>be me
>wearing this pair of vans for the past five years because ex-gf made me get them and I've never bothered to get new ones
>shoes have zero arch support whatsoever
>go to a 3-day convention where my feet get completely annihilated
>time for a change
>hear about new converse shoes coming out with arch support
>sure, that looks like something I'd wear
>over the next week, get more hyped than I'd ever been over shoes
>each step will be like walking on a cloud, the ladies will flock to me for being so fashionaaabluh
>fast foward, it's shoe day
>I only have an hour between work and another commitment to go to a department store and grab a pair
>stuck in traffic for like 45 minutes, only have time to go to one store, I hope they have them
>walk into department store
>"I Won't Let You Down" by OK Go is playing
>IT'S A SIGN
>browse the converse section
>don't see them
>ask the dude working there, he braves the perilous back room for me
>waiting for him to come back, sweating furiously
>my feet are sweating too, causing my arches to stick to the bottom of my feet
>if I don't get these shoes, my feet will be kill
>dude comes back CARRYING A BOX
>heavy breathing
>"Sorry, we don't have them."
>box is something entirely different
>feet cry out in pain, like the screaming of thousands of innocent children having their feet burned off
>mfw