My one night stand with a $3.99 pair of flip-flops
So two days ago I decided it would be a good idea to face the unbearable east coast heat and humidity and take a walk to the bank. About half way there, I decided it would be a good idea to take a rest when I saw the "Natural Shoe Store". Basically what they mean by "Natural Shoe Store" is that they have a few "natural" hiking type shoes, and a lot of regular non-natural shoes. Whatever. I remembered that I needed flip-flops, and figured buying some would be a good excuse to stand in an air conditioned building.
If they would have had $15 flip-flops, I would have bought them no questions asked, and there wouldn't have been a problem. But the $20 pairs they had were definitely pushing a bit too far on my tight budget. I was about to give in and drop the $20 when I saw a pair of $3.99 flip flops by the register. They were in a kids size, rainbow colored, and looked like they deserved to be $3.99. Which was an immediate turn on. I asked if they had any in my size, and to my surprise they did. Except instead of being rainbow colored, they sported a pathetic brown-tan-trying-to-look-like-not-$3.99-flip-flop design. The rainbow was so essential to the whole "dude they were $3.99" mentality, but I figured I should still stick with them. I put them on, and they felt terrible, but maybe I'm just not used to wearing flip-flops? You can't really go wrong with $3.99 flip-flops right?
So I bought them. And when I got home I decided to wear them around so I could feel like I'm barefoot, without getting black dirt crap all over my feet because our house is filthy. It was then that I noticed that the left flip-flop held my foot much tighter than the right flip-flop. But you can't really go wrong with $3.99 flip-flops right? I thought so until later that night. Our destination was almost too far to comfortably walk, but too short to justify spending money on the trolley, and we were already drunk, so of course we walked. It was then that I noticed the terrible pain on my foot from the coarse toe-strap. Each step I could feel my foot getting worse and worse of a rash. It was literally like a rope burn on the top of my foot. It got so bad that I had to loosen my foot from the strap and sort of hop to avoid the friction. Can you go wrong with $3.99 flip-flops?
The answer was yes. But only after Kemp came to pick us up, and we realized that I'd stepped in dog shit. Even with the rash, and everyone screaming at me to throw them out of the window, I still felt reluctant to give up on them. But I eventually became honest with myself, realized my mistake and poor judgement, and threw the flip-flops out the car window. Never saw them again.
If they would have had $15 flip-flops, I would have bought them no questions asked, and there wouldn't have been a problem. But the $20 pairs they had were definitely pushing a bit too far on my tight budget. I was about to give in and drop the $20 when I saw a pair of $3.99 flip flops by the register. They were in a kids size, rainbow colored, and looked like they deserved to be $3.99. Which was an immediate turn on. I asked if they had any in my size, and to my surprise they did. Except instead of being rainbow colored, they sported a pathetic brown-tan-trying-to-look-like-not-$3.99-flip-flop design. The rainbow was so essential to the whole "dude they were $3.99" mentality, but I figured I should still stick with them. I put them on, and they felt terrible, but maybe I'm just not used to wearing flip-flops? You can't really go wrong with $3.99 flip-flops right?
So I bought them. And when I got home I decided to wear them around so I could feel like I'm barefoot, without getting black dirt crap all over my feet because our house is filthy. It was then that I noticed that the left flip-flop held my foot much tighter than the right flip-flop. But you can't really go wrong with $3.99 flip-flops right? I thought so until later that night. Our destination was almost too far to comfortably walk, but too short to justify spending money on the trolley, and we were already drunk, so of course we walked. It was then that I noticed the terrible pain on my foot from the coarse toe-strap. Each step I could feel my foot getting worse and worse of a rash. It was literally like a rope burn on the top of my foot. It got so bad that I had to loosen my foot from the strap and sort of hop to avoid the friction. Can you go wrong with $3.99 flip-flops?
The answer was yes. But only after Kemp came to pick us up, and we realized that I'd stepped in dog shit. Even with the rash, and everyone screaming at me to throw them out of the window, I still felt reluctant to give up on them. But I eventually became honest with myself, realized my mistake and poor judgement, and threw the flip-flops out the car window. Never saw them again.