Do you judge people by their shoes?

I'm not the only one, right?

Quick note: I took the form down for the time being because I'm going to create a database table for it so that I don't have to make updates by hand, but that's going to take some time. I should have it done within the next six decades.

Results (so far):

Comments:

• I only do it every once in a while. I might look and see someone wearing Chucks and think 'I wonder if they are into Punk Rock', seeing as Chucks are popular among that type of people, like myself. -- Chelsea
  
  
• I do believe that you can tell a lot about people by their shoes. They shouldn't be looked at in isolation but used in conjunction with other things such as body language, eye contact etc etc. -- mouse
  
  
• i like shoes. are you good? i am a sexy shoe. sexy shoe. sexy shoe -- shirona
  
  
• i think shoes tell a lot about a person. honestly. if i see ugly shoes on a first date, there will be NO second date. -- aimeeG
  
  
• How beautiful are the feet of them that preach the gospel of peace. -- Lee
  
  
• When I was a freshman in high school, I knew most of the people in my school by their shoes. -- Sara Martin
  
  
• Kevin's not kidding. He kicked the shit out of me two Thursdays ago. -- Rick
  
  
• I beat up anyone whose shoes are lighter than their hemline. -- Kevin Everett
  
  
• Of course. The most telling feature of a person is often their shoes. Plus, my theory is that the world would be a happier place if everyone wore comfortable shoes. Thus... well, you figure it out. -- Jason
  
  
• I love shoes. I try not to be too judgemental, but I think shoes can define you in the same way your taste in music and movies does. The boy wearing Fluevogs compared to the boy with Birkenstocks, for example. I bet there is a correlation between the type of shoes you wear and the type of books you read. -- Samantha
  
  
• I don't conciously. I evaluate hair and clothes. I tend to not look down so unless someone is wearing a pair of those horrible knee-high hooker boots, no, they're not a great way to evaluate a person. -- haley
  
  
• yeah of course. as i see it a persons shoes tell alot about them. -- Dox
  
  
• When I was in jail they took my shoes. -- Bret Peabody Mcgilicutty Jahosofat Taylor
  
  
• I evaluate people's shoes all the time. I especially hate dirty tennis shoes or white pumps that are all scuffed up. -- Bruce Dickerson
  
  
• Keep your foot fetish to yourself - k? -- Dana
  
  
• How can you not look at peoples shoes? Not that I really care, but the wifely influence does have an effect. -- jimh
  
  
• It's kind of like judging someone by what kind of car they drive, only you can do it indoors. -- Leslie
  
  
• Well, naturally! I mean, if some person's wearing brown shoes with black pants -- ugh! As if! It's unbearable! Like, gag me with a spoon already! (Hee. Anyway.) -- Jessi
  
  
• sometimes, especially if they wear cool ones -- Rudolf Held, the Lazy-Assed Destroyer
  
  
• always! ever since my x got me into matching my shoes with my belt... before that i had no clue -- chris barr
  
  
• Nice shoes on a woman leads me to beleive they have equally fashionable panties. Yum. -- Lance
  
  
• Is this becoming the 'Footwear Monologues', or what? A different pair of shoes for each act!
  
  Anyway, I must admit that I do find shoes a valuable tool in determining the potential worth of other humans. Many an hour I've passed noting the failings and triumphs in character of many an individual based solely on their footwear. -- Jeremy
  
  
• of course... doesn't everyone?! i look and say oh those are gross... or if they are nikes... more than likely the ppl are jocks :o -- deb
  
  
• Well, I can understand it's reasoning. If I see someone in hiking boots, my assumption would be they like to get outdoors. If I see a guy in pumps (yes, pumps), then I know there are some other issues. -- Cherz
  
  
• I evaluate people's shoes, but I do not use it as a judgement tool. I just don't have cool enough footwear to do that.
  
  Once I get some though..... -- rachelle
  
  
• I personally didn't think I checked out peoples' shoes, but then when discussing the issue here in the office, I realized that I do remember many peoples' shoes over the years, and it did influence my relationships with them.
  
  My coworker Sally definitely evaluates people's shoes, she says its pretty subconcious, and that she hates dirty tennis shoes and especially boys who wear tennis shoes with jeans or khakis - it can end a relationship before it starts.
  
  Cathy definitely dislikes certain types of shoes and their wearers, particularly cowboy boots and specific types of dirty sneakers - not all of them. she says her evaluation process is like the med school interview process or the short programs in figure skating: if it's good, it doesn't necessarily put you over the top, but if it's bad, it can disqualify you for sure; also, particularly cool shoes can win her over.
  
  Lisa says cute shoes go a long way, but bad shoes denote bad judgment -- Supriya
  
  
• Actually, I do - sometimes. It's not something I do on purpose, but if they are really noticeable shoes for some reason (really cute, really old, really out of style or extra weird, stuff like that), then it certainly adds to my evaluation of their personality. -- Beth
  
  
• Of course... however, at the moment I would hope that no one else is using this tool to evaluate me since I am too poor to afford GREAT shoes. (poor Graduate student!) -- Wende
  
  
• No one buys shoes without putting some thought into it, and people rarely wear someone else's shoes. (Excluding some Native Americans who are known to walk a mile in someone else's moccasins). Therefore, shoes largely reflect the character (if not the very soul) of their wearer. -- shoe-gazer paula
  
  
• I asked a friend one time what was the first thing he noticed about a woman. "Shoes" he said. I couldn't believe it, but now I find myself doing the same thing . . . -- Chris
  
  
• But of course!
  
  Shoes are more intimate, and tend to be chosen by the wearer more than other clothes. Underwear would tell us just as much, but observing them is fraught with challenges.
  
  We can cast aside the Aristotletian formula -- that we can know good by observing what good men do -- in favor of something deeper and better: we can know the good by observing what people in good shoes do. Aristotle didn't know squat -- he probably wore sandals, the wiener. -- Woodsy
  
  
• What, exactly, makes a shoe lame? I've always been one of those fashion-neutral people who buys clothes because they're on sale at a cheap place, so I have NO context. -- Josh "self conscious about my steel-toed boots, now" Millard
  
  
• Shoes are windows to the soul (sole?). I only date men with nice shoes. -- Sydney
  
  
• My pet theory is that I can tell West Africans from Europeans or Americans by their shoes. -- Erin
  
  
• Well duh! I mean what if he hasn't sense enough to wear white socks with athletic shoes (and god forbid certainly not black socks with shorts). However, it's really shoes and socks both for me. Can't stand a man with hosiery. -- Susannah
  
  
• Of course! One can tell a damn lot about someone by their shoes. Anyone that doesn't recognize this is missing out on a valuable evaluation tool. -- nameless female

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