Local Builder Excited To Find Going Out Version Of His Work Boots

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A member of the Betoota Heights tradespeople community has expressed joy this week after finding a smarter, more fashion conscious version of his work boots that he can wear to things on the weekend.

For nearly a decade, friends of builder Tomothy Douglas, as well as random women in the bars he frequents, inhaled slowly through their nose and pursed their lips as the 34-year-old strolled past in his best civilian clothes complete with his least rooted pair of workboots on.

“We would see him out on the weekend, wearing his workboots,” one friend told The Advocate.

“Some sort of band t-shirt, those $12 tube leg jeans from Rivers. Vale Rivers. And his workboots. You know, it was a rubbish look but you should see him these days.”

Tomothy, who has found success in the industry by simply putting 20% on top of what everything costs him, confirmed to The Advocate this morning that he’s no longer a subscriber to that type of autism-adjacent adherence to routine and familiarity.

Last weekend, he was spotted at the Lake Betoota Sailing Club wearing a pair of sneakers that kind of look like his work boots. It’s something that fills him with a sense of excitement and relief.

Speaking to The Advocate today via wireless telephone, he explained that a few things happened in his life in the past couple months that forced him to make the change.

“I started seeing someone,” he said,

“She’s a night nurse so she doesn’t suffer many complaints. We were heading out to dinner the other night and I went to put my workboots on and she pretty much told me that normal people don’t wear their fucked work boots out to a nice dinner at a mid-range suburban Italian restaurant. I said they were comfy and she just laughed and said it’s about respecting yourself and the company you keep so I put my bootleg RM Williams boots, you know, the $89 pleather version, and away we went,”

“They were like wearing a leather handbag on each foot but I did it. We went shopping the next day, lame, but she said something like, ‘Look, here are some fucking shoes that look like your work boots. You should get some size 11 ones, take them to the counter and tap your silly little orange card on the machine and say thank you to the cashier. Maybe make some eye contact and say something funny to her, it would make me proud and a bit jealous, which is good thing for you by the way,’ There’s honestly so much to learn.”

More to come.