Posted by droppedit on August 22, 2001 at 13:51:58:
LOST A PUMP
Those of you excited by incidences of attractive women losing their shoe and stranded in public, here is my second story. You would remember my first posting on August 11, about a stewardess losing her pump when on duty at airport.
As I have promised last time, the content is not fictitious. It all happened 4-5 years ago, when my wife, who is a fairly young and attractive businesswoman, took a cab to go to her downtown appointment. That was a cold day, and even some snowflakes were flying around. She is a thin and tall brunette, and her long legs were exposed on that day thanks to her above-knees skirt. Her smart business jacket and heavy overcoat were complemented by hi-quality nude pantyhose, and a pair of black leather pumps, with mildly pointed toes at the front. 3 inch heels were rectangular and slightly thicker at top than classical models. That was a stylish pair that was up to the fashion of the day. They were worn for no more than a few months, and did not show any sign of being worn-off. Like most of her office shoes, those pumps were half-a-size too big to give her comfort during long meetings. She had even walked out of that pair a couple of times before.
The cab stopped on the busiest main avenue in downtown, just across the building she was supposed to go. As the cab had blocked the right lane and the cars behind had already begun honking, she hastily paid driver, got her bill, hurriedly stepped out, her right leg first, and slammed the door. As the cab moved, she put her suspended left foot on the ground and instantly felt cold pavement. She looked down in panic to see that her left pump was missing. Obviously, as she pulled her leg out of the cab in a hurry, her left pump had slipped off and fallen in the cab.
She immediately looked for the cab, which had already covered some 50-60 feet by now. Luckily, it was slowing down for a traffic light – a red one. Without much hesitation, she started running with only one shoe and tip-toeing on the other foot, to catch the cab waiting for the light to turn green. That was a crowded sidewalk, and some of the people had seen the whole episode right from the beginning. She felt very stupid and embarrassed.
When she was some 10-15 feet away from the cab, she saw in despair the traffic light turn green, and the cab with her left pump dash away. Damn, she thought, I am stranded on city’s busiest avenue with a single shoe. She had only minutes to make it to her appointment, and the thought of going there with a missing pump was terrifying. Besides, the weather was real cold and sidewalk she tiptoed was rapidly turning wet. Her left foot was already freezing, and she thought she could not go on for the rest of the day like this. So, she quickly reached for her mobile phone, called the people she was supposed to meet, and cancelled the appointment saying a real emergency came up.
Then, she walked to the traffic light where she had failed to catch the cab, crossed the six-lane avenue to get another cab on the opposite sidewalk. Yet, her embarrassment for the day was not over: crossing the avenue at the traffic light, she had to walk one shoe one, one shoe off through the eyes of waiting drivers. She could see some of them starring at her feet, obviously to her left foot missing a pump. At last, she made it to the other side, and has got a cab not before too long to go home. That right pump is still kept at depths of a shoe closet. She never discarded it.