My new job & my old feet.

[Cozak]

Ok so I finished my training for my new job (security guard) on thursday and started work on friday working in a marks & spencers store. Training was all well and good ex-sergeant major of the royal marines bellowing in your face 18hours a day etc etc
But after my first day of work I had a problem, the shoes they had issued me with the uniform were shit! Doc martens, which are a comfortable shoe I know, but when you are covering 20miles a day in them or so new they rub.. and boy do they rub.
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/2619/meinfoot9hr.jpg

That was after the first day I have done another two 10 hour shifts in the damn things after that and every step was agony, if someone had stole something in front of me I wouldnt have run after them

Basicly this morning I decided fuck this, taking a couple days off to let the blisters go and the cuts to heal up etc and buy some new shoes.. that wont rub.

So Im looking for suggestions on comfortable shoes, sensible colours no reebok classic suggestions and such, I tried wearing my Timberland boots for an hour or so yesterday:
http://img150.imageshack.us/img150/7892/98042p3jg.jpg

Pair of those and they were even worse Basicly the shoes can be anything.. trainers, boots, smart shoes etc etc as long as they are brownish in colour to comply with company standards.

 

[Mey]

This might sound really stupid, but it might not actually be the shoes but infact your socks?

Do you wear thick socks or thin ones?

 

[Cozak]

Thick socks, company issue ones they are like 'reinforced' around the ankle and such.

 

[Mikah75]

fuck me that looks painful <cringes>

i used to have a pair of comfy boots with metal toe caps, they were so nice

 

[Cylian]

you could check your local army shop if they got some suitable boots, though these are usually black.
or alternativly, wear some thin socks under the reinforced ones.

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

Get a pair of army boots. They hurt quite a bit the first day orso but can't get anything better after that first period.

[edit] nerf you cylian

 

[Cozak]

you could check your local army shop if they got some suitable boots, though these are usually black.
or alternativly, wear some thin socks under the reinforced ones.

Yeah my cousin suggested that, he is in the marines and told me to wear silk socks under my proper ones, wasnt sure if he was taking the piss though

 

[Laddey]

Be a true security guard!

http://www.campingandcamo.co.uk/ishop/images/975/probnew.jpg

 

[Cylian]

as long as it's not polyester (or some other plastic-thingie-like) ones it's fine.
pretty much a matter of "what happens if it melts"

 

[Darksword]

u put a plaster on parts where it rubs for the first 1-2 weeks till the shoes are worn in. fixed.

 

[Marc]

Might be "chavy" but i still feel rockports are by far the most comfy shoe. Ive sworn by them for the past 12 years. Long b4 it was the footwear of the chav!

 

[Mey]

aye that might be another reason the shoes are new (and i imagine they are stiff type boots) so you have to wear them in for ahwhile.

(walk around your back garden and stuff wearing them.

 

[Adrianicus]

I work alot on the underground and have to walk many miles in safety boots.

Not sure if you can get away with them or not but look ok when brand new.

http://www.industrialboots.co.uk , take your pick!

Maybe a bit over the top for you but I wear a pair SS806SM all day and walk about 8k in them and dont get blisters.

Also wear two pairs of socks

 

[Adrianicus]

http://www.industrialboots.co.uk/footwear_detail.cfm?id=489

Tell a lie, these are the ones i wear!

Exciting stuff!

 

[Bahumat]

i think you should wear these for work

Spoiler

 

[evzy]

Slippers with steel toecaps imo - comfy yet practicle for kickign crim's in teh nuts!!

 

[Cozak]

u put a plaster on parts where it rubs for the first 1-2 weeks till the shoes are worn in. fixed.

Yeah I tried that after my first shift, used regular plasters and gauze over them on the second day but the shoes owned them My 3rd day I tried using cotton wool pads in between the socks and shoes took them out when a member of the public, a 65 year old lady or so, came up to me and said:

''Are you the security guard?'' to which I replied ''Yup, can I help you?''
Then she said ''Why are you wearing frilly socks then?'' and walked away muttering about what the world was coming to these days The shoes had pushed the cotton wool above the back on the shoes and it was sticking out from the bottom of the trouser leg

Thanks for the suggestions guys, those safety boots look pretty sweet

 

[Pertan]

When i had that problem at work i put a thick piece of toilet paper under a few plasters and it was ok

 

[Himse]

just wear some black smartish looking shoes.. or comfy trainers that look smart, until you get rid of your blisters.

 

[Vladamir]

Wear 6 inch heels imo :d

 

[Cozak]

Wear 6 inch heels imo :d

Weekends only m8

 

[Ezteq]

i have to wear steel toe capped safety boots for my work and when i first got them i was hobbling within the hour, sooo painful but then that evening i beat the hell out of them with a hammer and got some hiking socks and theyre fine very good make but sound like a condom "trojan lites" theyre called lol.

 

[Amildin]

Simple, just wrap a condom around each foot

 

[Ezteq]

Simple, just wrap a condom around each foot

Holy Profilactics robin i sence a raised eyebrow from the chemist when you ask for a condom foot length ^^

 

[Jeriraa]

Army boots are very comfortable and durable. I own a pair thats been my most comfortable footwear for almost 7 years now. Also my boots have inlays that reduce friction. You might be able to get these inlays in an army surplus store.

Personaly I never had problems with blisters even after marches of 30-40kms but some of my squadies got it really bad during the 1st weeks.

A few things I can remember:

- Dont cut blisters open. Pierce them with a needle, let the liquid come out and then protect them with a plaster. (You can get special ones for blisters in drugstores or chemestries.)

- Give your skin a chance to harden. Wash your feet with clear water only for a week or 2.

- Those blisters you got will heal better if you bath your feet in warm saltwater.


Edit: Had a look at the pic of the 2nd shoes you tried. Ofc they were even worse. Their outer seams are in high friction areas. While this might cause no problems normaly it does when you walk for extended periods of time. The seams make the shoe stiffer in that area and increase friction.
I'd seriously suggest you get yourself a pair of army boots simply because they are especially designed to avoid these problems and usaly also have a soft 'joint' area around the heel just where you got that sonoffabitch-blister now.

 

[lilmissnaughty]

get ECCO shoes - they looks a bit like old grandad shit an r expensive but they r recommended by chiropodists

 

[Jeriraa]

Slippers with steel toecaps imo - comfy yet practicle for kickign crim's in teh nuts!!

Kicking someone with steel toecaps isnt a smart idea. I mean sure you, if I bash you over the head real hard with a turtle your skull will likely go pop but how do you think will the turtle feel?

There is a reason why army boots have leather reenforced caps.

 

[Darksword]

Yeah I tried that after my first shift, used regular plasters and gauze over them on the second day but the shoes owned them My 3rd day I tried using cotton wool pads in between the socks and shoes took them out when a member of the public, a 65 year old lady or so, came up to me and said:

''Are you the security guard?'' to which I replied ''Yup, can I help you?''
Then she said ''Why are you wearing frilly socks then?'' and walked away muttering about what the world was coming to these days The shoes had pushed the cotton wool above the back on the shoes and it was sticking out from the bottom of the trouser leg

Thanks for the suggestions guys, those safety boots look pretty sweet

one pear of socks, then put the cotton wool with another pair of socks over, keeping it in place

 

[Benedictine]

Army boots are very comfortable and durable. I own a pair thats been my most comfortable footwear for almost 7 years now. Also my boots have inlays that reduce friction. You might be able to get these inlays in an army surplus store.

Personaly I never had problems with blisters even after marches of 30-40kms but some of my squadies got it really bad during the 1st weeks.

A few things I can remember:

- Dont cut blisters open. Pierce them with a needle, let the liquid come out and then protect them with a plaster. (You can get special ones for blisters in drugstores or chemestries.)

- Give your skin a chance to harden. Wash your feet with clear water only for a week or 2.

- Those blisters you got will heal better if you bath your feet in warm saltwater.


Edit: Had a look at the pic of the 2nd shoes you tried. Ofc they were even worse. Their outer seams are in high friction areas. While this might cause no problems normaly it does when you walk for extended periods of time. The seams make the shoe stiffer in that area and increase friction.
I'd seriously suggest you get yourself a pair of army boots simply because they are especially designed to avoid these problems and usaly also have a soft 'joint' area around the heel just where you got that sonoffabitch-blister now.

What he said Personally I also swear by a product called Compeed - sp? You can find it in 'Boots'.

Tincture Benz Co I used to use as well - sore as hell but smells great and keeps it infection free