Okay, so I'm a little style challenged. I love pretty clothes, but my life calls for mainly casual, whether at work or at play. In fact, sometimes my life calls for not just casual, but the kind of clothes you save for doing housework. The holy jeans. The stained T-shirt. So, when I go on a customer visit or potential customer visit I try my best. I put on one of my power suits and high heels as you do when you are dressing to impress.
See the picture above? This is usually what happens when I wear the heels. Let's take a tour of the foundry someone says or they ask "Would you like to see the foundry?" What am I going to say? No? It's the whole reason I'm there. In South Korea in this case.
So, we go and I curse every step that I didn't wear at least my flats, but in reality, my steel toe boots. Have you ever packed those things? If I did every time, I would be able to fit maybe one pair of pants, one shirt and a pair of underwear along side. Not enough for the rough and tumble of Asian travel, where you spend long hours in the car. But, I wish I had my steel toe boots because I am the equivalent of a flight attendent who is afraid to fly. Foundries scare the crap out of me. Truthfully. I can handle the dirt, the mountains of dirt and darkness. It's the cranes whizzing past and in truth the metal being melted and poured that makes me want to turn and run. But I don't mostly. After all, it's hard to run in heels.
I know there are other ladies in similar jobs that have probably solved the heel or no heel question but I'm not there yet.
2 comments:
it is really a no-win situation. i once was sensible and wore flats for a day out with an author and the first thing she said to me was 'aren't your feet FREEZING?' Of course, it was winter. Oh well.
It's amazing how you can look pretty and ladylike in a foundry. I know the workers must really get a kick out of you. High heels or no high heels, you are a phenomenon and will go down in history and are a living legend and all that.
Good job, PSM!
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