[patton]

Really. I walk around in $20 dock shoes covered in mud, and with one or the other usually untied.

Oh, and they are falling apart.

What does that tell you?

[teenyelliott]

20.00 - Good thing. Not trying to impress anyone, not superficial, frugal. All good things, and has nothing to do with what you make.

mud - You obviously do something worthwhile, or at least interesting, with your time. Just don't track it into my house. :)

untied - You are a slob, perhaps a little careless in personality, but not clumsy, otherwise you would not take the chance of tripping on them.

falling apart - You have better things to do with your time than shop for shoes, plus you just don't care. Not necessarily a bad thing.

All of the above would apply if I met you in a bar. If you wore these shoes to a job interview, I would simply assume you wanted your unemployment sheet signed.