Comrade PhysioProf's Shoe Of The Century
May 23, 2009
When I first started working at a medical center, I noticed that almost everyone in scrubs was wearing these weird-ass dorky shoes that looked like a high-school shop class project gone awry. I asked one of them what the fucking dealio was with these weird-ass dorky shoes. All anyone would say was, “They’re Danskos. Trust me. Buy a pair.” So I did. They are the most comfortable motherfucking shoe on Earth, especially for extended standing. And now they look beeyootiful to me!!!
DrugMonkey 
May 23, 2009 at 4:58 pm
Those are wretched, horrid things. The only thing they are missing is duct tape.
It’s a good thing I find you hilarious….
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May 23, 2009 at 5:07 pm
Actually a little duct tape can totally extend the life of those bad boys
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May 23, 2009 at 5:20 pm
Hah! Big with the ecology types too. But we just have bad taste in clothing as a whole. More into beer, I think.
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May 23, 2009 at 5:31 pm
Bah! I hate Danskos! Everyone at my medical center also told me to get Danskos. They’re really rough if you don’t have amazing ankles, they don’t exactly give you alot of stability.
I prefer Eccos.
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May 23, 2009 at 5:45 pm
I bought a few pairs of Danskos as well. They are ok for standing, but I find the clogs horrible for walking. My feet are wider at the balls and narrow at the heels, so the clog style works especially poorly for my feet. Whitecoat Tales, I like Eccos a lot, too. I think their shoes have more curve to them, which I really like.
Isis: you may like the Dansko Naomi, a slingback wedge. I find it very comfortable and so cute! I also bought a Dansko heeled knee-high boot that’s pretty cute with a short skirt.
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May 23, 2009 at 6:37 pm
Great for standing, horrible for running to a code.
My cat figured out that they were my on-call shoes and pissed in them…you can’t fix that.
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May 23, 2009 at 8:03 pm
No thank you.
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May 23, 2009 at 8:45 pm
Mine are these bad boys:
http://www.birkenstockexpress.com/Products/Style.cfm/collection.Footprints/style.Alton/id.230520091743-777946
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May 23, 2009 at 8:55 pm
The “dolphin” I welded in my eighth-grade shop class looks positively magnificent next to those hideous things.
I take a lot of your advice, dear CPP. But I learned long ago to draw the line at your fashion sense.
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May 23, 2009 at 9:36 pm
Huh. These things are called shoes? Where are the heals?
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May 23, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Not if you’re a surgeon and have to stand in the O.R. all day, they’re not, although lately I’ve come to prefer Crocs as my in-hospital shoe.
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May 23, 2009 at 11:16 pm
I’m with you, CPP. I wear nothing else to work. They are perfect lab shoes – absolutely comfortable and the leather is solvent resistant!
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May 23, 2009 at 11:34 pm
Frankly, something that looks like a good, old-fashioned service shoe–normal shaped toe, heel-hugging at the back, laces, wedge heel if any–is also very comfortable and supports the ankle a little more. But no one would mistake them for fashionable.
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May 24, 2009 at 1:32 am
They are very comfortable but appearance-wise they are too effiminate for men. The soft curves of the shoe makes it look feminine. The picture in the post especially looks like a woman’s shoe. I could not take seriously any man who was wearing it.
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May 24, 2009 at 8:07 am
Have none of you people heard of Keens?
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May 24, 2009 at 8:45 am
Try something that is comfy and looks halfway decent. My preferred lab shoe is the Ahnu Questa.
http://www.zappos.com/n/p/p/7420173/c/3.html
Super comfy and looks awesome.
Doc F.
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May 24, 2009 at 9:43 am
I won’t judge you for wearing these at work, but I hope you don’t wear these outside of work, PP, or else you might never get laid.
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May 24, 2009 at 12:28 pm
@Orac
Crocs… The only shoe uglier than Danskos.
Our surgery and OB departments have an unwritten rule about not wearing crocs, apparently some patients deemed them unprofessional looking.
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May 24, 2009 at 2:44 pm
They need Bedazzling.
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May 24, 2009 at 4:04 pm
Wow. I’ve been wearing a (gag gifted) pair of Crocs a LOT at work lately. I swore I’d never do it– they are so ugly! But…sigh…they are so comfortable!
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May 24, 2009 at 9:16 pm
I’m a big fan of Merrell shoes for the lab. I noticed lots of doctors wearing them when I worked as a tech at a research hospital. Clarks (and their associated lines, like Privo) tend to be good, too. I have long, narrow feet (“sled runners,” my mom calls them), though, so YMMV.
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May 25, 2009 at 11:57 am
I tend to wear running sneakers in the lab, just my next-newest pair (I leave them in a drawer so I can wear other shoes when out of lab). I do own and love Danskos as well, though. For those with narrow feet (like me) they do now make a narrower version!
Other good brands: Born, Clarks, Keen (there are closed-toe keens out there, at least for women)
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May 25, 2009 at 2:00 pm
No one has mentioned my shoe-love, Naots. But, of course, CCP started this thread to drive Isis insane, no? I’m glad she got in the first comment.
I don’t like the steel shank in the Danskos. These days, I guess, everyone has to take their shoes off at the airport. But, in the old days, I hated having tot ake the Danskos off.
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May 25, 2009 at 6:33 pm
That is exactly the point. The boy is mocking me.
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May 25, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Dude … you wear heels?
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May 26, 2009 at 9:43 pm
I’m with neurolover (#23). I only saw the headline of the post and I thought ach! I’ve gotta know what Isis says! For true!
I’d like people who have other shoes to recommend please to include some URLs, as in #16 (Thanks, Doc Feelgood).
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May 28, 2009 at 3:56 pm
Hi, I agree with the above entry. Greetings thread author. Waiting for the next entries.
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May 28, 2009 at 4:35 pm
Bah. Red Wing Shoes for me please.
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May 29, 2009 at 9:41 am
It must be fun to have the ability to choose between varieties of shoes. 14 EEEEE feet leave me with about two or three brands that, apparently, assume that having big feet makes you colorblind. I’ve found one brand that specializes in “brown”, and I get a very expensive pair every two years or so. I don’t do as much standing in the lab as I used to, but I would’ve killed for something looking like these and good for stationary work a few years back.
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May 31, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Orac said “I’ve come to prefer Crocs as my in-hospital shoe.”
Oh my Ed, in all of years since I started to stalk, um no sorry, follow you on Usenet I would have never guessed.
Please, I hope they are not Mario Batali neon orange!
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