Flip Flop Rage

I tried on a darling pair of Havaiana flip flops (above) at The Bikini Factory in Summerland yesterday. They were tempting to buy, but I don't need them, especially after reading the hilarious and spot on "Against Flip-Flops: Put a Shoe on, You Slob" from Slate.com. I've had thoughts similar to that of author Dana Stevens who says, "Because of the ease with which they’re put on and removed—along, perhaps, with their generic ubiquity—flip-flops connote a sort of half-dressed slatternliness, a sense that the wearer has forgotten to do anything at all with his or her body from the ankles down." Yes, I believe there is a time and place for flip-flops, and I certainly wear them a lot in the summer months. But, like Stevens, I would appreciate people putting a shoe on most of the time.