End: Day one.
I feel like hammered shit. The carpet they use, I swear, is thinner than the rice paper Caine had to cross to leave the temple. I’ve been in more pain, but a GSW was involved.
Plan, tomorrow, is to tie a pillow to each foot; additionally, I intend to get a cheap bottle of generic Aleve and mash it and some Jack Daniels into a paste, which I will be spreading on my feet like peanut butter prior to putting on my socks. If all else fails I will sacrifice a goat and wrap his entrails around my toes for cushioning. Fourteen hours on daned-near bare concrete in dress shoes is teh suxxors.
Don’t know if it will work at your show, but- Costco sells (I’m sure other places do too) ~5/8″ thick foam pads made for standing around. When set up properly, they have a decent appearance, & stay put in use. I bought a package for use working gun shows (concrete floors, standing most of the time) & they are the best thing since beer.
32 square feet of 2×2′ interlocking pads run between $10 & $20, & are well worth it for the old feet.
BTW, the JD works better on the INSIDE…
get some Dr Scholls inserts. they work wonders for standing for a long time. Worked for me at the gunshows too. and that is real, bare concrete (when it isn’t asphalt).
The gel inserts work well too.
YMMV
As an alternative, place a slice of baloney (or a spoonful of youghurt) in each sock. You’ll be so wierded out by the feeling that you will wiggle your toes all the time,keeping the circulation up.
No guarantees that this will work, but some folks swear by it….Not me, of course.
Two words: gel inserts. Learn it, love it, live it. If you can get to a hardware store, get one of those inch thick black or orange rubber mats with the holes under them (not suction cups like bathtub mats) that I know you’ve seen on every shop floor where someone had to stand all day, and together they’ll do the job.
Slip over to one of the big box stores and buy a pair of black lace-up Dr. Scholl’s or Red Wing birth control grade shoes. They make them for folks who have to stand on concrete all day yet have to look ‘dressy’. Should be no more than maybe $40.
No man!
Get proper footwear that can take the standing up on concrete punishment.
I for one would not take such punishment even if the boss insists… I wear what is best for my feet for the task at hand. Period.