Nope. Absolutely not. This will not be tolerated. Monkey was seated on the aircraft with his family, a vacation. He good-naturedly wore the beautiful crown made by his vivacious monkey daughter in celebration of her first airplane ride. Then this, and he was not going to have it. He wouldn't.
He turned off his Kindle, replaced the folding tray back up into the seat in front of him, scratched under his ample chin, took a deep breath to keep calm, closed his eyes, counted to ten, then unbuckled his seat belt and made to get up.
"Honey, please just let it go," pleaded his pretty monkey wife. She was truly wonderful and he'd be lost without her.
"It's the shoes," he responded.
"I saw it. Can we let it go this once," offering what she knew was a futile request.
He stepped out into the aisle.
A nearby passenger had taken off his shoes. No joke. He'd taken his shoes off while sitting in a closely confined seating arrangement issuing total disregard for his neighbors' olfactory safety! The sneakers were sitting there for all to see. Neatly tucked up under the seat in front, side by side, laces askew.
The shoeless passenger sat there in his stockinged feet. He was peaceably writing in some kind of journal oblivious to the brewing commotion. Then he looked up. A monkey stood before him and did not look pleased. He was magnificently crowned, but no pleased. Then he spoke . . .
[Inspired by the above artwork in a recent Kiplinger's Personal Finance Magazine. The periodical is not known for its artistic quality, but that item caught my imagination in a fine mood. Plus, I'm the uncouth bastard who has occasionally been known to remove his shoes during flight.]
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