Shoenapped

Imagine you are comfortably sleeping on a long flight.... pillow and blanket (if you are lucky enough to get one) are adjusted and you have kicked off your shoes to let your toes breathe. ZZZZZzz..... 3 hours go by until IT happens. (insert dramatic silence). You wake up with a jolt, a weird tingling sensation, an urge that just won't go away.... you must use the restroom! Quickly, you throw off the blanket, rub the sleep out of your eyes, wake up the other 2 passengers (because of course you are seated/squished against the window), and try to put on your shoes. Problem. No shoes... you look under the seat in front of you, the seat behind you, the seat next to you, even in the overhead bin in desperation as the "I need to use the restroom NOW" sensation becomes more urgent. Every passenger and Flight Attendant is now looking for your shoes. Still not finding your shoes- you make a barefoot-mad-dash for the restroom! (WARNING!: DO NOT TRY THIS ON YOUR NEXT FLIGHT. NEVER EVER EVER EVER GO BAREFOOT OR WEAR ONLY SOCKS IN THE BATHROOM. YOU WILL CATCH A DISEASE AND MOST LIKELY DIE.) After you have used the restroom and thoroughly disinfected your feet, you return to your seat. And what do you find waiting there oh so innocently? Your lovely shoes. Naturally, you would dismiss the incident as you being tired and overlooking them in your haste to use the restroom. However, your shoes were probably victims in a horrible crime known as Shoenapping. Yes Shoenapping.
True Story: My roommate was working a flight where a man was stealing people's shoes as they slept, taking them into the restroom, and victimizing the shoes. Needless to say, she had to ask him to please stop stealing people's shoes. About 5 pairs of shoes were victims on that horrible flight, please don't let it happen to your shoes. Foot fetish. Shoe fetish. Fungus Fetish. Whatever the proper name is... LEAVE OUR SHOES ALONE!!!