Arrogant Rob

Author – Unlucky lad

An accident caused the traffic to grind to a halt. Rob needed a drink so took the next exit off the motorway. The heavy traffic didn’t stop him parking on yellow lines after spotting a store. He would only be a minute, if he got a ticket his father would pay, afterall it was his Range Rover he was driving.
Inside the store he grabbed two cans of Red Bull from the chiller and a bar of chocolate. He joined the long queue to pay, he looked out of place in his expensive suit and designer black leather loafers. He then realised his wallet was in his car, not wanting to return and rejoin the queue, he just left without paying. As he stepped outside he was grabbed by his arm and took back inside the store.
Rob didn’t deny taking the items saying it was for a paltry amount of money. The shopkeeper was infuriated at the young man’s arrogance. Rob gave the shopkeeper the items he had taken and told him he was leaving. “You must pay for these” said the shopkeeper blocking Robs exit. Rob told him there was no harm done. “You tried stealing from me, no apology, no remorse, I’m calling the police” said the shopkeeper. “Nonsense, my father will sort this” said Rob reaching inside his pocket for his phone only to discover it too was in the car.
“Trust me I’ll pay whatever you want but i need to get my wallet from the car” said Rob. The shopkeeper glared at Rob and said “How can I trust a thief”  Rob told the guy “How do you expect me to pay if you won’t let me go to my car”
“Take off your shoes” said the shopkeeper. Rob laughed as he looked down at his expensive loafers and arrogantly told the shopkeeper that he could buy everything in his shop and still have change for the price of his shoes. “Good, then you’ll definetly return for them” said the shopkeeper. Rob said his own father doesn’t tell him what to do, so he is not being told by a stranger to remove his shoes.
“Shoes or police, your choice” said the shopkeeper. Rob reluctantly took them off leaving him standing in navy blue ribbed socks. As the shopkeeper took the shoes from him he said “That wasn’t difficult was it, obeying an order, you can leave now”. An embarrassed Rob headed for the door saying he’d be back in two minutes.
He stepped out into the busy street, the pavement was cold against his shoeless feet. He felt humiliated, people stared at his stocking feet but that was the last of his worries as his expensive car was gone. He ran across the busy road to a traffic warden, “I want your help, I’ve been robbed” he demanded. The traffic warden looked at Robs feet, “Someone robbed you of your shoes” she said.
“No you fool, my car, my Range Rover” he said. Although annoyed at Robs disrespectful attitude she smiled at him, looked at his socked feet again and said “We’ll I hope your shoes where not inside it as it’s been towed for being illegally parked and causing an obstruction”. She gave Rob the contact details of the tow company and walked off leaving him in the street in an unfamiliar town with no car, no phone, no money and no shoes!

Jerk brother

Author – Carey

We just moved to a new town and didn’t know anyone. My big brother and I are together all the time. He has to watch me, not sure why. I am one grade behind him. We fight a lot mainly because he is a jerk, last night we had a big fight my parents say we fight so much we have to work it out between us if there is no blood drawn.
I was so ready for school to get away from him. Today was our first day. He was taking a shower. I went into his room and was going to take his phone to get even for last night, but couldn’t find it as I walked out of his bedroom. I saw his shoes, so I grabbed one and put it in backpack. I went into the kitchen and sat down to eat. My parents had already left for work. My brother walked in and got a bowl of cornflakes and sit down. He never said a word about his missing shoe We ate, he said we have to go.   I got my   backpack and   he started yelling because I didn’t put my bowel in the dishwasher so decided jerks start new schools with a sock foot.I just walked out the door, I was going to give it to him   He walked out the door with a socked foot it is four blocks to my school one direction and four blocks to his school the other direction. My School starts 30 minutes before his We argued all the way to my school. About his shoe my parents had said he had to walk me to school the first day still not sure why. I told him it was under my bed. He was going back home to get his shoe then to his school so he thought. When we got to my school. I got to the door stopped and took his shoe out of my backpack and said sucks to be you, don’t be to embarrassed your first day, Dork, and walked inside. He couldn’t come after me because of the virus. Only students enrolled can go inside. he was so mad.
I got home before my brother when he got there He said you will pay grabbed my bag to get his shoe; it wasn’t there. He asks where is my shoe.  I put it in my locker and forgot to get it, which I did forget. He turned red and said, you did it on purpose and walked off. He hasn’t talked to me since—scary. But kind of funny really. When my dad got home he told him I took his shoe my dad looked at him and said what did you do to her. My brother just walked off.

The stranger

Author – Nike Mike

At the end of the deserted pier I kicked of my white Nike AirMax trainers, the cold concrete soothed my aching feet after my long walk. I climbed the steps of the wall  to view the sunset leaving my trainers down below.
I was interrupted ‘These yours’ a voice shouted. A cyclist was holding my discarded trainers aloft. Embarrassed that a stranger had my shoes I hurried back down the steps.
‘Nice trainers, my size too’ he said before looking at my white socked feet. He gave them back, he looked disappointed as I quickly put them on, I was relieved but wierdly disappointed too.
Asking if I enjoyed being shoeless in public, my blushing face answered his question.
‘Am I who you want?’ he asked. I was puzzled.
‘The person to steal your deliberately unattended shoes’ he said smiling. Too embarrassed to look at him I looked at his feet, he was also wearing Nikes, black/grey AirMax with grey socks.
He was very confident, telling me he would leave, if my shoes where again abandoned upon his return he would take them and I would have to walk the half mile length of the concrete pier in my socked feet to retrieve them. It excited me.
‘How can I trust you?’ I asked him. 
‘You can’t’ he said ‘That’s what makes it thrilling’.
I told him he could of easily taken them now without me knowing, ‘That wouldn’t of been fun’ he said.
‘The sun must disappear below the horizon before I turn around and look for my shoes’ he said or I  won’t get them back tonight. He’d be watching!
To retrieve them I would have to return tomorrow at sunset, shoeless! If I cheated and wore shoes hiding them nearby he would steal them too, as he’d be watching!
He suggested that as an incentive if he doesn’t just steal my shoes then I might get to take his AirMax Nikes some other time.
‘My decision’ he said, if my shoes where not there to take when he cycles back he’d leave and never return. I watched him ride away on his bike.
I liked his confidence and wanted to meet up again but to do so he had to take my shoes.
What would you do?

Me and my friend Tony pt5

Author – Josh

Went over to Tony’s house  to shoot hoops 

Josh: did you have to go with your mom shopping

Tony: all day

Josh: so how much trouble you in 

Tony: depends on how you look at it I guess

Josh: either you are in trouble are you not

For the first time since we tossed his shoe Tony’s mom had been home all day

Tony: mom ask why I was wearing one shoe I told her I couldn’t find it she said go find your shoe now so I went in my room like I was looking for it mom came in and ask if I found it I said no she turned red and said do without go get in the car.

Josh: so, your grounded

Tony: I don’t know for real she let you come over. 

Josh: how don’t you know

Tony: she is so mad I don’t want to ask plus she is not talking to me

Josh: so you regret it yet

Tony: (stuck his foot up) it’s still crazy weird  

Josh: not a answer

Tony: sometimes 

I had to leave so more later if any wants me to

Temporary shoe loss

Author – Alan

Last Autumn my cousin was visiting me in England from Australia. He was a couple of years younger than me and a bit daring. He had become very interested in the first world war so it seemed a good idea to have a day at the Imperial War Museum in south London. He found it very interesting, but by mid afternoon he was flagging, so we decided to head into the centre of town. We took the underground to the main shopping centre and looked for a coffee shop. We sat down to have something to eat and drink, and it wasn’t long before my right loafer was off under the table. When we had finished I said that I would payand my cousin got up, picked up his rucksack and headed for the door. I felt for my loafer but couldn’t find it. I looked under the table but there was no sign of it. He must have put it in his rucksack. I had to go through the coffee shop to pay with one black loafer and one white sock! As if that wasn’t enough I then had to exit into the street and find my cousin. He denied all knowledge of my shoe and walked off up the road. I had no option but to follow. Pleading with him had no effect; he made me walk for ages in the very busy streets until I said that we should head for the station and get the train home. He agreed, but still wouldn’t give me my shoe. To get to the station we had to get another underground train. I felt so humiliated getting on the train where everybody could see that I had lost a shoe. Humiliated, but also excited! We had to cross the very busy concourse at the station and get on the train. It was only then that he relented and produced my loafer from his rucksack. I looked at my sock. The sole of it was black and had a large hole in it. I took it off and disposed of it in the trash bin. It looked a bit odd so I took the other sock off too. That is the only time that I have worn loafers without socks. But at least I had two shoes!

How long can you last

Author – Bill

When 3 mates get together and are bored anything can happen and what Steve Simon and I decided to do as long term dare or challenge came out of a  silly thing being done by someone else we were sitting in the park just talking when a lad walked past wearing on shoe with just a white sock on the other foot. We asked him what he was doing wearing just one shoe and he said his mates had dared him to go all the way home, including going on the bus, with only one shoe, he said he felt very stupid but you cannot refuse a dare can you. After a few minutes he walked off leaving us with an idea. OK guys said Simon here’s the dare we meet here tomorrow at 10am each wearing one shoe and just a white sock on the other foot, whoever gives up first is the loser and has to buy a meal for the three of us at a fast food place of our choice, and you wiould hand over your shoes on the spot.You are allowed to wear clean socks each day and we all have to do whatever we would normally be doing only we would do it wearing one shoe, what we said, everything ? yes he said everything shopping, playing sport, riding our bikes, everything. There is no time limit just the first to put on two shoes loses whether that is in one day or a week or whatever. No one wanted to be the loser here, not for the sake of the meal but for the pride of keeping going as long as possible. Taking the one shoe off and being in both socked feet is also losing ( except in the house where you would normally wear socks ) The challenge was accepted and we all turned up at 10am in white socks and one shoe, I had a reebok on Steve had his usual grey vans skate shoe on his left foot and Simon had a scruffy white canvas shoe on his right foot. This was just the first day of the challenge and we just hung about for the day in the park not doing much. As we were leaving to head home a couple of lads asked us why we only had one shoe on, we said it was a dare we had been set so we had to do it. The lads laughed and walked off, Simon called after them, Bet you dare not do it, the lads walked back, how long do you have to do this for? A week said Simon, they both took a shoe off each and walked off one in a black sock and one in a white no show one. The following day we decided to go for a ride on our bikes but we met up in the park and just as before we all had one shoe on. A we were riding out of the Park we saw the two lads we met yesterday and they still had one shoe  on but today both wore grey socks. We rode out of town up unto the hills, it was harder cycling with one socked foot than you might think as the pedal was hard on your foot. I asked if it would be cheating if we all took our shoe off and hung around in socks, no if we all did it would be ok. We tied our shoes to our bikes and walked off in our white socks, It was much more comfortable. We rode back to the park not bothering to put our shoe on so we spent most of that day in socks but as we had all done it there was no problem. The following day we reverted to one shoe and one socked foot and by now we were quite used to it and it did not feel odd. On the Saturday we had a game of soccer with some mates and, for a laugh they all decided to play in one shoe and one sock which was a good laugh except in the goal moth area where it was a bit muddy, we all went for a drink afterwards and our mates put their shoes in one guys car boot and stayed in one shoe, we hung about like this for the rest of the day. Sunday came round and of course we went to church, Simon went with his folks and guess what he was wearing two shoes and black socks, after church he joined us to hand around for a bit, he agreed he had lost and very reluctantly handed over his black shoes and we went out to eat as his cost at Nandos he of course had to sit there in his black socks very embarrassed

Shoe theif at Walmart

Author – Adam

I was at Walmart looking for a pair of shoes for whenever School opens up and as I went to try on shoes some weirdo came over and he grabbed my shoes and I asked him to put them down, and then he started running with my shoes.

I gave chase to the shoe thief but I was running in Walmart in my socks and the floor was slippery and there were so many dumbass people in the way and I ended up slipping and falling on my face nearly crushing my glasses as I could hear some shoppers laughing at me.

My Mom caught up to me and went to go find an employee as my knee was bruised up from the fall as a Walmart Employee approached as we explained what happened. My socks were dirty from running and my knee was sore since I wore shorts today and I kind of thought I looked hot with my nice legs and socked feet in walmart.

Walmart decided to sell me a new pair of shoes which was good and all but i’m so pissed and so are my parents, and I hope that creepy man who stole my shoes in Walmart gets caught.

Bootless Joe

Author – JK

Joe had to go to the office of a corporate customer to sort out the mess of cables in a cabinet that a colleague had installed a week earlier. The customer wasn’t pleased with the work quality especially after several visits by Joe’s colleague who just kept leaving without doing the job properly. So Joe had to sort it and a guy called Luke would be watching over him to ensure it was done before he left. This irritated Joe “I don’t need babysitting” he said. Luke said he didn’t want to be there either as he has his own work to.
Luke said “If you give me your truck keys I know you can’t leave before I’ve inspected your work”.
“If it meant you leaving me alone I would but I took the train today” said Joe.
“You’ll want my boots next to stop me leaving” Joe said laughing at the thought.
Luke’s face lit up “Seriously?” He said as he stared at Joe’s black Timberland work boots.
Joe laughed and said he was joking.
“It’s actually a good idea, I could get back to my office” said Luke.
“If it’s gonna make you disappear out of here” said Joe laughing. Luke was unsure if Joe meant it but he wanted to see him taking them off so he pushed the point further.
“Okay, I’ll return them when I’ve checked your completed work” said Luke.
Joe looked down at his boots, his face blushed, he didn’t want to embarrass the guy for taking his suggestion seriously.
As he often kicks off his shoes at his own desk he thought it wouldn’t harm him to work here without his boots and he’d at least be left alone. So he sat on the floor and unlaced and pulled off his boots leaving him in thick black socks with gray toe and heels. He handed his boots to Luke like some middle school kid getting his shoes confiscated.
Luke hid his glee of watching Joe remove his boots, he could smell the warm leather as he held them. He wrote his contact details on a piece of paper telling Joe to phone him when he was done. Joe watched Luke leave, he felt a bit foolish allowing him to take his boots and not know where they had gone. He was just pleased that nobody would see him working in his socks.
Luke got a few strange looks in the elevator carrying the work boots. Back in his office he had a sudden desire to try them on. He kicked off his leather shoes without undoing the laces and slipped his own black socked feet into the still warm boots. Wearing them knowing their owner was elsewhere in his socked feet pleased Luke.
Later Luke decided to check on Joe, it was taking longer than he thought.
“Another few hours, but I need my boots to visit the restroom ” said Joe.
“You’ll get them after you’ve completed the job” said Luke suggesting he visits the restroom in his socks. Joe sensed that Luke was taking great pleasure denying him his footwear. A desperate Joe demanded Luke’s shoes as he wasn’t walking around a busy building shoeless.
Luke pretended to protest as he took off his shoes but he secretly enjoyed watching the workman putting them on.
“Don’t pee on my shoes” said Luke
Joe smiled at the young office worker as he walked out wearing his shoes.
Luke pretended he’d been shoe jacked and he was left stranded in his socked feet.
Ten minutes later the door opened, it wasn’t Joe but a janitor, Luke blushed as the guy stared at him in his suit and shoeless feet, he emptied the trash cans and removed bits of paper lying around, he stared again at Luke’s unshod feet as he left the room. Joe eventually returned half an hour later and told Luke that he’d decided to grab food from the deli across the street.
“Did you enjoy being stuck in here without your shoes?” asked Joe, Luke pretended not to have but now he wanted his shoes back,
“Get my boots first” said Joe.
“I’ll just have to stay and watch you work until you give them back” said Luke.
“The shoe is on the other foot” said Joe jokingly as he pointed out to Luke that it was now him shoeless but the young worker secretly enjoyed being in his socks. Joe gave in first, he was getting irritated with Luke constantly looking over his shoulder.  He took off Lukes shoes but before giving them back he stripped out the laces and put them in his pocket. “You’ll get your laces when I get my boots” said Joe. Luke put his feet into his shoes. The weight of the heels forced his feet out of the shoes with every step. The elevator lobby was busy with workers leaving for the day, they could hear Luke’s heels hitting the polished tiled floor causing everyone to stare, he wished he left Joe wearing them as his black socked feet would of been less noticeable. Back at his desk he kept sliding his feet in and out of his now loose fitting shoes. He wanted to go home but would have to wait to inspect Joe’s work and get his shoelaces.
Joe had finally finished but couldn’t find the paper with Luke’s contact number. Without knowing Luke’s office location he sat on the floor and waited for him to return. An hour later he went looking for Luke, the place was deserted. A security guard stopped him and asked for his visitors pass, Joe hadn’t realised it was missing, the guard also questioned Joe’s lack of footwear. The more Joe tried to explain the more bizarre it sounded and the guard wasnt buying it so took him to the security office. He didn’t know Luke’s last name making it more difficult to find him. Joe had been uncomfortable sitting shoeless in the security office for an hour until they eventually located Lukes office, they found Joe’s visitors pass to confirm his identity but no Luke and no boots.
“He has my boots and I have his shoelaces. The security shook his head as he escorted a boot less Joe out of the building.

Me and my friend Tony pt4

Author – Josh

I text Tony
Josh: we going to the cliffs
Tony: if you want
Josh: thought you wanted to find your shoe
Tony: kind of
Josh: meet me there if you do

We look for a while of no shoe

Josh: you sorry you didn’t find it
Tony: yes but kinda no
Josh: you said do it I did it
Tony: let’s just go
Josh: besides when you mom catches you your dead anyways
Tony: that’s Friday because I have to go shopping with her

It’s crazy like to day Tony wore white skinny jeans black shirt. And his yellow airmax  and a black Nike sock it is so obvious he is missing a shoe then complains.

Josh: don’t get it you wanted one shoe you got it now you want two
Tony: no I really don’t but don’t want in trouble either. 

Punishment I guess

Author – Jeremy

This is really embarrassing and not making excuses for anything I did we live in a medium size town a lot of free time especially with this virus. There is this old house two streets over grass real tall falling apart looks like a old movie horror and a bunch of stories to go with it. my friends dared me to go in and see what was there.so after enough dares I said ok I was scared and went through a kitchen window and made it to the living room I realized someone lived in the house and headed back to the window. An old man yelled stop what are you doing it scared me and I tripped, and my shoe came off I said I thought it was an abandoned house. He said does it look abandoned.  The Man grabbed my arm and made me set on the floor and said he was calling the police I begged him not to I would do anything I thought the house was empty. He stood there and looked at me and said so I should just let you walk out of here after you broke into my house that is the problem with teenagers they have no respect how would you feel if I went to your house and broke in and took your stuff. I wasn’t going to take anything I just want to look around I really thought nobody lived here. So, you should get away with this. Please don’t call the police the man said you’re not getting away with this. I said please anything but calling the police are my parents. The man said just go I got up to leave and bent down to get my shoe the old Man said leave it and go. what? he said leave your shoe you can come back in 30 days and get it. I only have one pair. He said fine I will call the police. I said please no. Then leave it I ran out the door I got to the sidewalk and started walking home looking down thinking how to explain this and if I told anybody they would know what I did. I had to walk by my friend’s house and the guys that dared me came out and ask if I went to the old house they noticed I was wearing one shoe and ask why. I didn’t want to say what happen because I was worried, they would tell someone, and my parents would find out, so I said I didn’t go because I hurt my foot. I could think of anything else to say.