random work thoughts..

bad baby said:

1 pair every year, oh wow do you go through workboots that fast?? Ariat has some kickass looking cowboy boots!! I was ogling them online over the summer (too expensive to ship to me, and just too expensive in general), they look pretty good quality though.

There's actually a few shoe repair shops near me. I guess for older shoes with stitched soles (instead of cemented/glued) people still go to get them resoled and stuff. Nowadays most shoes seem to be glued, seems a better deal to just buy a new pair instead of getting them repaired (not sure if cemented soles can even be resoled). I wish I had stuff from long ago that can be repaired and reworn. It's so much better for the environment.

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No, I'm really not that hard on them at my current job. It's 90% driving, but with self unload you want safety toe, waterproof, and non slip. Most of the wear comes from dragging heavy pallets on concrete that ends up wearing the heels. I switched to pull ons because I caught my laces on stuff constantly. It's a little weird walking in them at first, but you get used to it. I actually prefer them now over lace up boots for my job.



I ended up just getting another pair of Ariats that are identical to the ones I already have. Kinda wanted something more plain and a bit cheaper, but all the other ones I tried on didn't pass my slip test. I try sliding around the floor at the store to test the non slip. I guess these are made for oilfield work or something, says oil exploration on the tag whatever that is. But the grip on the bottom is crazy good. I don't want to get out here in the rain dragging a pallet and slip.

Didn't know that about the stitched soles. There's a few boot stores in this area I guess that probably do sole repair and replacement. I wonder if they can get the super grippy non slip soles.

JH1983 said:

No, I'm really not that hard on them at my current job. It's 90% driving, but with self unload you want safety toe, waterproof, and non slip. Most of the wear comes from dragging heavy pallets on concrete that ends up wearing the heels. I switched to pull ons because I caught my laces on stuff constantly. It's a little weird walking in them at first, but you get used to it. I actually prefer them now over lace up boots for my job.

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I ended up just getting another pair of Ariats that are identical to the ones I already have. Kinda wanted something more plain and a bit cheaper, but all the other ones I tried on didn't pass my slip test. I try sliding around the floor at the store to test the non slip. I guess these are made for oilfield work or something, says oil exploration on the tag whatever that is. But the grip on the bottom is crazy good. I don't want to get out here in the rain dragging a pallet and slip.

Didn't know that about the stitched soles. There's a few boot stores in this area I guess that probably do sole repair and replacement. I wonder if they can get the super grippy non slip soles.

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"Pull-ons" as in Chelsea-type workboots (Is that a thing lol)? I have a pair of Chelseas with pretty thick/stiff leather - not sure how to describe, basically the kind of leather that doesn't stretch much / don't need break in - and it's a pain to pull them on and off, esp without a pull tab at the back. I was hunting for a second-hand pair of boots for a while and saw a lot of people selling their Chelseas in semi-new condition because of this problem lol. Although they do look nice.

And yeah I read there's a difference between anti-slip and non-slip, but I can't remember what it was. Kind of like waterproof vs. water resistant - one is like crazy expensive and runs up to a few thousand+, the other kind is like upwards of a few hundred and limited protection.

I'd assume shoe repair places have all kinds of soles, it's just a matter of price. You can probably hunt down some nice Vibram soles yourself and just pay the cost of having them switch it out for you. I've also seen people online slip-proofing their own boots with sandpaper and stuff, but if it's a nice pair you probably don't want to risk damaging it with some crazy DIY lol.

bad baby said:

"Pull-ons" as in Chelsea-type workboots (Is that a thing lol)? I have a pair of Chelseas with pretty thick/stiff leather - not sure how to describe, basically the kind of leather that doesn't stretch much / don't need break in - and it's a pain to pull them on and off, esp without a pull tab at the back. I was hunting for a second-hand pair of boots for a while and saw a lot of people selling their Chelseas in semi-new condition because of this problem lol. Although they do look nice.

And yeah I read there's a difference between anti-slip and non-slip, but I can't remember what it was. Kind of like waterproof vs. water resistant - one is like crazy expensive and runs up to a few thousand+, the other kind is like upwards of a few hundred and limited protection.

I'd assume shoe repair places have all kinds of soles, it's just a matter of price. You can probably hunt down some nice Vibram soles yourself and just pay the cost of having them switch it out for you. I've also seen people online slip-proofing their own boots with sandpaper and stuff, but if it's a nice pair you probably don't want to risk damaging it with some crazy DIY lol.

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Had to look Chelsea boots up. Similar style, but I think western pull on work boots would be the name of the style. Like this:



I've talked to a few of my coworkers on the phone about this over the last couple weeks. Being that we drive trucks around all night calling each other to pass the time is common. But only one other coworker and I wear these kind. A few wear lace up work boots or steel toe shoes and several just wear plain tennis shoes. Which seems insane to me. I would've lost toes already not to mention soaked feet every time it rains.

JH1983 said:

Had to look Chelsea boots up. Similar style, but I think western pull on work boots would be the name of the style. Like this:

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I've talked to a few of my coworkers on the phone about this over the last couple weeks. Being that we drive trucks around all night calling each other to pass the time is common. But only one other coworker and I wear these kind. A few wear lace up work boots or steel toe shoes and several just wear plain tennis shoes. Which seems insane to me. I would've lost toes already not to mention soaked feet every time it rains.

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Cool look!! I can't tell which part is stretchy for you to get them on though.

I thought your company had policy for mandatory steel-toe and that's why you get the allowance? But I can see how it might not be the best (or most comfortable) for driving. There's also driving shoes which basically look like tennis shoes, but I heard they have especially thin soles (or maybe they're thin everywhere, idk) and you can feel everything under the ground when you walk in them. Would give great sensitivity on the pedals, and look kind of posh too:

Today whilst getting something from the cupboard I saw someone at work that I'd never seen before. This person got the wrong idea from our conversation. They are not impressed so far with some things I can tell that from what he said and how he was looking at things.

He assumed I worked in the kitchen. I said no I do the cleaning. I do the cleaning but not down here. If you find anything dirty here it's not in my section ( a staff member before has just assumed something that wasn't being done was my job). He repeated " not in your section". I said that does sound like I don't care but I can't keep cleaning someone else's section when I have too much to do in my own. But to my words not in my section and it sounds like I don't care he said "and you don't, that's okay" with a face not impressed.

I have never said "I don't clean down here, so if you find anything dirty it's not in my section" to anyone before; I feel like crying when I see how things are left sometimes, "after they've been cleaned" just because of his body language; the way he was looking at things and his disapproval it just came out.

Then I remembered that show Undercover Boss, I think that's what it is called, and just was thinking how my words "not in my section" would be perceived when it is the complete opposite. At jobs I have missed out breaks to get the work done and done to the best of my ability.

I love my job and I give all that I can. I don't like it when people get the wrong idea about me.

Inspired by the desktop photo thread:



Yea, and I briefly thought about switching the default workplace home page to the ancient "Internet Explorer is evil" web page but I didn't want to draw too much attention from wandering eyes.

Y'all ever have this thing where, you need some info to do your job, and you ask people for it. Your company is super disorganised so you don't even know who to ask for what, so you just crowdsource. And then people only give you half of the info you need (maybe they don't know the other half, or maybe they just don't want to bother). Then you kind of wait because you don't want to be like aggressively hounding them down for it. Then later your work gets delayed and they come to you and they're like, "Why haven't you finished this thing yet?"

I want to turn around and be like, "Why do YOU think?" But then I'm not an a-hole so I kind of just sheepishly laugh and go, "Ohhh, haha, not sure, I'll double check..." and then scramble to finish it with half the information.

I'm wondering if I should tell my boss about this. I'm not going to name names or anything, but it's not that hard for people to just say they don't know and direct me to somebody who knows or to a source or something instead of just leaving me hanging. Not cool, man.