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<blockquote data-quote="0ssu" data-source="post: 5074406" data-attributes="member: 84986"><p>...so your basically assuming that your shift at UPS is more vigorous and challenging on the feet and ankles vs. our hunter gatherer ancestors? Ehh, I think that's a pretty weak argument. There were certainly FAR more objects for them to trip on vs. the average UPS shift.</p><p></p><p>It is, because it's about my safety. I have had several employers try and coerce me to do things when there is clear science that it can lead to health issues, or put me in greater risk of injury. I've been wearing barefoot style shoes for years, how do you think I'd fare in clunky boots? I tried them on in the shoe store and nearly fell to my death immediately. I know what I need to wear to keep myself safe, I did this job last year as well with the same shoes and didn't have issues. I do the job really well so it would be disheartening for them to fire me because I didn't want to hurt myself with their bad shoe advice.</p><p></p><p>The issue is all the people who tried to sue their employer when they got in an accident, and the subsequent laws. If I hurt my ankle on the job because I'm a clumsy doofus, then just fire me for being a clumsy doofus and that's the end of it. That's how it should be, no paperwork involved. There are a lot of safety precautions that workplaces need to implement but this one it backwards and wrong. My feet my choice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="0ssu, post: 5074406, member: 84986"] ...so your basically assuming that your shift at UPS is more vigorous and challenging on the feet and ankles vs. our hunter gatherer ancestors? Ehh, I think that's a pretty weak argument. There were certainly FAR more objects for them to trip on vs. the average UPS shift. It is, because it's about my safety. I have had several employers try and coerce me to do things when there is clear science that it can lead to health issues, or put me in greater risk of injury. I've been wearing barefoot style shoes for years, how do you think I'd fare in clunky boots? I tried them on in the shoe store and nearly fell to my death immediately. I know what I need to wear to keep myself safe, I did this job last year as well with the same shoes and didn't have issues. I do the job really well so it would be disheartening for them to fire me because I didn't want to hurt myself with their bad shoe advice. The issue is all the people who tried to sue their employer when they got in an accident, and the subsequent laws. If I hurt my ankle on the job because I'm a clumsy doofus, then just fire me for being a clumsy doofus and that's the end of it. That's how it should be, no paperwork involved. There are a lot of safety precautions that workplaces need to implement but this one it backwards and wrong. My feet my choice. [/QUOTE]
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