I was born with feet in the 1st percentile of the population and they stayed that way even despite getting taller. Now every shoe shopping experience is awkward af.

  • corvett@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    21 hours ago

    It’s absolutely not common unless you’re getting custom shoes or some other 1%er activity

    • _stranger_@lemmy.worldEnglish
      71·
      20 hours ago

      Every shoe store I have ever been to, including thrift stores, had one of those foot measuring things.

      • thebestaquaman@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        16 hours ago

        I never buy clothes online, exactly because I always try them on to check the fit before buying them. I haven’t measured my feet since I was around 15. I know my foot size, so I know that shoes in the range 42-43 are a good fit, depending on the shoe model. I don’t need to measure my feet when I buy shoes to confirm that they’re still around size 42.5.

      • Redex@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        15 hours ago

        I mean, your feet typically don’t really change size after you grow up? I just buy whatever size I last bought.

        Edit: tho to be fair it’s not even always the same size because the size that’s comfortable highly depends from shoe to shoe, I always have to try on a few pairs to be sure.