I dont see the big deal. If they walked through mud or something before entering, then i understand why you’d make them take shoes off at the door. Other than that, please wear your shoes if you come over to my house. I ain't tryna smell nobody feet #FeelFreeToList#WatchYourShoes
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Since people keep mentioning pets... for those who said SHOES OFF... what do y'all do regarding pets? Im personally not a fan of indoor pets, but do y'all carry them outside/back to pee so that they dont track up y'all stuff 🤔
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Well like i said, if you come over to my place, keep your shoes on unless your spending the night. Only time aside from that that people were able to take their shoes off here is if we had a game tournament... Cause i wanted everyone to get comfy. We didn't care if you put your feet up on the couch as long as it ain't on the table. And please wear socks...
I HATE HATE HATE HATE HATE IT when people require you to take your shoes off in their house. I will make every effort to avoid going to their house, and if I do have to go there, then I'll usually bring a newer, cleaner pair of shoes that I'll put on only in their house.
I always love to have my shoes on, bc you never know when/if you have to run out of the house in an emergency, and if it is truly an emergency, every second counts, and you don't want to waste precious few seconds putting your shoes on.
It was never a tradition in the family or culture I grew up in to remove shoes when entering a house. I never knew any household that did that when I was growing up and I've encountered very few in my entire life. Those who do have that tradition seem to be mostly Asian or East Indian.
FUCK NO !!! Absolutely not. I have been passionate about this my ENTIRE life, no matter where I've lived. It is a statistical fact that houses that don't allow outside shoes are vastly cleaner than ones that do!! (look it up!) -- It is a hallmark of Japanese culture, and they are renown for their cleanliness. I can personally attest to my own preservation of carpeting & flooring compared to other households that thrash their carpeting -- plus, having witnessed the difference it made in my mom's rental properties. Being a dirtybird is easily preventable, just with that one step. (ASK ANY CARPET CLEANER OR FLOORING PROFESSIONAL!)
THINK ABOUT IT! All the shit, and microscopic bacteria, viruses, muck, grease, contaminants, pesticides, chemicals, and disgusting SHIT you walk through and on, everyday, & that obviously hitches a ride on the bottom of your shoes!!! -- Think of the foul public restrooms, parking lots, and other nasty shit you encounter!! -- (YUCK) -- You want to bring that inside your fucking house? NO WAY, NO HOW! I make EVERYONE take their shoes off, period... OR I have booties I offer to slip right over their shoes. (The kind service people should always come with). I take it VERY seriously.
I didn’t even think that wearing shoes inside a house was a thing, lol. No outside shoes are allowed to be worn inside my house. Slippers are fine of course. For my dogs, if their feet are dirty when they come inside, I have a special paw cleaner where they just put their feet in through a sponge, into water, and then the sponge wipes the paw on the way out. They know exactly what to do when they come inside. If there’s people that actually carry their dogs around inside, that’s just hilarious 🤣 Do they not own mops or brooms?
The streets and sidewalks are so nasty here where I live, and then there’s the nasty crap all over the subway and stations that gets tracked everywhere. Soot, garbage, bird shit and probably human shit as well, gum, food... ugh. So yeah, shoes come off at the door no matter what.
I would never wear my outside shoes in someone else’s house either, even if they say it’s okay. I find it incredibly rude of me to do so.
I find it more rude if someone outside of Asian culture were to ask me to remove my shoes. I dont know anyone around here who asks for u to take shoes off. Plus we spend over $100-300 on our kicks so we keep em clean for the most part anyways
I think it’s more of a US thing, to wear shoes in the house. It’s definitely not that way in Canada - if you do wear shoes inside the house, it’s outside of the norm. People can do what they want, that’s fine, but I think in general it’s just not done here.
It’s not only Asian cultures that require the removal of shoes upon entering the house. Many Slavic and Eastern European cultures frown upon wearing shoes in the house. That’s the culture I grew up with here in Canada, and my husband grew up in Serbia and that’s how it is. If you enter a traditional household, you will be asked to remove your shoes and wear slippers or soft house shoes. If you don’t have any of your own, they will be provided to you before you can go inside. Much like how it is in a traditional Japanese household.
I don’t spend that much on my everyday shoes so 🤷🏻♀️
Yep I agree if the shoes don't have any dirt or mud I don't mind as it just isn't a big deal to me. Honestly I think the two reasons why people sometimes expect people to take their shoes off is one they many view it as a matter of personal respect as if you leave them on some people could get offended that you are not bothering to take your shoes off since while not to many people they could interpret as a sign of disrespect. The other reason being I think that it comes from relatives and cultures were they may have learnt to take your shoes off in a house so it becomes a tradition and pleasantry to do so for many people! But yeah I personally don't mind as long as they don't dirty the floor XD
Stinky feet? That's ok. I have 3 bathrooms & plenty of wash cloths, towels & soap options. I'm an adult.
I have invited folk over before right after they finished a long walk, bike ride or some hard work. Of course I offer them a shower! That helps them feel more comfortable for dinner or games/movies.
When I planned a party for 20 that include 90 minutes in the heat before dinner, I advertised shower options in tge invitations.
Just feet? Make yourself comfortable! I don't want dirty shoes tracking my place up. Its disrespectful to dirty a person's place. But is someone wants to wear shoes, I am ok with that also.
A big crowd is probably better shoed -less foot injuries from stepping on toes.
But sock feet tend to be kor comfortable.
Did I mention I always keep an unopened pack of clean socks in man sizes?
At my own place, yeah, it's not a big deal to me as the condo I have is all hardwood flooring and tile. Take them off if you're going to put your feet up on my bed though!
However at my sister's or my parents, shoes come off. My sister has a toddler and an infant and is not wanting her children to contract anything off the floor as shoes from god knows where and what it's stepped on coming into the floors of the house gives her unsettling ideas. As for my parents, it's a hardcore east Asian cultural thing, you leave your outdoor shoes on the rug/shoe rack by the storm door and they'll offer you house slippers for when you come in.
Unless it’s a pretty formal party nobody leaves shoes on here. In fact even when people show up in suits and heels they just automatically take them off unless you insist they don’t. The fact we have months or snow is likely a factor. My family who lived in the UK nobody took shoes off. It’s a regional thing.
Ahh i see. Cause yea its not really snow here. Mud/dirt is just like in the woods/park/beach. Other than that, people are walking on concrete or gravel so no reason to take shoes off
well it's kinda like this, I have a carpeted house and I like to lay on the floor when my kids were younger and now my grandkids. Seeing a baby crawl around and make there first steps is priceless. People's shoes are worn in public wherever they go, it could be to walk across a ferltized lawn, step in anything on the ground unknowingly, in stores, public restrooms, a repair shop, place of business, etc... the germa and filth that can accumulate on a person's shoes 👞 is astounding. I don't want anyone's shoes getting wiped on my clean floor. I live in a home that the floors are cleaned and vacuumed every day. I prefer they stay clean. I personally wash the bottom of my shoes, boots, sneakers when I get home before I put them away... 😊
AMEN!!! I agree 100% -- You and me are two peas in a pod! I am a daily vacuum freak, and wash the bottoms of all my shoes, every time before putting them away.
Well I always wondered how its in the Western countries, I was planning to ask a friend abroad about it.
In my country, at least in my state, its not appreciated for people to enter the house with their shoes even if they are the persons living in the house. It can be taken as a rude behavior.
Also I feel its more clean, especially in the rainy season. There are many bacteria and viruses out there.
Some people have separate slippers to wear inside their house only.
Also its more appropriate for houses having infants as they tend to swim on the floor.
I live in NA as well and here in the south, at least in my state, at least in my city, no one around here does that... and thats both in all the hoises i’ve been to in the cityside and countryside. And im not just talking family. Im talking friends, classmates, coworkers, etc of diff ethnicities
I dont really care if people keep their shoes on because I have hardwood floors and they're easier to clean. As for pets... it's really not an issue unless its wet and muddy outside. They're not dirty or anything just from going out to potty. If it is wet out I just wipe their paws off and keep them off the furniture til they're dry.
Yes, I do allow guests to do that. I personally always take my OWN shoes off every time I walk into my house because I feel like that keeps the carpets cleaner. But I give guests a pass on that. I feel like it would be a bit on the rude side and could also make them feel uncomfortable if I made them take anything off when they came in.
As a European, I've never experienced someone *not* taking their shoes off upon entry into someone's house, we all take shoes of, every time, without fail.
I actually thought it was a joke that some cultures do it, it's unthinkable and odd to me.
But I do so out of comfort, and I hate wearing shoes, not because I don't want them tracking grit or mud in my house. Well that too, but that's not the main reason, lol
I grew up walking around barefoot in my mom's house: now she would fuss at me and my siblings and make us sweep the floors if we tracked grit or mud in the house! So we just learned to take our shoes off at the door, lol
Haha, I'm down here in the South so it's easy to track stuff in building/houses: dirt, clay (red dirt), mud... you name it! Come to think of it, most people that I know around here prefer you be barefoot coming in their homes: not sure if that's a southern thing, or just us being comfortable/too lazy to sweep
Im in the south too. I live between the countryside and cityside. But people here are sneakerfreaks so we keep our kicks clean for the most part. I dont know anyone here who requests shoes be removed. The red dirt here is just in areas where you go fishing or build houses. Other than that, people are just walking on concrete/gravel. We actually find feet to be the dirty part and prefer people keep their socks/shoes on unless theyre staying the night. And thats not just my household either. Thays a majority of people in my city
I like to walk around barefeet so I don’t want people to walk around with shoes on because you never know what they might have stepped on while outside. Also I don’t think they’re feet should stink unless they don’t shower everyday so I just assume their feet won’t stink 😭
Eww then you always have to wear shoes or you will be stepping on a dirty floor. Unless you sweep the floor every night but thats so much work to avoid taking your shoes off.
Keep your floor clean keep shoes at the door and walk around in socks and barefoot.
Yes, living in Asia people tend to take their shoes off when they enter someone's place. Usually, I would just tell them to keep their shoes on unless if they're in my bedroom. Normally I would just prepare extra slippers in case if I have guests over.
Yeah, there's just too much area to be like yeah travel all this without the shoe plus part of our house is open, as in a whole side of it (there are windows but they are open unless it rains or something) so it's not that it's a closed space which always is in dirt free conditions. It gets cleaned like 2-3 times a day (or so I assume) so I presume at some times it would be not very clean to walk around barefoot.
Nope, it's not (only) because I don't want to get dirt on my floor/carpet but also because I'm used to not wearing any shoes in my house except slippers.
I am not gonna force my guests to take of their shoes but I'm gonna politely suggest it and hope that they will listen
That's a big no no and actually considered extremely ill mannered/rude were I live. The shoes are dirty so you can't come in wearing them (we always have slippers ready for guests). Ohh and feet hygiene is crucial and always on point, so we don't run the risk of asphyxiating our host with smelly feet.
Yeah, I mean we got hardwood floors so it's not a big deal if someb wears shoes through the house.. Now, if I had clean floors or carpet, but I would make them take it off.. And probably have a little foot tub with some soap waitin just in case they got some dorito smell a$$ feet..
I live in my mother house so I have nothing to say but if i were in my house I would tell people to bring their slipper to wear in my house as to not dirt the floor after if it's people that come uninvited just cause they wanted to tell me hi and take news I would let them wear their shoes. (but is it's people I invited I would tell them to take off their shoes and wear slipper).
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