I was Honor Guard in the USN for a few months before going overseas and I never payed attention to the direction of my laces. Must have been correct since I was never told to change them. If we think about it left should be the oppisite of the right in order to appear semetrical. Of course we must realise there is a right way, a wrong way and the military way to do things.

I never thought about it.

Um I just lace em up and double knot them and go about my day.

I learned the Ian Knot yesterday thanks to this thread!
It's so much better than the old fashioned double standard knot I was doing before ...