PSA: Crocs aren't just ugly, they're dangerous
By Ryan Block 
posted September 10th 2007 1:12AM
posted September 10th 2007 1:12AM
Crocs, not unlike Uggs before them, are prime candidates for footware we'd just as well have everyone put back in the closet, especially now that the Japanese National Institute of Technology and Evaluation has apparently issued a public warning regarding the safety of wearing the offensively ugly plastic shoes on escalators. Supposedly some forty people in Japan have been injured wearing the shoes on escalators, including a five year old girl who is said to have lost lost three toenails and suffered a broken toe when her ugly ass shoes got caught in the escalator. Please, Crocs, think of the children -- and everyone else's greater sense of aesthetics.[Via FarEastGizmos]
:lal: @ Engadget's "fashion sense". :D
I'm a little confused. Do you think these shoes look nice?
It seems to me that the fashion gods are making a power play. Everyone wears clothes and shoes so why should they be worshiped second? Smite those crocers, smite them them good!
Yeah, this seems like a fitting punishment.
Your "fashion" choice offends my eyes, you have your feet disfigured, fair, no?
Too bad it had to happen to a kid thought, least we know the kid will raise a non-Croc wearing generation or, at least, will raise a step using population. Either way, is the world not a better place?
even though this article isnt technology related...
i love it.
vans save lives. dont wear crocs
HA ha! It is technology related. The escalator, remember! xD
As they say on the DC Metro... "Toes are neat, so lift your feet!"
(OK, so it's the WMATA saying it, not the riders--but still....)
Is this posted because it's New York Fashion Week?
Not really technology, but it's still intriguing.
I did hear one thing about these things. Apparently they first found favor in surgical hospitals due to their ability to be put through an autoclave. Personally I think they should have been kept there.
Really all they have to do is roll the toe up a bit and problem solved.
They're being banned at my hospitals because they could potentially drop needles through the holes on the top of the croc.
when i went to the hospital a few days ago for a mri i saw like 5 doctors with these ugly ass shoes on
the needle problem sounds easy to fix. Just glue some leather over the top. You could even only atach it at two opposite sides so it would still breathe. They'd get even uglier though.
or you could fill them with jibbitz!!!
http://www2.jibbitz.com/
These shoes were on the front page of the British Tabloid 'The Sun' last week under the headline "Crocs Can Kill" due to their ability to produce enough static electricity to seriously damage important hospital equipment. Apparently a country wide ban of the shoes in hospitals was underway.
But they're so damed comfy - i wish they looked better.
(The flip-flops are okay)
They wear them in surgery because they're easy to clean - I doubt they'd make it through an autoclave though. Blood comes off plastic/rubber with a quick rinse - not so with cloth shoes.
yah my mom has worked in hospitals for 30+ years, news flash needles are sharp and will go through a regular shoe if dropped as well.....people are dumb.
Actually, they make a completely closed toe version (no top holes or side vents). Personally, I love my Crocs - I have one pair and my wife and daughter have 3 each.
i was in the huge mcdonalds in downtown chicago today and they had signs all over saying that crocs werent allowed on the escalators
How ironic that McDonalds would ban them on escalators seeing as how it's founder was named Croc ;P
ack, im glad someone else shares in my disdain for this horrible piles of shit known as Crocs. "But they're so comfortable". So are marshmallows. Wear them.
But marshmallows wouldn't be safe on elevators.
hahahhaahaha i just dont see how its really possible to get hurt wearing these shoes on an escalator
Sneakers with laces! They'd never get stuck in an escalator!
I personally don't wear crocs, but if you can manage to get your crocs stuck in an escalator, you should be happy that is all that has happened.
The thing I hate most about crocs is that, before the summer, I NEVER say a pair in my life. Then suddenly, EVERYONE started wearing them. It's like a epidemic.
I really don't know why people buy those shoes/plastic sandals/POS'
Mostly because they're hypo-allergenic and anti-microbial, they won't stink up like other sandals, perfect for boating.
they are banned from hospitals in norway as they have really crappy ESD properties *zap*
ESD?
electro-static discharge
"Listen, not a year goes by, not a year, that I don't hear about some escalator accident involving some bastard kid which could have easily been avoided had some parent - I don't care which one - but some parent conditioned him to fear and respect that escalator!"
Can't ban kids from escalators, though, can we?
Only kids with crocs ; )
Ok, Brodie. (Mallrats ftw!)
Having an accident on an escalator does not make a child a bastard. You were a kid once, they can be clumsy, that is no reason to insult them.
Absolutely love the mallrats reference...bravo!! Crocs are ugly, you want comfy shoes buy a pair of reef sandals.
coffeepot64, settle down, it's a quote from the movie Mallrats (like a few people already recognized) Put the coffee down, take a deep breath ;^)
"Ha ha ha ha. You dumb bastard. It's not a schooner... it's a sailboat!"
"A schooner IS a sailboat, stupid head!"
I don't understant how they are more dangerous than regular flip-flops (they actually seem safer). Did someone looked at issues with flip-flops on escalators??
Anyway, I agree they are ugly... but I believe part of the atraction (besides comfort and antibacterial) is how inaesthetic they are...
Thats sad about the little kid. Crocs weren't originally made for everyday wear. They were originally for water sports like canoing and kayaking.
I think the escalators have better footwear fashions sense than these people... The escalators just have a very aggressive way of sharing their opinions.
I, for one, welcome our new escalator overlords.
That kid is on the escalator again!
Seriously though, I've seen entirely too many people wearing these things. They all swear they are the most comfortable shoe they have ever owned...I used to say that about shoes too...until a week later they're not so great anymore. What's more is that I've noticed many parents buy these for their kids and get the 800 sizes too large, which I'm fairly certain isn't good for you.
jajaja LMAO!!
those people with crocs deserve to get caught on escalators.
haha.... jk.
or am i?
they are dangerous because the
plastic they are made with. I also think
they are ugly but i still have one pair
but i just use it in my house. so comfortable.
=8-)
"An escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. You would never see an "Escalator Temporarily Out Of Order" sign, just "Escalator Temporarily Stairs. Sorry for the convenience."
gotta love 'em.
Everyone knows the only real shoes are moccasins. Those 'injians were really on to something
You guys will hate me for this, but there is something far worse than Crocs or Uggs. You know what it is? CRUGGS!
The unholy alliance of Crocs and Uggs have revealed themeselves...and the fashion world just got more crappy.
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/08/25/cruggs.html
Seriously, they are horrendous!
Good William Sledd don't like those anyway. These once upon a time Garden shoes should be Banned everywhere But the Garden...
true, true
I love mine, but they're so damn ugly I wouldn't use them for anything that needs long pants... malls are ok, tho'
i love escalators for this reason alone.