{"id":1464,"date":"2012-04-09T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-04-09T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1464"},"modified":"2013-02-23T14:45:44","modified_gmt":"2013-02-23T19:45:44","slug":"is-it-okay-to-wear-cowboy-boots-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=1464","title":{"rendered":"Is It Okay to Wear Cowboy Boots to Work?"},"content":{"rendered":"

You think I make this stuff up, but here’s proof that even in the cowboy boot-wearing capital of the United States, there remains people who obsess about whether or not they can wear cowboy boots. In Texas of all places! Sheesh!<\/p>\n

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<\/a>Answer: yes, of course you can. Any reservations are all in your head. If people say something about your wearing boots, just say, “thanks … I’m glad you like them.” That’s it. Simple.<\/p>\n

I live on the U.S. East Coast. This location is not known as a place where men regularly wear cowboy boots. However, I have worn cowboy boots (and motorcycle boots) to work in a professional office setting for 30 years.<\/p>\n

Has anyone said anything?
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\nYes. Some people have paid compliments along the lines of saying “nice boots.” A few people — just a few — have said silly things like, “where’s your horse?” In those cases, I either ignored them or answered back just as silly like, “he’s out in the parking lot. He’s the big one on the left.” <\/p>\n

Honestly, most people don’t care what’s on your feet as long as you are clean and presentable. They care far more about what’s in your head. If you have hang-ups about wearing boots, it’s purely something you are bringing on to yourself. Get over it. Stand tall, smile, and …<\/p>\n

Life is short: wear boots … to work, wherever!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You think I make this stuff up, but here’s proof that even in the cowboy boot-wearing capital of the United States, there remains people who obsess about whether or not they can wear cowboy boots. In Texas of all places! … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boots-at-work","category-cowboy-boots"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}