Yes, put that nice fresh sock straight into that shoe decreasing the risk of picking up a dust bunny or small rock by outing your fresh sock on the floor.

how many times have you urgently needed to execute a task *in the middle of putting on your shoes* and have had to run about with one shoed foot, and one bare, because YOU were unprepared?!

If you're going to put it on the shoe, why not just put it in the shoe instead?

because it takes a second to put the other sock on and 30 seconds to lace up my boot.