I hate removing my shoes inside. I just find it more comfortable. That said, I don't object to it if I'm in someone else's house.
Wearing Shoes Inside - The Fuck?
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I live in Asia so I pretty much NEVER wear shoes in anyone's house and find it really weird that the western population do it,really.
Why would anyone want the shit and dirt they've stepped on while they're outside to be inside their house,I really don't know.
Why would anyone want the shit and dirt they've stepped on while they're outside to be inside their house,I really don't know.
I rarely see people wearing shoes inside here in the UK. It's considered unhygienic, and very rude if you're in someone else's house. I don't know of any regional variations of this social norm though, but here you're as likely to be wearing wellies as you are trainers.
You still have socks. Being barefoot in someone elses house could feel a bit weird to mekarcentric said:
I spent a few years living in the US as a kid. I remember hearing one of my dad's friends saying that "you can always tell that it's a Canadian's house when you see all the shoes by the front door."
After moving back home, I mentioned to my friends how Americans often wear their shoes in the house, and they all gave me this face...
After moving back home, I mentioned to my friends how Americans often wear their shoes in the house, and they all gave me this face...
That's true, where I live it's better to leave your shoes on in the off chance something, bites/stings you.BrotherRool said:
In America, we can do either. Some people are stricter about it than others. I generally take my shoes off when I get home because socks are just more comfortable--I even took the laces out so it wouldn't take as long (I don't do enough walking for the lack of laces to be uncomfortable).
I have to remind my friends when they come in to take their shoes off. I hate ti when they walk around with them on..
Sure I did, but for me, that would be like coming to work and then removing my pants. It's not appropriate for the situation.wadark said:
It depends entirely on the house. If this was a clean house of old people with white carpets and real wooden floors, of course my shoes would go off. If this is the house of a man-cave friend with a wet lab running loose and two kids that have just baked a cake out of mud in the kitchen, my shoes stay on. Similarly, if this is the home of someone with a roach problem or an infestation of cats, my shoes will stay on, and get cleaned with a thorough walk on the grass afterward.
As for my own house, I may go up the stairs with the shoes or boots, but I normally take them off. I get anal when my mother comes to visit and rests her wet shoes on my personally built octagon table, or on my leather couch. The nerve of some parents. I fully believe she is coming down with dementia. I should mount a belt on the wall as a warning.
I even have a separate pair of tennies for when I mow the lawn.
And I wear sandals when I go into the basement. No carpet down there and a cat recently died all over the place. Need to take out the moisture barrier eventually.
Oh, and sometimes I will wear a clean pair of boots around the house if I'm in an art funk and have to inspire. That's a very strange and unique set of circumstances.
As for my own house, I may go up the stairs with the shoes or boots, but I normally take them off. I get anal when my mother comes to visit and rests her wet shoes on my personally built octagon table, or on my leather couch. The nerve of some parents. I fully believe she is coming down with dementia. I should mount a belt on the wall as a warning.
I even have a separate pair of tennies for when I mow the lawn.
And I wear sandals when I go into the basement. No carpet down there and a cat recently died all over the place. Need to take out the moisture barrier eventually.
Oh, and sometimes I will wear a clean pair of boots around the house if I'm in an art funk and have to inspire. That's a very strange and unique set of circumstances.
I second that brother and on a side note, wall to wall carpets are extremely rare in Norway, though generally the houses are built on a much higher (insulation wise) standard in comparison to other European countries, the laws regarding house building in Norway are very specific and very strict since the temperature and climate can variate a lot.Jonluw said:
People wear shoes indoors? What? Silly Americans 
Anyways, here in Norway wearing shoes indoors is just weird.
I remember my brother tracking into my parents house with his shoes on, never seen mom that angry.
And, well as Jonluw said, climate. We've got snow and mud, don't want that in the house.
Anyways, here in Norway wearing shoes indoors is just weird.
I remember my brother tracking into my parents house with his shoes on, never seen mom that angry.
And, well as Jonluw said, climate. We've got snow and mud, don't want that in the house.
I suppose that's true, but its just not something (at least personally) that crosses the mind. My shoes are comfortable enough that I don't even really think about it. I come in, sit down, and I just don't think about it.Realitycrash said:
I mean, your example is kind of backward because that has you inappropriately removing something, as opposed to inappropriately leaving something on. You have to have a conscious reason and decision for removing your pants at work, though, just like (again, only speaking for me) I need a conscious reason to take my shoes off when I come home. When I was working retail and standing for 8 hours straight, then I had a reason because my feet hurt like hell. But now that I only have to put on my shoes when I run an errand or something, I don't have that conscious reason to remove them anymore.
Plus, I think there's a consideration for who's house it is. Obviously, if its someone else's house, you do what they want you to. But in my house, I don't think its inappropriate because we each set the rules of our own house.
We have carpet and don't want dirt stains on the carpet. Germs? Whatever. If you fear germs from your shoes, you're already fucked.
That being said, while most people take off their shoes when they walk through the house, we have some older generation with those special shoes they can't easily walk around without them on, so they get to keep them on.
That being said, while most people take off their shoes when they walk through the house, we have some older generation with those special shoes they can't easily walk around without them on, so they get to keep them on.
Yeah, same thing here. I live in the southern USA (Texas), and the whole taking your shoes off in someone's house is something you do when you are family, or really good friends. Otherwise, it is considered pretty presumptuous to be getting all comfortable when you are a guest in someone's house.Rastien said:
Then again, the South tends to put a lot of emphasis on politeness and respect, sometimes to the point of being silly about it. So, maybe we're the weird ones.
Dude, its the fucking floor. The floor is where dirt goes. There is ALWAYS dirt on the floor no matter how clean you think it is. If it gets too dirty for your gentle sensibilities, well, thats what fucking vacuum cleaners are for. Unless you are literally eating your food directly off the floor, what the fuck is the big deal?
Seriously do you live in some alternate universe where all the myriad ways to avoid/clean up dirt don't exist. Here is a way, just off the top of my head: chairs.
Jesus tap-dancing Christ, and people say Americans have superiority complexes.
Seriously do you live in some alternate universe where all the myriad ways to avoid/clean up dirt don't exist. Here is a way, just off the top of my head: chairs.
Jesus tap-dancing Christ, and people say Americans have superiority complexes.
Shoes inside is NOT very common in Norway. I don't wear them inside, I don't know anyone that does. My friends from other places like Netherlands also dont wear shoes inside. As far as I know it's not common to keep shoes on inside, but I guess in other parts of the world where I don't have friends it is =3. Feel free to be my friend, I have lots to say and too few "jsut talky" friends online to be annoying to Oo. Boy that sounded lonely, I'm really not... I just like talking about random junk, and not all of my friends are into that as much as me...