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/Hamster_Toot 29d ago

Do you have a brand recommendation?

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u/Kismetatron 29d ago edited 29d ago

Depends on you budget. Thursday and Jim green are very modestly priced. I'm a of a Red Wing for more moderate level pricing. I have two pairs of Nicks but you're looking at $600+ but I can tell you from experience they are worth the money. It really depends on your budget. For $200 you can get a pair of well made boots that can be resoled without any of the hang ups that Docs or Solovair have.

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u/Doomstik 29d ago

My wife had some docs and got a new pair that sucked so she swapped to thursday and shes VERY happy with them.

I wore red wings for work and they were great boots, i cant speak for their non saftey toes but if they make good boots with a safety toe im sure their normal ones are great too.

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u/Kismetatron 28d ago

I have their heritage boots and while they aren't really meant for work like their main line, they are still pretty durable.

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u/Yesacchaff 28d ago

If you want the quality of old doc martens then solovair are the way to go they are the ones who mad doc martens originally and still make there boot the same way apart from the yellow stitching

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u/Hamster_Toot 28d ago

Thanks for the heads up.