-40-escalator-accidents/

The Japanese government on Friday urged people to be careful while wearing the popular Crocs clogs or imitations on escalators after 40 people were said to have their shoes caught, with one little girl injured. A consumer safety group reported 40 incidents in which people, mostly children, had Crocs stuck on escalators from late August until early this month. One five-year-old girl broke her middle toe and three of her toenails were ripped off after her shoe was stuck on the moving stairs, said the group, the National Institute of Technology and Evaluation. Six other people were mildly injured including children as young as two, it said. The remaining 33 people reported that their shoes were damaged.

http://www.fareastgizmos.com/other_stuff/crocs_shoes_linked_to_40_escalator_accidents_in_japan.php

[Javaman]

74. They are a blight on humanity. nt