From the article: Wearing Shoes in the House
While some people insists that guests remove their shoes upon entering their house, others prefer that visitors leave their shoes on -- but what's really interesting to me is the reasons behind these decisions.
What are your feelings on wearing shoes in the house? If you have a house shoe rule, I'd love to hear what it is, and why you have it. Share Your Thoughts
What are your feelings on wearing shoes in the house? If you have a house shoe rule, I'd love to hear what it is, and why you have it. Share Your Thoughts
Take Them Off
- I live with my partner and when his family come over they never take off their shoes, and I do not like to tell people that they need to remove their shoes, they should already know it's what you do when entering someone's home. I don't know when it became ok to wear your shoes in your home. Carpet or no carpet, take your damn shoes off. PLEASE! : )
- —Guest rebecca
Appalled
- I am also Canadian and it's actually disturbing to think that Americans are actually offended when someone asks them to remove their shoes in a private residence. Nobody would dare enter a home without removing their shoes in Canada - it shows you have manners, you respect the people you are visiting, you don't want to track outside grime into their home. The home is a sanctuary and when you walk through that door you leave the outside world behind you. Also, all of you who wear shoes in your own home, unless they are a special orthopedic pair for your foot issues, and you only wear them indoors, I would say you're nuts...it feels nice to remove your shoes after a long day at work. And for those of you who think that outdoor shoes are cleaner than people's feet...you are sadly mistaken (you prefer to walk in your barefeet on outside allergens than on residue from somebody's recently cleansed foot?). I'm just as blown away as that other Canadian.
- —Guest Amanda
Shoes Worn in the Home
- I feel that shoes worn outdoors bring in dirt and dust that embed in the floor and carpet.
- —Guest Judy Schubel
Hello, Germs?
- With little ones in the house, do you really want them crawling around on what you walked through during the day in your shoes? Eeeww...
- —Guest LittleMe
No Shoes Area
- I'm an Indonesian, and here it's just a norm that people should take their shoes off when entering one's house. It's healthier and cleaner that way.
- —Guest Yashmine
Shoes ON
- We put shoes on to go swimming or take showers but we should remove them when we enter a house? I see I'm in the minority, but I do not want your shoes taken off at my house. Shoes at the door make more junk on the floor to trip over and without shoes to protect your feet, you could be injured. I value your visit, so I won't fret that I might need to clean my carpet sooner if you keep your shoes on. My feet actually hurt without proper support and I'm sure I am not the only one with this problem. Some say it's common sense, yet I feel it has become common nonsense.
- —jancydat
Shoes off please.
- Absolutely no shoes in our house. It's a new house with beige carpets. We all change into good quality slippers in the hall after taking off our shoes at the door. Friends either know to bring slippers with them, or are content to go barefoot or in socks. That's the norm where we live. Workmen either remove their boots or they don't get in.
- —Guest andrew
My House, My Rules
- If I'm gracious enough to let you into my home, the shoes will come off. It's a sign of respect for a clean house and it's owner.
- —Guest Michael
Blown Away
- As a Canadian I honestly thought that in the television shows people just left shoes on just because it would mess with the flow of the program with having people take them off. Having the last person say that they keep their shoes on all day long and not take them off, wear them all over their house sounds kinda gross to me. I have never left my shoes on, even at parties, and no one that I have ever met has. In retrospect I take my shoes off and my house certainly doesn't smell like feet. Or like the dog crap and everything else you would track in if you did wear your shoes.
- —Guest big-t
Respect World-Wide
- Get with it people!! I am shocked at how many Americans don't get it. Taking your shoes off when entering anyone's home is a sign of respect around the world!! It is like coming to the table for dinner with dirty hands. Please people take some proud in yourselves.
- —Guest Buck
Removal of Shoes
- I am very uncomfortable in bare or stocking feet. I feel naked ... Also some have foot problems that require they wear shoes for proper support. I never ask anyone to take off their shoes.
- —Guest Hal
Whatever!
- I love when my guests remove their shoes upon entering my home; it shows respect for the (supposed) cleanliness of my home and their comfort in feeling like they're at home too. Tracking dirt and grime from the street into my home is not pleasant or welcome. I offer slippers to anyone who would like them, but most of my friends bring a pair with them when coming to visit. I will remove my shoes when entering someone's home or ask if I may leave my shoes on.
- —Guest Annie
I Don't Think So
- Take off your shoes before entering my home. I have four children that play on that floor and I do not want what is on the bottoms of shoes to be on my floors and in the hands and mouths of my children. It is much cleaner.
- —Guest Mother Of Four
Comfort versus cleanliness
- I recommend for people obsessed with keeping their white carpets clean that they invest in quality door mats or lay down plastic runners ... which is nearly as tacky as insisting that all visitors remove their shoes. For comfort (and yes, at times cleanliness, e.g. after working in the yard or on rainy days) I prefer to remain shoeless in my own home, but I never insist that visitors remove their own shoes. Some people are uncomfortable displaying their bare or socked feet, and others have dressed up for a social occasion with fun or special shoes as part of their outfits. If my friends and visitors want to remove their shoes, fine, but their comfort in my home is way more important to me than having pristine carpet and tile. I have only one exception: no stilettos on the hardwood floors. I had a guest once whose older spike heels had worn down to expose the metal beneath the runner tips, and they left little indentations in the wood floor.
- —ShoesinDenver
It would be wrong ...
- I believe all persons should remove their shoes entering a private residence. Firstly, it is my culture and that is the way we have been taught, and secondly, it would be wrong to wear your shoes inside with the grime from other areas taken into another house.
- —Guest Mary
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