Ah, so, new shoes. Like all thoroughly modern gentlemen, I purchase them online these days. Out of the box they come, hmm, look a bit well, worn. Glance at soles. Actual dirt from the outside world. I get that people try shoes on, that they don't fit and they return them. But these look like someone has worn them for a week or two, entered and run a tough mudder and then returned them. Grumble because I now have to faff about to return them and I like the colour, but I'm not keen to re-order them from the same vendor.