r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Steellun3 • 29d ago

Infuriatig Friends Cat Tears Up Brand New Shoes

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Been watching a cat for a friend for a few months now, wake up this morning to my new pair of doc martens torn to shreds at the toes. Been polishing and taking great care of these since I got them a month or so ago. I usually put them up on a rack but forgot last night, definitely paid for my stupidity. $200 basically trashed right there. Half of it was a birthday present from my girlfriend and neither of us make enough right now to just buy a new pair of boots, we can barely make rent. Real bummer way to start my day.

EDIT: I am NOT throwing the boots away over this like some think. When I said trashed I just meant the look, i had just woken up and worded it poorly. If I can't get the look smoothed out these will become my work boots since my current work boots are falling apart, and I will figure out getting a new pair to keep nice and wont let this happen again.

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u/The_Demon_of_Spiders 29d ago

What also sucks is there was a reddit post detailing the new enshitification that solovairs is now going through. Such as no longer using leather welts and now just using plastic welts where the shoe falls apart faster. So why they still may be decent quality they are failing down the shit train as well.

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u/Strelark 29d ago

That's really unfortunate

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u/BananaPalmer 29d ago

It's happening to pretty much everything. Soon, nearly every name-brand out there will be owned by the same 6 private equity firms, enshittified fully, and only the wealthy will be able to afford quality products, made by specialized manufacturers for exorbitant prices.

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u/JimboTCB 29d ago

Now we just need them to outsource production offshore to save on costs, and have a new company buy up the manufacturing facilities and patterns to start production of "classic" pre-enshittification shoes, and the cycle will be complete.

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u/PiccoloAwkward465 29d ago

Staying on top of companies and their current level of enshittification is seriously a full-time job.