An older fellow I work with, we'll call him DB, is well known for being a source of drama. He just walked by my office, stoped, came back, looked at my motorcycle boots and said 'What the hell are those?' I told him their my motorcycle boots and he says 'Wow, you're really gung ho, aren't you? You ride one of those crotch rockets?' I explained to DB that my bike is in fact a sport bike but I don't have the boots because they look cool, but they let me control the pedals a lot easier than sneakers or work boots, plus they offer a lot of foot and ankle support in the event of a crash. I don't understand why someone would give someone else a hard time for wearing safety gear.
But they do look pretty BAMF