Can't You Resolve This Yourselves?

Stef Reid grew up as a sports-obsessed child, dreaming of playing rugby internationally. But on the eve of her 16th birthday, her life changed forever. Severe propeller lacerations from a horrific boat accident left doctors with no choice but to amputate her right foot.

I didn't want to give up on my goal just because I was an amputee, but life is constantly changing and we have to update our goals instead of forcing them to work in a reality that no longer exists," she says.

And by ‘update our goals’ she means whine about what companies choose to sell. 

Now she's campaigning for big brands such as Nike, Adidas and Puma to sell single shoes rather than pairs.

Surely that should be ‘as well as’ ? 

In part it's about cost - high-end running shoes cost around £200, and when she was competing she only needed one but had to buy two, meaning she wasted hundreds of pounds on shoes she never wore.

Well, maybe set up a swap with someone your size who needs the other one, and recoup some cost? 

But her biggest motivation - is the principle. Many of the big brands proudly display models with blades in their shop windows, but don't sell shoes individually for athletes like Stef.

Stef isn't alone. While she wears two shoes with her day-to-day prosthetic, many other amputees don't.

So she DOESN'T waste money on the other shoe after all!  

And beyond disability, thousands of people whose feet are different sizes are also affected by having to buy two shoes of the same size rather than two singles.

Oh, FFS! Why does the world always have to change things that have worked well for hundreds of years for every whinging minority?