taking your shoes off when you go to someone's house.

zophiel said:
That how we run ours too. Shoes off at the door. The only exception is any one who is doing some manual work in the house.

Why would guests want to walk through dirt and muck brought into the house by others?

and on a selfish point why would I want to spend hours each day cleaning mud and dirt from the carpets. Especially during festival times.
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It's not something I've come across before, I stayed at 3 other B&Bs across Scotland before I came to this one, no others asked for shoes off.
 
no i always get offended when they walk in with them on, half way up the stairs i say don't worry about taking your shoes off!
 
Rroff said:
Unless you go full on anti-bacterial handwash, wipe everything else down, UV screening at the door, etc. etc. aslong as you wipe on the mat on the way in it isn't going to make any significant difference to daily levels being transferred around anyhow - infact unless your personal hygiene is bang on you're probably doing worse with your hands despite what might instinctively seem the case:

"Studies have shown that the average smartphone is covered with more bacteria than toilet seats, kitchen counters, the bottom of shoes and pet’s food dishes, among other things"
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If you ain't wearing a Hazmat suit you ain't coming into my house..............
 
Rroff said:
Unless you go full on anti-bacterial handwash, wipe everything else down, UV screening at the door, etc. etc. aslong as you wipe on the mat on the way in it isn't going to make any significant difference to daily levels being transferred around anyhow - infact unless your personal hygiene is bang on you're probably doing worse with your hands despite what might instinctively seem the case:

"Studies have shown that the average smartphone is covered with more bacteria than toilet seats, kitchen counters, the bottom of shoes and pet’s food dishes, among other things"
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main thing is the tread on shoes can hold mud and dirt after you wipe.

then when you walk around on my nice plush carpets as it dries it will fall out
 
At home when growing up we never took our shoes off so I thought it was normal until I went to a friends house and was asked to take them off when entering the house. I was surprised but I wasn't offended, its their house afterall. I'm not sure why anyone would be offended honestly.
 
Obviously we don't wear shoes in the house. Who does?
I was brought up to take shoes off and I have always done it. We live in a rural area where it's the norm to take shoes off. When people come they automatically remove shoes.
Mrs M doesn't like bare feet on the carpets so we wear slippers. Her kids are trained to do the shoes off slippers on thing. That's ok with me.
 
I always ask when I go into someones house, like a friends.

I have this problem though a lot with my patients. I'm a Nurse and in the area I live I see a lot of Muslim families. They insist on people taking their shoes off due to them being on the floor praying etc, but we always refuse as we're not allowed to remove shoes when dealing with sharps. So annoying!
 
I take my shoes off if asked. I go bare foot in my own home but I care not a jot if other people take their shoes off when they're here.

What do people talking about shoes as outdoor only wear do at work?
 
godinman said:
What's wrong with bare feet on carpet?
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My wife isn't keen on bare feet. Quite a few people are like that. We have a mix of carpet and hard floors. At the time of year the hard floors are absolutely freezing. Slippers are essential.
On a practical level it's just too cold (minus six here) to walk around bare foot.
 
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