Crocs: The official footwear of the Garage of Og.
Twenty years ago, I would no more have thought to wear Crocs while working on a car than I would wear pajamas to Wal-Mart.
Yet.
But the type of car work I do, constantly in and out of the ride while I go to check other stuff or look at the computer or take a break, Crocs just make the most sense. I have to tell you, I would NEVER go to Africa again without a pair, that was the MAJOR thing that was left out of that trip and i felt it, hard.
So when I have to leave the garage and go into the house, I slip out of the Crocks and go in the house, and slip back into them when I go back out. Saves the floors, saves my feet, and it’s effortless. Now if they’d just make them with steel toes.
Crocs are da bomb.
My “croc-offs” ($5 Walmart special) are sitting at the door between my laundry room and workshop/garage unless I’m wearing them. When I inherited my grandfather’s lathe, one of my uncles recommended using a dedicated pair of footwear to avoid tracking oily filings, grinding debris, chips from around the drill-press, etc, through the house. I do tend to use other, more safe and durable footwear when I actually fabricate, but the “holeys” (as my kids call them) work great as slippers when I am in and out of workbench drawers looking for a specific tool or piece of hardware.
I love my Vibram 5 Fingers for about the same uses and reasons. They don’t kick on and off quite as easily as Crocs, but once you get the muscle memory for putting your toes in the right place, it’s as easy as putting on socks.
They are comfy but no match for Africa’s thorns though…