A Public Service Announcement

Unique · Sep 10, 2007

Because I know some of you wear shoes - even if some of us don't.

Check it out. The feet you save may be your own.

One of my homeschooling blog buddies posted this. It seemed important enough to share with my best friends.

poetinahat · Sep 10, 2007

Holy moley. That's horrible. I cringe in sympathy.

aadams73 · Sep 10, 2007

That's terrible. And--what a shocker--those flipflops were Made in China.

Alex, now refusing to buy products made in China, if possible.

Perks · Sep 10, 2007

Good god. That is unbelievable. Thanks, Unique. You have the weirdest friends.

dclary · Sep 10, 2007

Let's sing the thong song!

Perks · Sep 10, 2007

Pssst, Unique -- tell your friend to left justify her story. It's really hard to read the way it is.

I love that the manager turned his head so that he could see her injury. What a jackass. I'm reading the whole saga and it's amazing that they can't just pull the shoes and admit that there's a problem with at least a batch of them.

Maryn · Sep 10, 2007

Mr. Maryn has done extensive research in products liability law. (Go ahead, ask him about exploding soft drink bottles.) He's so going to enjoy this link...

Maryn, with yet another reason never to shop at WalMart

NeuroFizz · Sep 10, 2007

All women who wear made-in-China thong underdrawers should immediately check their bikini hidout. As a public service, Robeiae and I will do detailed checks for anyone seeking professional opinions.

EriRae · Sep 10, 2007

I love the pic of the dog

At least she's still keeping a sense of humor.

I HATE WAL*MART. Like Maryn said, one more reason not to go there...

Thank you so much for posting, Unique. I have a hard enough time buying prepackaged food there. I will never buy clothes or shoes or even paper supplies from Walmart again.

Joe270 · Sep 10, 2007

Unique, I read your tale twice, but I don't see a diagnosis anywhere. Has anyone afflicted had a diagnosis made?

The marks on your feet look very much like acid burns. The bad news there is that acid burns scar horribly. I have many scars from sulfuric acid from working gasoline tankers.

I hope it is something else easier to deal with.

aruna · Sep 10, 2007

I always thought that litigation is so - um - indulged in in America. Surely she can get some kind of compensation from Wal Mart?

Soccer Mom · Sep 10, 2007

Her poor, poor feet! Those pictures were horrible! Thanks for the info. I wear flip flops constantly.

:shudders:

Fortunately, my cheap flip flops all have come from Old Navy. No burns yet.

I resolve to never wear any item of apparel that I can identify as having come from China. Or feed my pets any petfood made there. Or buy my kids toys made there. Ack!

maestrowork · Sep 10, 2007

There's a reason why I don't wear flipflops, made in China or not.

A. Hamilton · Sep 10, 2007

Oh my, that's terrible. I am appalled that those shoes are still on the shelf. It seems like there should be a consumer agency that they can be reported to.

TrainofThought · Sep 10, 2007

Unique said:
Check it out. The feet you save may be your own.

One of my homeschooling blog buddies posted this. It seemed important enough to share with my best friends.

That's horrible.

maestrowork said:
There's a reason why I don't wear flipflops, made in China or not.

I'm with you there. Flipflops are unflattering and horrible for your feet, no support.

JLCwrites · Sep 10, 2007

aadams73 said:
That's terrible. And--what a shocker--those flipflops were Made in China.

Alex, now refusing to buy products made in China, if possible.

Good luck with that! I tried it once, lasted only a day. Almost EVERYTHING is made there!

Devil Ledbetter · Sep 10, 2007

maestrowork said:
There's a reason why I don't wear flipflops, made in China or not.

Yep. Same reason I don't wear crocs. They're fugly.

kristie911 · Sep 10, 2007

That's horrible...but what made me stop and wonder was, when they made her feet tingle, why did she keep wearing them? I would have stopped at the first sign of tingle. Shoes should not tingle.

Unique · Sep 10, 2007

Joe270 said:
Unique, I read your tale twice, but I don't see a diagnosis anywhere. Has anyone afflicted had a diagnosis made?

The marks on your feet look very much like acid burns. The bad news there is that acid burns scar horribly. I have many scars from sulfuric acid from working gasoline tankers.

I hope it is something else easier to deal with.

I don't know, Joe. (Those aren't my feet) I just saw this at a friend's place and figured I'd warn ya'll. I don't wear flip flops because I can't stand things between my toes, either.

But if I could and I did that might have happened to me, too. Creepy, eh?

Summonere · Sep 10, 2007

At least one MD seems to have posted about this very case elsewhere...

I'm an MD.

That's not a chemical burn. That's allergic contact dermatitis. Of course it's not gonna go away even after 11 days, because you keep wearing them. Stop putting them on, and it'll go away.

Consult a dermatologist and he/she will say the same thing.
American Academy of Dermatology: [www.aad.org]

Quote:
"What Allergic Contact Dermatitis Looks Like:

In initial (acute) severe cases such as poison ivy, the skin gets red, itchy, swollen, and develops tiny blisters, which may break and leave crusts and scales. The skin becomes thick, red, and scaly with long-term (chronic) exposure to an allergen. Later the skin may darken and become leathery and cracked."

Click to expand...

Link to non-authoritative source:
http://consumerist.com/consumer/dan...ls-her-to-complain-to-manufacturer-280572.php

KTC · Sep 10, 2007

Gives a whole new edge to these boots were made for walking...only doesn't quite work unless you can go the distance and visualize flip flops as boots. Only, then...it still doesn't make much sense. But I did think of the song whilst viewing the poor feet?

A Public Service Announcement

Unique

Agent of Doom

poetinahat

say it loud

aadams73

A Work in Progress

Perks

delicate #!&@*#! flower

dclary

Unabashed Mercenary

Perks

delicate #!&@*#! flower

Maryn

At Sea

NeuroFizz

The grad students did it

EriRae

:P

Joe270

aruna

On a wing and a prayer

Soccer Mom

Crypto-fascist

maestrowork

Fear the Death Ray

A. Hamilton

here for a minute...catch me?

TrainofThought

A flowering bud of bitchiness

JLCwrites

Devil Ledbetter

Come on you stranger, you legend,

kristie911

Happy to be here

Unique

Agent of Doom

Summonere

KTC

Stand in the Place Where You Live