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Don’t produce it in the same volumes then? Did you know that factories make less big-sized and small-sized shoes than average-sized ones? Because (surprise) bu
by wruza 2y ago
Don’t produce it in the same volumes then?
Did you know that factories make less big-sized and small-sized shoes than average-sized ones? Because (surprise) buyers size distribution is not uniform.
“We tried to make big shoes many times and it doesn’t sell well enough”. Oh, really. I guess I’ll just cut holes for my fingers then.
- galdosdi 2y agoMaybe the fixed costs of a shoe factory production line, in 2024, with centuries of production experience, are lower than those of a top of the line smartphone.
- nuancebydefault 2y ago> fingers Lol
- ttonelli 2y agoDon't know the op's language, but in Portuguese there's a single word for toes and fingers. So I did not notice the issue until you pointed out!
- wruza 2y agoAh, cringe. In my defense, https://www.reddit.com/r/LinguisticMaps/comments/pyrli2/which_languages_have_different_words_for_finger/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LinguisticMaps/comments/pyrli2/whic...
- ethersteeds 2y agoWell, speaking as someone with US 14 men's feet, a fair number of manufacturers do just refuse. Many shoes top out at 13, and many socks at 12!