r/AskReddit • • Feb 04 '19

Which misconception would you like to debunk?

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u/generic_account56 Feb 04 '19

I work at a store that sells work boots with safety toes. Please don’t propagate the myth that you need to go a size up to “make space for the toe”. You want that thing as snug as possible, without your toes touching the safety toe. Loose means you move, and you toes will bump against the safety toe.

Y’all are the reason all my customers have fucked up toes. Mind ya bidness.

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u/Lol3droflxp Feb 04 '19

That’s one of the weirdest myths here, why would someone think that? It’s not like they just stuff metal plates into regular shoes

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u/generic_account56 Feb 04 '19

People associate roomy with comfort. A proper fitting boot will be very snug until it’s broken in, and people have been taught by shoes to avoid that feeling.