JustErin said:

Either that or they shouldn't live in a house.

violator said:

Ew.

JDInteractive said:

No, I'd be a gracious host and say "Oh, you've got something on your shoe" and then give them the opportunity to take their shoes off. And then I'd clean it up myself after they left.

Raze said:

Weirdo!

absolutely no shoes in my house

typically I feel bad walking through open houses with my shoes on.

Raze said:

You're far too polite and I think you wouldn't really behave so in that position! Just purely playing Devil's advocate here but what if they didn't grasp the 'opportunity' to take their shoes off and were rubbing their shoes all over the place?

JustErin said:

There's nothing more disgusting to me than walking into a kitchen or bathroom in socks when there's a puddle or a dripping from some faucet or bottle or melted bits of ice, or whatever (you know it happens), and stepping in it with a sock on. It makes my skin crawl to be walking around in a damp sock.

Raze said:

Me too, the house I live in has tile through out, the floor is very cold, much more comfortable walking around with shoes

JDInteractive said:

Well then they're just rude and there's no need for me to be a gracious host or for them to be there. But I try to associate with a naturally polite class of people that wouldn't be doing that. I wouldn't be having that kind of person over to my house in the first place. But it's not my business to ask someone who comes into my home to teach them manners by removing their shoes. Hell, I don't care if there's stuff on the floor. I'll clean it up. I'm not that picky about stuff.

Raze said:

yeah, that would be unnerving when you typically walk around with shoes on.
Then you'd be wiping up all the dirt from the shoes with your wet sock.

Raze said:

What kind of friends/family do you have???

Ya, that shit is really gross.

JustErin said:

I'm talking about even in my own home. You walk into the kitchen, and an hour before, you've gotten some ice out of the freezer or ice machine, and a cube or even little flakes of it landed on the floor without you knowing and then melted. You walk through in socks, and immediately, you've got a nasty damp sock sticking to your foot. Ick.

Same for if the dog pisses or the cat pukes, or you dripped something when getting it out of the fridge, etc.

Raze said:

I see what you're saying...but since no one wears shoes in my house (and I am super anal about cleaning) my floors are not dirty so a little water on the floor isn't a huge deal really.

I usually don't leave dog piss, cat puke and dripped stuff on the floor long enough to get walked in either.

JustErin said:

My point is that you don't know it's there in the first place and that I'd rather walk through it with a barrier between it and my shoes than to end up with a soggy sock.

I think its rude to ask me to take my shoes off.


I generally don't go over to homes where this is the rule

dannyd5050 said:

It'd be a tougher sell this time around...

just to let you guys know, in some cultures it's a huge faux pas not to take off your shoes in someone's home- in my experience it's been with korean relatives & friends, but i think it might be other cultures too.

evenstar said:

Like I said, I don't think I've ever been in a situation where someone came in my house and didn't take their shoes off. I dunno what culture we all fall into though.

JustErin said:

freaky canadian culture

I think some times it depends on where you live. When I lived in Florida ppl rarely removed their shoes when entering someone's house. We rarely had dirty or muddy shoes since their was grass and concrete everywhere. If someone had light carpet they usually had you remove your shoes on the front screened porch before entering the house.

evenstar said:

I understand that but some folks just tryin' to keep there carpets clean....i'm sorry but don't invite folks over. I'm not taking my shoes off UNLESS it is a cultural issue.


I go over my aunts house and don't take off anything and she looks at me all pissy. She also is the type to have plastic on her furniture.

I follow the lead of my hosts.

Sometimes I'd rather leave them on, sometimes I'd rather not (or it is necessity, tracking snow all over the place...).

Raze said:

guests should always respect the house rules.

My house is a shoe house - you gotta take them shits off in the entrance way, just like I do every time I enter my home (I wear socks or slippers, & the slippers are never worn out the front door, not even in the hallway!). Not only do I not want whatever dirt is on the bottom of your shoe tracking all through the place, but I'll be damned if a mf will walk on my clean bathroom rugs w/ some fucking shoes on Who wants to get out of the shower & step their clean feet onto remnants of somebody's shoe dirt?? Taking them off @ the door ensures that you won't wander into the bathroom with them on (which is the room I'm most anal about). It just puts MY mind @ ease I always apologize the first time I catch someone off guard w/ that, but the next time you'll know & can put on some decent socks

Rhonda, I'm shocked! How the fuck am I gonna throw you a dinner party if you won't take off your damn shoes??

dannyd5050 said:

I always politely ask people to remove their shoes when entering my house. I also remove my shoes when entering someone else's house.

CarrieMpls said:

Exactly.

JustErin said:

yeah, I think its just a thing of when you see how a person lives, then you apply the rule...
yours I would assume to take them off,
Raze on the other hand, in a jungle of melting ice cat puke and dog shit, Im assuming Id know to leave them on.
ya know
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I used to make all my friends remove their shoes before entering my house cuz of wear and tear on the rugs and who knows what kind of spit/shit the step in outside. One day though a friend warned me his feet stunk and as soon as I smelled them I made him keep his shoes on.

PEJ said:

In my house, no problem keep your shoes on, I ripped the carpet up long ago, so bare floors it is. In others home, I don't have a problem taking off my shoes. Funny though over the last decade or so I've met more people who've "adopted" the motherland culture of taking the shoes off as oppose to those who just want to keep their carpets clean.