Used to wear a lot of New Balance sneakers...
Then I started working...
Let me tell you, that was a pain. They put pedometers on us one time, average distance walked per shift was 5 miles.
Bought a pair of brown Rockport Southfield dress boots. My my approximations, I have over 500 miles on them. Walking on carpet, I managed to wear all of the tread off.
In the summer, I busted out some Rockport sandals, but not at work.
Then, after about a year, I picked up a pair in black. Switched between them until the black pair was sufficiently broken-in, then wore mostly them.
Then I picked up a nice pair of Ecco dress boots (well, it's iffy. The uppers are like dress shoes, except with goretex, and the bottoms are much thicker and have thick boot tread on them, the box said boots so that's what I'm going with), which are comfier. Only issue with them is that they're brown, so they only match with about a third of my pants, and they're much lower cut than the Rockports, so they don't lace up as nicely (Rockports are like 6" boots, so you can lace them up nice and tightly. Eccos are cut the same as dress shoes, so they don't lace as nicely)
Then I got these slip-on Timberlands called "Power Lounger" or something like that. These, I wear all the time. I have a black pair and a brown pair. Comfier than the Rockports. Softer than the Eccos, which is comfier in most situations but for a really extended amount of standing on a hard surface, the Eccos are better.)
Shoes are a big deal for me. I'm a size 14, which usually means I can only get them online. I stand and walk a lot.
and my feet are just... hobbit feet. My heels are huge callouses roughly three inches round and about an eighth of an inch thick. It's actually kinda cool sometimes, since I can just stand, like no problem. It takes a lot to make my feet sore. So like, I can just stand somewhere for hours on end. Most people get tired and sit down after a few minutes. Hahaha. Sense of superiority? You bet.
