Shoes on / Shoes off

[BunnyKillBot]

Really important question:

Do you wear shoes around your own home?

When you go to somebody else's house, do you take off your shoes as a courtesy.

Just curious because i think we all do it without thinking about it, but in other cultures its very deliberate (as in, to not trample over fine persian rugs)

 

[Nitefly]

I do what the host does.

Home - has to be footwear on in the kitchen.

 

[neoboy]

Off at home and whatever host says when I'm at someone else's house.

 

[jellybeard999]

Shoes off in both cases.

 

[coltpython3]

lol first thing i thought off when i was this was wax on/waxoff

and my name is daniel as well...

but yeh... definitely shoes off when walking around house and somebody elses house

 

[Stupot_]

Off at home, depends on host. If I'm going round someones for a nice meal/houseparty etc then shoes on, if I'm going over to slob out in front of the tv then shoes off

 

[Valentino]

Shoes off pretty much everywhere. Shoes are pretty restrictive, i like to air my feet, especially if I've been at work or something.

 

[Garee]

Shoes off for me.

 

[lemzip]

yeah and i hate those people who when you go to there house you take your shoes off, but when they at yours, the come in from the rain with there bloody shoes on and trample all over your cream carpets.

god I hate those people, i have to go get the rug doctor to do them like once every 3 months

btw, normally other side of the family so dont feel i can say anything

 

[Biohazard]

I don't have shoes and who are people?

 

[Valentino]

has to be footwear on in the kitchen.

Okay, 10 posts, i'll be the one to ask. wtf?

 

[jp_bl_68]

Off at home, on or off at someone else's place. I usually do what they do.

 

[Nitefly]

Okay, 10 posts, i'll be the one to ask. wtf?

My kitchen floor has seen better days....

Plus I can't stand wet socks from standing on water in the kitchen or bathroom, ahhhhhhh!

I hate damp socks!!!!

 

[Biohazard]

rent a cat and plop it on your soggy feet

 

[Lysander]

I do what people do in their own houses.

But in my own flat, shoes are definitely off. There is so much gunk and horridness in the street, I'm not having it dragged inside.

 

[Jambo]

Always on. I hate it when people ask you to take your shoes off. I find it rude. Obviously if they are dirty fair enough but if they are clean wtf?!

 

[bitslice]

I dislike taking my shoes off, I'd probably find some excuse for not visiting their house.

Given the unexpected joys of cold cat sick between my toes, at home I wear slippers (except for that one occasion obviously)

 

[Hastarius]

Off at my house, barefeet at the moment.
I ask if I need to take my shoes off around somebody elses house. Do what they ask.

 

[manveruppd]

lol first thing i thought off when i was this was wax on/waxoff

You were not alone!

Same for me: off at home, whatever the host does elsewhere. I will actually consider it a little weird and overfamiliar if someone I didn't know too well too their shoes off in my house without me asking them to! I appreciate the sentiment of not wanting to get my floor muddy, and I do sometimes ask people to do it, but only if I know them fairly well - you have to be one of my closest and dearest for me to choose inhaling your foot fungus over a few bootprints on my floor!

 

[Lysander]

Always on. I hate it when people ask you to take your shoes off. I find it rude. Obviously if they are dirty fair enough but if they are clean wtf?!

If you've been anywhere outside, shoes are never 'clean'. It's not just your filth, but everyone else's.