Why do the stores wrap sneakers in plastic?
[Edited 3/24/06 19:36pm]

So they don't mess them up.
NEXT.

Keep them clean and dry

DynamicSavior said:

why? Do the sneakers in the ghetto get any more messed up than those in wealthier neighborhoods?

lilgish said:

No, poor people just value their sneakers more. Trust me...

i dont understand where this question is coming from...?

hold up...i was born & raised in the ghetto, and i've seen folks wrap plastic bags around their hair in lieu of a doorag/jerri curl cap n'such...but around sneakers? only when folks put their new shoes away.

In the stores? Sneaker stores, not people. The display sneakers are always wrapped in plastic.

lilgish said:

ohh...i've never been in any shoe store where they've got the display sneakers wrapped like that.

Handclapsfingasnapz said:

go to any Black neighborhood in New York City and you'll see. I assumed it was done in every low income hood, sorry for being vague.

lilgish said:

oh, alright...but yeah, here in the midwest it's different.

lilgish said:

i've seen that before to. but i have no idea why. maybe to avoid collecting dust maybe its to stop it from getting stolen i guess i dunno

brownsugar said:

lilgish said:

what? i dont know why. i'm just guessing.

brownsugar said:

that just meant I was thinking about what you said

lilgish said:

oh well live in chicago, and i'm from englewood area. the main shopping places for the broke is 63rd and Halsted and 47th and Ashland. and they both do that. i've never took the time to think about it. i want to say its for display purposes only, but they don't do that in the downtown loop area.

reading the title of this thread makes me shudder because i think of elvis...

*runs to go vomit*

DynamicSavior said:

SammiJ said:

that song immediately popped up in my head too...

SammiJ said:

I love Elvis

Imago said:

Imago said:

even more proof that u and i were never meant to be



taken!

when my friend was a teacher at a charter school he said that was quite common.

i'll never forget the image i had of the one boy he told me about who had on a fur coat and his pants hangin' off of his ass and having his shoes wrapped in pieces of garbage bags. when my friend asked him to explain the bags he said "these the new Jordans!"

brownsugar said:

I have fond memories of my mom playing Elvis in her little tape recorder while she was cleaning and dancnig around to his music.


Thinking back though she looked so fucking corny.

sinisterpentatonic said:

if your gonna wear garbage bags over it whats the point? btw, i heard and interview with Nelly and said him and his friends used to put tape on the bottom and sides of their shoes so they could return them when they were done partying. the stores stop taking their returns lol!

Imago said:

oh well then if your mother liked him then its okay. i understand. you are excused
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brownsugar said:

Exactly!!!