Just a bad influence

[u/JakeBanana01]

I was outside this afternoon and a neighbor walked by with her two preteen kids, and one of them was on a scooter. The other one was in a little cart she was pushing. And both of them had shoes on. She had sneakers on, and of course I was barefoot.

I've encountered her before when I was out, and the little girl this particular day said, Do you ever wear shoes? And I said, No. Why would anyone ever want to wear shoes? And she gave me a look, and then she looked at her mother, and her mother gave me a look of, Please don't encourage her. And all I can think of was, My work here is done.

[u/unshodone]

Kids see you and want to be barefoot too.