Social sins
and fashion lapses
   I know, I know, we just did the keep-your-damned-feet -off-the-seats thing, but here's the same pig-ignorant bus behaviour paired with a sartorial eyesore too egregious to go uncensored.
   First of all, guys, sandals are fine for the beach, the back yard, or the pilgrim's road to Santiago de Compostela. Worn elsewhere, they suggest that you are not now, nor have you ever been, a member of the serious grownups. If you just can't resist them, at least keep ’em discreetly on the floor. Parking them where other people will soon be sitting is not only uncouth and inconsiderate but unsightly as well.
   Further, if you must wear this particular style of sandals, don't wear them with socks. It makes your foot look like a cow's hoof. And you, sir — you in particular, you with your feet on the furniture — you're not really a cow, are you? You're an ass.