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  • chadwickchadwick Posts: 21,157
    edited March 2015
    i used to have a neighbor vvho vvas a loud vvalker. it's not just shoes you knovv. you see, she's a mental disability vverevvolf vvho's eating haldol like m&ms. therefore you hear the haldol shuffle as she strolls dovvn the sidevvalk in her pajamas & slippers. she makes a set of fuzzy slippers sound like a nightmare. she can not sneak up on anyone, not ever. plus she rolls her on cigarettes & coughs like ten sons a vvhatnots.

    she's nice enough & means no harm to anyone but god dang it she shuffles (vvalks) along just as loud as you can imagine at 3 in the afternoon in her pajamas, loud slippers, roll your ovvns & zero teeth


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  • PJSirenPJSiren Posts: 5,863
    I have these new Asics that I have not broken in yet, damn things squeak when I walk, I'm praying that goes away as I wear them more, it is so annoying...and it's not like squeaking against the tile floor I'm walking on, it's the actual shoe squeaking...
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,902
    my wife would not be pleased with this post...we have wood floors...when I'm watching TV in the basement, I can hardly hear my show with these things clomping overhead:

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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Posts: 12,158
    She wears her shoes in the house? Those shoes would mark up the hardwood, no?
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  • PJSirenPJSiren Posts: 5,863
    imalive said:

    my wife would not be pleased with this post...we have wood floors...when I'm watching TV in the basement, I can hardly hear my show with these things clomping overhead:

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    My mom wears those...but not in the house...everyone in my family takes their shoes off in the house unless we're immediately leaving again...
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,902
    The Waiting Trophy Man said:

    She wears her shoes in the house? Those shoes would mark up the hardwood, no?

    No marks and generally just for awhile when she gets home from work.

    She claims they're super comfortable....I claim they're super loud.
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  • ldent42ldent42 Posts: 7,859
    I claim they're super pretty.
    My upstairs neighbors are the worst. They don't have carpet and they stomp around so bad I'm convinced they're gonna come down through the ceiling one day. They've woken me up at 430am many times.
    I seem to remember it was given as advice to business-y type people to wear loud shoes because it projects confidence and self assuredness and tool-bagness which is the sort of thing people who pay business-y type people look for.
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    imalive said:

    my wife would not be pleased with this post...we have wood floors...when I'm watching TV in the basement, I can hardly hear my show with these things clomping overhead:

    image

    I thought she was a teacher?

    I used to wear the mule version of those when I worked at the clinic.
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  • whispering handswhispering hands Posts: 13,527
    PJSiren said:

    imalive said:

    my wife would not be pleased with this post...we have wood floors...when I'm watching TV in the basement, I can hardly hear my show with these things clomping overhead:

    image

    My mom wears those...but not in the house...everyone in my family takes their shoes off in the house unless we're immediately leaving again...
    Smart people! We have 'outside' shoes spot by the front door, on the other side are the 'inside' shoes.. We just trade out as we come in or go out.
  • LizardLizard Posts: 12,091
    my boss' shoes squeak (and walks really hard and fast) and the ends of his shoe laces click on his shoes when he walks....aahhhhhh. and the MORE I try NOT to hear it.. the LOUDER It seems.

    yeah.. he drives me crazy.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,902
    RKCNDY said:

    imalive said:

    my wife would not be pleased with this post...we have wood floors...when I'm watching TV in the basement, I can hardly hear my show with these things clomping overhead:

    image

    I thought she was a teacher?

    I used to wear the mule version of those when I worked at the clinic.
    She is....lots of standing....and clomping :smiley:
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  • RKCNDYRKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    imalive said:

    RKCNDY said:

    imalive said:

    my wife would not be pleased with this post...we have wood floors...when I'm watching TV in the basement, I can hardly hear my show with these things clomping overhead:

    image

    I thought she was a teacher?

    I used to wear the mule version of those when I worked at the clinic.
    She is....lots of standing....and clomping :smiley:
    Now the next time I see you guys, I'm gonna be listening for clomping...
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  • EnkiduEnkidu Posts: 2,996
    PJSiren said:

    I have these new Asics that I have not broken in yet, damn things squeak when I walk, I'm praying that goes away as I wear them more, it is so annoying...and it's not like squeaking against the tile floor I'm walking on, it's the actual shoe squeaking...

    I was gonna write about my Asics too. They sound horrible, totally squeaky. Everyone in my family makes fun of me. Bad news - I've had them a while.

    Rob, what sound do Crocs make?
  • PJSirenPJSiren Posts: 5,863
    Enkidu said:

    PJSiren said:

    I have these new Asics that I have not broken in yet, damn things squeak when I walk, I'm praying that goes away as I wear them more, it is so annoying...and it's not like squeaking against the tile floor I'm walking on, it's the actual shoe squeaking...

    I was gonna write about my Asics too. They sound horrible, totally squeaky. Everyone in my family makes fun of me. Bad news - I've had them a while.

    Rob, what sound do Crocs make?
    Oh no...the squeak doesn't go away??? lol I may never buy Asics again...haha
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,902
    Enkidu said:

    PJSiren said:

    I have these new Asics that I have not broken in yet, damn things squeak when I walk, I'm praying that goes away as I wear them more, it is so annoying...and it's not like squeaking against the tile floor I'm walking on, it's the actual shoe squeaking...

    I was gonna write about my Asics too. They sound horrible, totally squeaky. Everyone in my family makes fun of me. Bad news - I've had them a while.

    Rob, what sound do Crocs make?
    trained assassins love crocs.....super quiet!
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
  • PJ_SoulPJ_Soul Posts: 49,889
    edited March 2015
    A woman I work with (and am friendly with) recently got a promotion and all of a sudden she is literally STOMPING around in super loud shoes and boots, so I guess it really is an ego thing (i don't think she realizes it also makes her seem really angry all the time). Me and my Converse don't get it, lol. You can hear it even when you're all the way on the other side of the department, with 3 hallways worth of offices and meeting rooms in between. I really want to say something but don't know how without pissing her off or offending her.
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  • hedonisthedonist Posts: 24,524
    Has no one else had a flashback to that Seinfeld with Elaine and the tic-tacs dude?
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  • mca47mca47 Posts: 13,280
    Fn clompy shoes! Ha!
  • HobbesHobbes Posts: 6,418
    hedonist said:

    Has no one else had a flashback to that Seinfeld with Elaine and the tic-tacs dude?
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    Haha. Yes! The sidler.

    I'm going to sidle the sidler.
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