I'd say anyone with more than 8 pairs of shoes (outside "special footwear", as working shoes or shoes designed for sports as rock-climbing or sailing, etc.) should definitely be labeled a shoe whore. Flip-flops are outside the count, too.

As for you raise...

1/ Organize! If the union route is not your thing, then...

2/ Threaten to leave, after assessing your worth to the organization. Sadly enough, people higher in the hierarchy often think it's easy to replace a valuable person until she/ he has quit.

If none of these satisfy you...

3/ Suffer in silence.

I'm utterly shocked and appalled that anyone could own that many shoes!

I don't own anywhere near that many, and I have twice as many feet! I think shdowgod has a problem, and may be in denial... Isn't there a treatment program for such addictions?

And yes, oc course I'd count flip-flops as shoes; they are footwear, after all. But I highly dount that anyone would ever own more than one pair of those, right?

On the serious side though, that job situation is horrible! You could try and confront them over it; bosses tend to take the path of least resistance.

Your not a shoe whore yet, need 20

Seriously for that job, I would try to find another one.

A real man has nowhere near that many pairs of shoes:

1. Pair of every-day/casual shoeware (usually sneakers)

2. Gym shoes

3. dress shoes

4. Boots/hiking shoes

5. casual flip-flops/sandals

Any more than that, unless very specialized (ie cleats for football, cleats for baseball, cleats for soccer - when you DO play those sports) mean that you're a shoe whore. Either that, or you're gay. I come damn close to that more than five limit, but then I'm a butch gay guy so I'm forgiving. Then again, until I met Robert, I usually had three pairs of shoes (casual, dress, sandals/flipflops).

A real man has nowhere near that many pairs of shoes:

 

1. Pair of every-day/casual shoeware (usually sneakers)

2. Gym shoes

3. dress shoes

4. Boots/hiking shoes

5. casual flip-flops/sandals

 

Any more than that, unless very specialized (ie cleats for football, cleats for baseball, cleats for soccer - when you DO play those sports) mean that you're a shoe whore. Either that, or you're gay. I come damn close to that more than five limit, but then I'm a butch gay guy so I'm forgiving. Then again, until I met Robert, I usually had three pairs of shoes (casual, dress, sandals/flipflops).

I have to agree with Dan here... I think it's unanimous; shdowgod is a shoe whore.

Hrmmmm... I just checked my own garage; I do have a couple of ancient pairs of sneakers that I keep for painting, engine work, etc, and those push me perilously close to the limit.

Not counting those, I have two pairs of sneakers, one pair of western boots, and one pair of hiking boots.

Shdowgod, please seek help with your condition soon. I'm sure it's curable.

Umm I have a few points to make here... since I started this all.

I neither fall under the category of a 'real man' or a 'shoe whore' in the female sense of the word... I think.

Nonetheless, I have more pairs than necessary and since I almost always have flip-flops on anyway, it seems silly...

But most importantly, I love you most when you have no shoes on

Hugs, Viv

PS. Rich wants to know why you called him average