My brother's idea for labeling shoe sizes cut my mix-ups in half

Brother saw me struggle with shoe sizes. He suggested colored tape on bins. I mark each bin now. Saves time when I hurry home. For my son's games. No more digging for shoes. Workflow is much better.

4 comments

4 Comments

wood.jana1mo ago

Labeling shoes seems like a lot of effort for something so small. We all have bigger problems than finding the right pair before a game. Tape systems can fail, like alice817 said, and then you're back to square one. It's just shoes, lol. Not a hospital setup where labels save lives. If it works for you, great, but making a whole thing out of it seems extra.

kevinm1720d ago

Honestly, my own system is just writing my name on the inside with a marker that's probably almost dead (so it looks terrible). It's the least effort possible, which fits my whole vibe. I guess I see both sides, like if it saves you two minutes of frantic searching before practice, maybe the tape is worth it. But yeah, it's definitely not a life or death situation, more of a mild annoyance fix.

alice8171mo ago

Sounds like extra work to me. That tape will peel off in a month and you'll be back to digging anyway.

gracej991mo ago

Read about someone using washi tape for this same thing. The patterned kind sticks way better than basic colored tape. They had a whole system with different patterns for each family member's size.