How Many of You Remove Your Shoes When You Come Inside or Have House Shoes?

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I have a couple pairs of house shoes. I almost always remove my shoes when I come into the house, when I'm wearing them.

Many times I'll go outside bare... foot. 🤪

It's a bit disgusting to think of all the stuff you can drag in on your shoes and I wouldn't consider myself a germaphobe.
 

Pepper said:
What about your guests? Do you demand that they take off their shoes before entering? Or tradesmen, or everyone?
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Nope, I'm not the demanding sort. ;) However, many visitors will remove their shoes as they enter the house. In the last few years many tradespeople will place cloth covers over their footwear as they enter the house. I suppose it reduces their risk from "sue happy" people looking to get new carpet or something.
 
Ken N Tx said:
My wife's feet never touch the floor!!! Even with socks on!!!
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Nope. Am not a germaphobe at all. Am ok with outside dirt finding its way into my home.

To me, having a litter box in one's house is far more disgusting than whatever gets missed after wiping your feet on the doormat. Cats go from the litter box to the couch to the bed to the kitchen counters, after walking through used litter. (I love cats, BTW.)

I have a dog and am willing to accept that he noses around in other animals' business shortly before laying his head on the couch and our bed.
 
My lady is an obsessive cleaner
Me? If I don't see dirt, it's not there.
She calls even the unseen dirt 'grime'
Heh, she went a bit nuts when we lived at the cabin

I do oblige her fetish by taking my shoes off at the door
She even made a buncha slippers for me
Quite comfy, but too much ado
Shoes off, slippers on, slippers off, shoes on
So, I stay in the shop most the day

I did convert some sneakers into slippers to keep her from hollering at me
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But, heh, I wear 'em outside (don't tell her)
 
I use to wear slippers all day long around the house but find my legs and knees feel better wearing a good pair of sneakers. By evening I can't wait to get into my slippers.

I never ask anyone to take off their shoes. I notice the younger generation seems to do it anyway as well as workmen. My daughter won't let anyone in her home with shoes on including me. I abide by her rules and bring my indoor shoes or slippers with me when visiting.

I did ask that she provide a bench or chair by the door so I can sit to take them off. They are young and have no problem balancing on one foot to remove the other shoe.

The following visit I noticed a very nice bench by the door. It opens so people can place their shoes inside. Now everybody is happy.
 
We always wear our shoes into the apartment, but my wife will take hers off and put slippers on. I'll wear my Walking Shoes inside, unless I set down in the recliner. I will take them off then. My feet need the support the shoes give.
In our last apartment, which had carpet in each room, but the kitchen and bathrooms. It was much, much easier to walk on carpet, with just socks on, than it is walking on hardwood floors (like we have now). Neither of us like hardwood floors, but apartment complexes are changing flooring to hardwood. If a Senior falls on carpet, it may not hurt or injure them nearly as much as hardwood could. Depending on how thick the carpet is.
 
Strangers will mostly use the front door, but friends, postman, delivery drivers etc.. use the back door. We have barrier mats just inside the doors which trap most of dirt on shoes, but we usually swap our shoes for slippers as soon as we get in, take our coats off etc..
 
Yes I do.

Pepper, you asked about tradesmen, any who come
to do a job inside usually take off their shoes without
any prompting by me, I wouldn't ask them to in case
they dropped something heavy on their foot.

Mike.
 
We have ceramic tile on concrete floors, with an area rug in one room. Since I need the support of shoes, going barefoot is no longer an option. I use indoor shoes and outdoor shoes, but haven't had any luck getting my other half to do the same. With hard surface floors throughout, cleaning isn't a big deal. I'd rather let it be, then stress out about it. Living with another person means compromising.
Things are noticeably cleaner now that we no longer have indoor pets.
 
Family members usually bring their own slippers to one another's homes. The cable guy slips off his shoes, but the duct cleaners slip those coveres over theirs. We always remove our shoes and wear slippers at home. Summer, I'm often barefoot indoors.
 
I won't go through the hassle of taking off my shoes every time I walk into my house. And I'd never consider asking my guests to endure that, either. If I stepped into something "interesting" I would leave my shoes outside.
I dated a Chinese gal for a couple of years & I had to go through that.
I recently had major home repairs - 2 central air conditioners, roof repair & complete plumbing re-pipe. The work involved constantly walking inside & outside. It would be unreasonable, inconsiderate & stupid of me to ask all these workers to take off & put on their shoes over & over. They wear steel-toe shoes to protect their feet while carrying heavy objects & heavy power tools. Additionally, they would be stepping on sharp objects in the house - jagged pieces of copper, solder, screws, nails, etc.
When the work was complete, I got out my vacuum & carpet shampooer.
 
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I either wear slippers or go barefoot in the house, but never ask people to remove their shoes although some do automatically
 
I take my shoes off when entering my house and put slippers on not because shoes may be dirty but like cosy slippers and footwear about the house. My DIL goes about bare footed and think how uncomfy is that but she dont like slippers indoors so each to their own eh

I dont ask visitors to take off there shoes on entry but most do without asking which proves that many are thoughtful. Good ad my hall carpet is plane pale cream!!
 

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