Flip Flop Your Way To An Early Grave

boat engine makes noise motheruffers!

I hope this is true. Serves these dopes right!

When the hell did flip-flops become accepted footwear at the office? (I'm mainly referring to women here.) Does that mean I can start wearing shorts to work? Sure, I'll look like an idiot -- but since most flip-floppers already do, well, I won't feel so bad. (And I'm talking a real office, not some street-level realtor or tax prep business.)

And hey, any of you flippy folks get a look at your feet by, say, 2 in the afternoon? Absolutely gross. Not to mention the wear and tear these things put on your feet.

And anytime I catch someone falling over themselves while wearing said shoes? I laugh my ass off.

Work in stilettos for a week and that will answer your question.

It has been common on the west coast for decades, how tight-assed are you NYers anyways?

Simmer down, 1950's Corporate Man! Have a liquid lunch and chase the secretary around the desk, you'll feel better.

Grandpa Bostonist was right!

How many flip-flop related deaths occur each year? If it's less than the amount of bacteria related deaths from fruit-filled mints in the glass bowl near the cashier at the diner, than there's nothing to worry about.

"How many flip-flop related deaths occur each year?"

Millions.

I wouldn't be caught dead in flip-flops.

I never wear anything but thick soled shoes on these filthy streets. I have no idea why you would wear anything else.

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Um, S. Aureus is one of the most common bacteria—so common that up to a third of the human population regularly carries it at any time on their skin. Sure, it can make you sick, but I mean, if you're touching your feet and then touching your mouth without washing your hands then, well, I won't say you deserve it but... Before the advent of shoes, people survived just fine by walking around barefoot. I'm not advocating you do just that, but...yeah. Must be a slow week for the Daily News.

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ha ha ha, i love that guy & his page! Completely off this topic, but you gotta check out the "I am better then your kids" section for the crappy art, 2 pages of sheer laughter!

Can't you also get TB if you have a cut on your foot and you step in someone's spit?

Remember when you were a kid in the burbs, running around in your flip-flops, and suddenly the bit between your toes separated from the flip-flop and your toes got ground into the pavement, often along with your knees, palms, and face? I still wince at the thought of it.

LOVE the avatar...Question is a fav of mine!

another report from the medical journal, No Shit

I've got a nautical themed pashmina afgan.

sandals on a boat, in the country, or at the beach = totally cool.

sandals on a subway, splashing through a sidewalk puddle, or in a stadium bathroom= horrendous and disgusting.

Damn, I just took a walk to the supermarket in flip flops. Brb shower?

p.s. the girls that wear Uggs in the summer were NEVER on to anything

Just really, really sweaty feet.

I always wash my feet when I get home. If I have been wearing sandals, my feet are usually visibly dirty. It's disgusting.

Wash them. *End hysteria*

The media loves to scare people. But really, ever check out a chick's feet late in the day when she's wearing flip-flops or other open shoes? That shit can get nasty. I don't know how they do it.

Almost as nasty as the mess I make in my pants while checking out a chick's feet late in the day.

Comment of the day!

Plus, you can't run well in flip-flops when a dirty bomb goes off and people frantically attempt to escape the carnage and mayhem.

Just thought I'd add another layer of needless paranoia to this story.

Hahahahaha...I love it!!

My company handbook actually states that during summer months we should keep "appropriate footwear" handy to better escape the building during an emergency.

I believe this was started after the blackout, and people not being able to navigate the emergency exits in the dark with flips on.

Common Sense 101.

I always wear sensible shoes in case they drop the bomb.

I would wear sandals year round if I could get away with it. I fail to see how getting bacteria on the bottom of your sandals is any worse than getting it on the bottom of your sneakers. If you've actually got an open wound on your foot you shouldn't be wearing sandals in the city anyway...no? Besides, sandals or closed-toed shoes, they still track that bacteria all over your apartment when you walk in.

Retarded NYC health scare #1038460183650816308560836

Me too, i live for the open toe shoe/flip-flip/sandal season, and stretch it as LONG as i can.

I live in an apartment building, we have pets, germs are inevitable, i'll try to be more conscious of the fact but, regardless, i am NOT giving up the flips.

Which brings up another topic: it's disgustingly dirty to take your dog out for a walk and a dump on the city street, then bring him back and let him climb in your bed to sleep. Yet people do it all the time.

yeah, doggie is banned from the bedroom. But he's a kissing bandit so either way if the germs are there, we're getting them, been good for the past year though.

Exactly my thoughts, nicemarmot. Maybe it's the idea that when you take off your flips at the door and continue to sit on the couch, etc. your bare feet could still be carrying germs? (which would not happen with closed-toed shoes)

Silly health scare - it's not as if I was planning to lick or serve dinner on my sandal when I get home.

Why couldn't that happen with closed-toed shoes? How common is it that you take off your shoes and put your feet in the same exact spot the shoe was just standing on?

The bacteria that the article is referring to builds up on the bottom of your feet and the *top* of the flip flop. They aren't talking about the bacteria on the bottom of your shoes.

If you wear Crocs you deserve to have your toes chewed off by a rat.

people who wear shoes in their houses are nasty.

ITA. Another nasty and totally disgusting thing I see a lot: people pick up their small child, who was just walking outside on the dirty sidewalk, and stand them on the restaurant takeout or grocery store checkout counter. Seriously, WTF?

I saw a 2-year old girl at CitiField running around barefoot. Up and down the gross stairs between the seats. Ew.

Ahh! Real Bacteria!

I see what you did there!

Real men don't wear flip-flops, nor sandals, and everyone knows that by now.

Men of Sparta wear sandals!

We're all gonna die!!!!!!!!!!

(Eventually.)

innocuous health scare of the day.