Well, it baffles me that people would even want to be walking around barefoot on a plane, eww, but to each his own there.

But, that said, I just find it sad how we've become as a society. Its the whole "well, Im comfortable, you must deal with it" mentality that is constantly justified with 100 different reasons. The word decorum , apparently, has been lost. So men should go shirtless if they want? Where hats at dinner? So while, in the big scheme of things, the world won't die if my kids decide to eat their mashed potatoes with their hands to stuff them in their mouths ( and even after washing their hands), I find it completely inappropriate , just like I find the barefoot issue. Heck, I make sure my son has shoes on just to answer the door!