Shoe/shoe then sock/sock so your shoes don't get dirty
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Sock, sock shoe, shoe.
Usually because I put my socks on in the bedroom, but my shoes are by the back door: i don't put them on unless I am going outside.
Sock/sock and then shoe/shoe, BECAUSE the shoes may not be in the same room as the socks.
How do you like them apples?
Shoes belong in the entryway. Socks in the bedroom. Socks will always be put on before shoes.
There are a couple of niche situations where one might put socks and shoes on at the same time/place, but the norm of socks first then travelling to the shoes dictates that socks first, shoes after.
The one exception is when for example, changing in a public space, or outside, where you don't want to get your sock dirty, so you put sock then shoe and then sock then shoe
Sock/sock, then shoe/shoe, because the shoes are in a different room. Walking around in shoes indoors is a big nono.
Left sock right sock left shoe right shoe
I dont want a shoe and sock on one foot and nothing on the other, how does that not drive you nuts
If the floor is wet like at the pool, it's sock shoe sock shoe.
Any other time it's sock sock shoe shoe, because I am not tracking the outside world into my house or bedroom, and the shoes are at the front door.
You wear socks to the pool?
Oh, you don't use the dressing room?
Well you are right, at our local pool you leave shoes at the racks before walking barefoot down the hallway to the dressing rooms, but when leaving the pool I still go sock-shoe because that is a public outdoor shoe mat.
Similar principles to food-safe cross-contamination prevention.
Socks first, then shoes. Mainly because I put my shoes on at the door and my sox on in the bedroom when I wake up.
Obviously sock sock, shoe shoe.
Because you grab your pair of socks from the drawer, unroll them, put one on, then you're still holding a second sock... It would be madness to just put down the sock you're already holding.
Finally, shoes, you left them... in some room in the house. Go find them.
Socks, then shoes. My socks are stored in my bedroom, and my shoes near the entryway of my home. I'm not one of those filthy casuals who wears their shoes inside.
My shoes stay at the door and never used in the house.
So sock sock first then shoe shoe.
Maybe it's cultural but I don't understand why would anyone wear shoes at home.
No clue.y personal reasons are cleanliness and a personal hatred for wearing shoes. I don’t even like being in socks only. Whenever I can I’m barefoot. It’s just more comfortable for me.
I don't understand why anyone would wear socks at home, either.
Circumstance.
If you're constantly going in/out, it's a waste of time.
And honestly it doesn't make any difference for me - my carpets get just as dirty just as fast whether I take shoes off or not.
I still take them off, but since I clean the carpets I know exactly how little difference it makes. It's a "feel good" exercise in my house.
Waste of time and cleanliness don't get align though. It must be cultural then. I just cannot even think about how it would be so dirty wearing shoes in the house. In Eastern culture, the home should be clean and not a place you would enter with your shoes on.
Sock, sock, show, shoe.
Sometimes you grab two socks and then one of the socks is wrong. I'm not walking around in one shoe to fix my sock problem.
Anyone wearing one sock and shoe with one fully naked foot is either deeply deranged or some kind of alien pod person. It is a pale approximation of human behavior. Unless you are stumbling away from a grenade attack or something, there is no reason to ever exist like that, even momentarily.
Wearing shoes around the house is filthy.
Normal shoes I'll do sock/sock shoe/shoe. For lace up calf length boots I'll do sock/boot sock/boot because it's a whole process and if I don't adjust the sock just right it gets super bunched or overly tight on the toesies.
So, really, it depends on the context.
sock shoe, because that foot is already up in the "operating theatre" so to speak
then the other sock and shoe
one foot at a time
After reading the other replies I feel the need to elaborate: I don't wear socks without shoes. Ever. The point of a sock is to protect the shoe from the foot.
I don't understand the logistics.
Do you go to your bedroom, grab a pair of socks, walk with them in hand to the door, and then juggle them while putting everything on?
This was on an episode of Archie Bunker.
Socks first. Some days I don't go outside at all but am wearing socks around the house.
Sock shoe, sock shoe, because I have a golden retriever and don't want her fur on my socks.
sock/sock shoe/shoe because I put in my socks in the bedroom but don't put in my shoes until I get to the closet by the front door.
I'm rarely in the position where I put my shoes on at the same time as my socks. Socks go on when I get dressed, shoes go on when I go out, unless maybe I'm camping in a small tent getting dressed rarely coincides with when I go out. I assume this is the case for most people.
Shoe then shoe. I generally don't wear socks because I am always wearing dress flats for work, and they are comfy enough for weekends too.
Ok seriously, what kind of psychopath puts on their socks right before putting on their shoes?
It goes, wake up, eat breakfast, shower, t-shirt socks pants, then you mill about losing precious time, THEN you panic and run into the hallway put on the shoes and go out the door.
What kind of barbarian dystopia are you people living in?!
Those two activities are unrelated to me. sock/sock after the shower, shoe/shoe before leaving the dwelling.
I have either a pair of socks or a pair of shoes in my hands. So doing anything else besides sock/sock shoe/shoe would require me to put things down only to pick em up again a second later which would be stupid.
Or I can go shoe/shoe and then sock/sock and watch the whole world burn.
I don't wear socks inside the house. Wear closed toe shoes outside mostly for work (boots), otherwise it's thongs or similar. I put my socks on in the mudroom along with my boots, so its sock/boot, sock/boot.
Sock shoe for me. I have 2 dogs and 2 cats. There's no amount of sweeping and two Roombas that gets all the hair, even with hardwood flooring.
if i'm where the shoes are, it's sock-shoe, sock-shoe.
if i'm not.. it's sock-sock, then slippers or crocs until i get to the door where the shoes would then be.
Sock/sock shoe/shoe. Because having one foot warmer than the other while I'm tying my laces is unreasonably annoying.
My shoes aren't usually next to my bed in the morning.
Neither are my socks.
Where are they then? Don't you keep your clothes in your bedroom?
Sock Sock Shoe Shoe.
because I'm not a fucking lunatic sociopath.
Socks first then shoes. My brain prefers to take care of similar tasks when repetition of several steps is involved.
sock sock shoe shoe
but sock shoe sock shoe makes sense to me movement wise so I might try it someday
Sock/sock then shoe/shor because i keep my shoes by the door
All in the Family - Sock and a Sock, Shoe and a Shoe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=prRtcQz8Uqk
Sock sock while getting dressed, then moccasin moccasin for puttering around. Then it's shoe shoe with leaving home.
Sock/shoe, sock/shoe usually. I never wear socks unless I am putting on shoes to leave the house, so i collect the socks and shoes I'm wearing and put them on all at once right before I leave. Sock/shoe, sock/shoe minimizes the possibility of my socks picking up stray hair/lint/etc and shoving it into my shoes.
Want to weigh in with one more sock/shoe situation: when I'm in the changing room at the pool and the floor around me is wet from me dripping all over, there is no other place to put a socked foot down, so it goes straight into the shoe.
A changing bench I designed and am currently finishing. Current shoes go on the surface next to the pad. Additional shoes for winter, dress shoes, etc. go below. Slide-out hamper in the middle.
I put on one sock and if I'm putting on my shoes at the same time, I then put on a shoe, because my leg is up on my knee so why switch back and forth? The shoe is right there next to me, so I put it on. Also, apparently I'm a "savage" for choosing to wear shoes in my own house. So be it. RAWR!

Socks then shoes.
In the winter I often switch from regular socks used with shoes on cleared sidewalks to warmer socks and boots when working in snowy spots. Even then I switch both socks out before putting on either boot. Mismatched socks feel so wrong.
here is the thing. I think the meatheads argument is better but I still prefer to do it like archie.
Depends on the socks. Short socks it's sock, shoe, sock shoe. Long socks it's sock, sock, trousers, boot, boot
Sock/Sock, then shoe/shoe
Feels more symmetrical. Plus, having one foot with a shoe with the other being barefooted feels awkward
Sock/sock. Why on earth do you savages wear shoes inside?
Why are you wearing socks in your own house? You're in private. Let your toes breathe.
You call me a "savage" for choosing to wear shoes in my own house? I'm not wearing shoes in YOUR house, so why the harsh judgment? Let people be over things that don't involve you.
In most cases socks then shows. My shoes are by the door so it doesn't make sense to do anything else; shoes are gross and not wearing them inside is better.
Exception: I injured my back and doing sock+shoe was easier but, still, by the door
Shoe, sock; shoe, sock, of course.
You all still do socks before shoes like little kids? Uh, ok. /s
This does not require an explanation, there is a correct answer and people doing it the other way are wrong.
If I’m going to work, sock/sock, shoe/shoe for what I would hope are obvious logistical reasons.
If I’m off, neither. I don’t actually care for footwear and if I have to venture out I have sandals and I don’t mind rawdogging the porch or lawn.
If I’m drunk it’s a free for all. Shoe/shoe, or Shoe/sock, or just sock, not necessarily where said sock is designed to go.

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