Laces on new shoes in shoe shops

BossArky

Why are they always laced in the strangest way? Bought a new pair today and one part is always at the top, the other at the bottom.... totally unnatural.

rugbug86

not meaning to state the obvious, but relace them!

BossArky

The question was a why not a how

rugbug86

and mine was if it bothers you so much, be the person to change it

its probably because the shoe shop people are always in a hurry whilst lacing shoesies so they're not always perfect.

BossArky

You didn't have a question mark, hence no question :rolleyes:

rugbug86

mine wasnt a question, it was a statement

Lump

You are both fools.

John

BossArky

Thanks to RugBug and Lump for their helpful and insightful contributions.

Now, moving along, has anyone else noticed this lace situation? You would expect shoes to be laced in the most common fashion ... however most of the shoes you find in shoes have this awkward setup.

jezza

BossArky wrote:

Thanks to RugBug and Lump for their helpful and insightful contributions.

Now, moving along, has anyone else noticed this lace situation? You would expect shoes to be laced in the most common fashion ... however most of the shoes you find in shoes have this awkward setup.

when i worked in a shoe department i used to lace the laces properly and neatly on display. it is generally only the left one laced wrong when you buy them cos the right is on display. way they are sent from suppliers.

PurpleFistMixer

Aren't they laced like that because it looks the most presentable? No laces crossing over and bits hanging out, etc.

BossArky

Sounds feasible alright when you are talking about the presentation and not having laces crossed over. It just bugs me as they are so awkard to tie tightly.

petes

who cares they are just fooking laces

flogen

I'd say it's because laces are made of material.

whiskeyman

bring back velcro!!


(get you still get kangaroos? I wanna put my pub change in my sneakers and struggle like hell getting it out of those little zip pockets.....)

Rhyme

whiskeyman wrote:

bring back velcro!!

Bring back Buckles!!

...damn IMG tags dont work here

Tar.Aldarion

bring back bare footed past?

Atlas_IRL

the factory laces them like that.. it looks better..

the sales person should take one side out and then have the two ends coming out the right way

whoop di doo..

LadyJ

Get zippy up shoes! They're cool and fun!:D

netwhizkid

Yes that is so quite annoying, although what is even more is them penneys jeans i bought a pair yesterday for painting the livingroom they were only 8 yo yos anywho the most annoying thing happened, i could not get the size stickers off, i had to get the iron out and steam them off what was left after tearing off as much as possible, it was just so annoying, the quicker the EU re-intoduces textiles quotas again the better and keep those crap chinese products out. then again they were only Eur8 if i was a pair of levis or wranglers i'd be making the sales assistant remove the labels.

Regards netwhizkid

byte

netwhizkid wrote:

Yes that is so quite annoying, although what is even more is them penneys jeans i bought a pair yesterday for painting the livingroom they were only 8 yo yos anywho the most annoying thing happened, i could not get the size stickers off, i had to get the iron out and steam them off what was left after tearing off as much as possible, it was just so annoying, the quicker the EU re-intoduces textiles quotas again the better and keep those crap chinese products out. then again they were only Eur8 if i was a pair of levis or wranglers i'd be making the sales assistant remove the labels.

Regards netwhizkid

For no apparent reason, your post made me nearly bust my sides laughing! Thanks for the 30 secs of amusement.

BossArky

netwhizkid wrote:

Yes that is so quite annoying, although what is even more is them penneys jeans i bought a pair yesterday for painting the livingroom they were only 8 yo yos anywho the most annoying thing happened, i could not get the size stickers off, i had to get the iron out and steam them off what was left after tearing off as much as possible, it was just so annoying, the quicker the EU re-intoduces textiles quotas again the better and keep those crap chinese products out. then again they were only Eur8 if i was a pair of levis or wranglers i'd be making the sales assistant remove the labels.

Regards netwhizkid

God I thought I had issues with my laces until reading that! Actually, why would you care about the size sticker if you were going to paint with the jeans on anyway?

netwhizkid

Originally posted by BossArky
God I thought I had issues with my laces until reading that! Actually, why would you care about the size sticker if you were going to paint with the jeans on anyway?

lol, i was kinda hoping to also perhaps use the jeans for stuff like mowing the lawn and and other unclean mundane jobs like that, i didn't wanna look like an ass with the sticker still on, thats why

Regards netwhizkid