Our intern Eric went to Ryan’s house to drop something off and got disgusted (and surprised) by the fact that he wasn’t asked to take his shoes off at the door. He thought everyone did that! We should also say that he is Asian, so it is a part of his culture.
Rich doesn’t know why anyone would want to be in a pair of stuffy shoes or sneakers when you can relax and get those toes some air. Nicole is bi. Sometimes she takes her shoes off at the doors, but there are times where she is so involved in what she is doing she just leaves them on.
Stan has a pretty new house that he and his wife had built from scratch, so you best take your shoes off in his house.
Do you make people take their shoes off at your door? Is it strange to not want to take your shoes off at the door?
When I’m at home, I might kick them off at the door, and I might not. But when visiting, always ALWAYS just follow the lead of whoever’s house you’re visiting.
well it depends on the homeowner. But if you are a guest , you should honor their wishes. in my house we take off pants. haha
It make’s me mad when people come to my house in the winter and leave there shoes on when the enter my house. My floor is tile at the doors and part way into the house. But when they come in the snow melts off the shoes and any dirt from there shoe’s becomes mud on my floor. Then you usually get a “opps” out of your guest and then maybe they take off the shoes. I think its rude and inconsiderate.
My family and I take off our shoes at the door. And I generally do at others houses as well, but I dont expect my guest do do the same. You never know if they have some funky foot odor going on, or holes in their socks!
Everyone that I know from here, on the far east coast of Canada, take off their shoes at the door out of respect for the owners of the home that you are visiting. Or even in our own homes. Mostly so we won’t carry in dirt, snow, and God knows what else in across the house.
Everything depends on the sinatio of the house.
I recently moved to Michigan from Long Island NY, in Mi people remove their shoes at the door; on Long Island not so much, I guess it depends on your weather
I don’t have grass in my yard yet I just have dirt and have white tile that mark easily so the shoes come off, or I turn into a monster:)
I leave my shoes at the door when i come in, or at least I try to remember, we have a MUD Room so I leave them in there where it can get dirty. Try keep House clean.
I usually follow the homeowner. If he or she has their shoes off then mine come off. If they have theirs on, then I think its OK with them and I keep mine on. It’s really funny to me when people take their shoes off, then you get to see how dirty peoples floors really are when you go to put your shoes on and you see the bottom of your socks!!
When I go to other homes, I do take my shoes off. But when people come to my house I leave that up to them. You never know how their feet smell, and what your house will smell like after they leave.
PLEASE TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES!
I think its incredibly rude when people attempt to waltz into our house in their shoes.We all take off our shoes in the porch and guests are expected to do the same. As we have polished hard floors and stairs we dont walk around in socks because its potentially very dangerous, so we go always go barefoot often with slippers.
I’m Asian…so yes please take off your shoes! My boyfriend (who’s white) doesn’t think we should. He says we are removing the carpet in our house anyways so it’s pointless.
I’m Canadian and up here shoes come of at the door no questions asked! I guess it all depends on the culture
I think it’s ok to expect people to take off their shoes in your house if and only if you are willing to turn up the heat to such a level that people won’t be uncomfortable. I used to work in a small office that was actually in a home (no one lived there, but it was converted) and the business owner wanted us to take our shoes off. It would have been fine, except he also insisted on turning us all into icesicles by refusing to keep the heat at a reasonable level, and this was made worse by not letting us keep our shoes on.
I think it’s clean to take off shoes before entering your house or any other people’s house.. I told most of my visitors to take their shoes off before entering my house.. Normally, I would inform my visitors before hand but those surprised ones.. I just told them off too on the spot..
I actually looked this question up because I am so sick of having to take my shoes off upon entering someone’s house. My mother was a neat fanatic and we were not allowed to walk barefoot in our house (socks, ok). We were never expected to remove our shoes unless the weather was bad. As a result, I feel weird walking barefoot in the house. In dry weather, I don’t think the practice makes your house any cleaner. Especially people who have pets. Cat goes into litter box, then walks all over floor. I don’t want to walk over those tracks!
So this is a North American thing! I was wondering what this new mania with middle aged ladies (in the UK) inviting you to their houses, then making you take your shoes off.
I hate it. If someone feels that protective of their house, I’d much rather go to a café. Alas, there don’t seem to be any in the UK open after 5.30pm.
I like to go without shoes but I think it’s really neurotic and passive aggressive to ask people over and then fuss about your floor. I offer to take off my shoes when I see that people have pale coloured carpet, but I wouldn’t dream of telling my guests to take off their shoes. If you don’t want people and their shoes in your house, don’t ask them over.