Japan Vs. Crocs
Well, it’s isn’t the usual weird news about mom cafes from Japan, but it’s seems that the the government of Japan wants to put an end to on of the worst fashion
trends in last years: Crocs footwear.
The Trade Ministry of Japan has instructed the maker of Crocs to redesign the shoes. That’s after 65 complaints of about Crocs shoes getting stuck in escalators. To much concern in many of the accidents children were involved.
It’s seems that although more than 3.9 million pairs of Crocs were sold in Japan last year (according to the trade ministry), The Japanese government shouldn’t be worried too much. The latest financial results of Crocs shows that the world loses interest in the boring shoes. The company missed it’s sales target and (unfortunately) will be forced to fire almost 700 employees and close one factory. Hopefully this will lead to the disappearing of this ugly footwear from planet Earth.
This isn’t the first time that the Japanese government warns against the shoes. In September 2007 the Japanese government reported about 40 incidents on escalators with people wearing Crocs.
This shoes are hideous, expensive and can get you injured - so why do people still buys them?
More: [AP]
What can happen to a kid wearing Crocs: [FoxNews]
(Photo Courtesy of jeltovski)
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Comments
Yeah, I saw those things all the time last summer. There should be a law that beach shoes shouldn’t be allowed to be worn if you’re more than 200 meters from a beach or more than 100 meters from a swimming pool, including flip flops. When I see some of these poofy-haired, ultra-thin guys dragging their feet and making that slap-slap sound while walking through a shopping mall, I just want to yank those things off their feet and slap the shyte out of the wearers.
Who in Japan wears these? I’ve been here over 6 months and I’ve only seen some white kid wearing them while visiting an aquarium. It sounds like 3.9 million bad fashion ideas to me. As a company standpoint, 65 complaints about this out of 3.9 million sold isn’t that bad.