Their 'Flats' Are Too 'Flat'?

Flats are flat, and they look and feel... well, flatly flat. That's flat!

This afternoon, I was leisurely walking to NAIA Terminal 3's Gate 120 (the farthest) when two rushing Cebu Pacific ground staff overtook me. Whatever came into my mind, I clicked to capture those feet

Whatever was this for?! Ah well, maybe because those feet were noisy (they were almost running), or, maybe because those flat shoes have lately been a hot topic I heard on the news - was that Canada?

Yeah yeah, I think that topic was about women (groups of them, many of them) campaigning against companies from compelling them to wear high heels. That is probably the reason why I took that pic!

Let's weigh-in on the topic, for the sake of 'wala lang' hehe!

Dapat ba? Hindi ba dapat? Whatever! I think what should prevail is what these people like to do to their feet (and bodies). They want it that way, so be it. As I always say, walang basagan ng trip, right? Unless, some are misinterpreting the campaign, and in the long run be hurting themselves instead.

Take note: the campaign is against being compelled to wear high heeled shoes, and not about the use of flat heeled shoes at work, as can be seen on those feet in the picture above! Magkaiba yun!

I understand that campaign (bold letters above) as: women shouldn't be mandatorily ordered to wear high heeled shoes at work. Dapat lang, di ba? It's easy to relate to the clamor, since for normal people, wearing high-heels while walking (at times running) or standing for long periods of time at work must be literally painful - especially if they're heavy. Sino ba kasi ang honghang na nag-imbento nyan hehe?!

But if they do want to wear high heeled shoes at work, go! That's what it says, right?

Take note again, I am repeating: it does not say women should wear flat shoes at work. Which should follow that any company, especially those in the travel and hospitality industry may compel women to mandatorily wear "heeled" or "low-heeled" shoes not "high-heeled" ones, correct? So, saan ang "flats"?

Let's review definitions: High-heeled shoes are those that have the heels elevated considerably higher than the toes - usually 3 inches or even more. Low-heeled shoes are no more than 2 inches in height. Flat footwear (are they even shoes?) literally have no heels (just flat soles) like your tsinelas at home.

Hahaha! That brings us back to that picture - which seems beyond what the advocacies ask for!

Is that Cebu Pacific's prescription? If so, it must be wrong. If it's not their prescription, how could the girls wear such things? Ah, the airline probably does not care as they are not into attending to details'.

But, as said in the news (and I also see many articles on the web), wearing literally flat shoes at work that requires a lot of walking (sometimes running) or standing for long periods of time can and may actually injure and cause pain, therefore unhealthy in the long run. So, sino ang talo? Those two girls!

Let's stop it here for the moment, but I think I will have more soon (I'm asking some people)!