But if you’re lucky, someone else might pick up the tab for dinner now and then.
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\nI’m wearing my uncomfy dress shoes today. Well, when I say I’m wearing them I mean that they’re right under my desk next to my feet, ready to be stepped into in the event that I need to go somewhere. Men’s dress shoes are designed to pinch across the top of the foot to remind you that you’re all dressed up. “Hey spiffy guy,” they say. “You could be wearing something more comfortable like tennis shoes, or comfy sandals or slippers, but then you wouldn’t have the right attitude! Let our stiff edges pinch your foot, just so that you have a physical reminder that you need to be stiff and formal because you’re dressed up<\/i>!”<\/p>\n
The thing is, it’s only inexpensive dress shoes that do this. Once you get into the $300 a pair shoes, the pain goes away. Or it moves to the wallet. I wouldn’t know. I think this is how rich and successful businessmen recognize each other. “Hmm. He winces a bit whenever he takes a step… Must be cheap shoes. He’s obviously not successful enough to be trusted with the Henderson account…”<\/p>\n
I’m wearing the dress shoes for a reason though. Tonight I’m going to be the videographer at a work event. It’s a dinner party and presentation for one of our emeritus professor doctor types, and I don’t want to make the same mistake that I made at the holiday party, were my Fiancee and I were the only people who weren’t decked out to the nines (whatever that means). So tonight it’s sportcoat and tie time, with dress slacks and the uncomfy pinching shoes. On the other hand, it’s a free dinner and another opportunity to case out catering for potential wedding use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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