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I dont wear shoes inside my own house.. but still cant tell someone visiting to remove theirs.. I do go over my large rug daily with a damp mop after hoovering...
ditto, except for the cleaning daily part. I live in a rented place so I want to keep the hardwood floors nice. As there is a gravel parking area, they would get worn down pretty quick if I didn't take outside shoes off. Most people visiting see my shoes by the door and offer to take theirs off, but I don't insist on it.
We are not a shoes off home... for starters, I am home all day many days, and I shouldn't walk around all day in bare feet any more - plantar fasciitis issues. I wear good supportive shoes, not just socks or slippers, and I think it's a pain to take them off and put them on many times a day as we come in and out. Our dogs too, are in and out. We're a farm... I think a bit of dirt in our home is just part of the bargain we'd be wasting energy to worry about. We have easily cleanable floors for that reason, and a small (12x12) bound remnant carpet in the living room that we replace often when it becomes worn or dirty. The exception of course, is muddy boots. If there's visible mud, those boots come off and wait at the door.
I of course have to deal with a lot of homes in our business that are 'shoes off' only, and I either slip them off or use booties... no biggie, but I do object when homes say shoes off and don't provide a bench to sit on while removing shoes. Not everyone can safely bend or hop around while putting shoes on, and if clients can't oblige safely, I let them leave their shoes on. Same goes for me.
No, I wear shoes all the time in my house. I don't have any carpet however and all the rugs can get thrown in the wash. Germs are everywhere and my floors are washed every week.
When I come in my house, the first thing to come off is my coat or jacket (depending on season, of course), the second thing to come off are my shoes, to be replaced with slippers (all year round). The third thing to come off is my bra. It's all about comfort for me. I love wearing slippers. I would wear them in the office, if I could.
I don't require visitors to take their shoes off, however. I don't tend to have a lot of visitors anyway.
My son takes his shoes off as soon as he walks in, his own personal preference. I do not, my own personal preference although depending on the shoes I'm wearing, I often switch them out when I get home to something else for additional comfort and to save the additional wear on more expensive shoes.
I hate being asked to remove my shoes in other peoples houses. I select my shoes to go with my outfit, I am more comfortable with the support they provide for my feet, I have no interest in walking around in bare feet or socks in some else's home and the idea of being asked to re-wear socks or slippers provided by someone else (which I have seen be used by someone and then put back into the basket) is disgusting
Personally I don't like a pile of shoes at the front door. Or any door. That being said, I don't generally wear shoes in the house - but it's a comfort thing with me. I come home, take my shoes off, put them in my closet, and put on big thick woolly socks or something like that (go barefoot in the summer).
I would never tell a guest to either take their shoes off or keep them on. I've had people do both when they come over.
I vacuum and mop and also go over my rugs with a damp mop often so I'm just not worried about whatever someone is tracking in. My gosh, I have two big dogs - there's no telling what they bring in on their paws. One of them brought a DEAD RAT (or something or other - I didn't look too closely at it) into the house the other day! They walk around in the yard all day long and then come in the house. Hence the floor mopping and vacuuming on a very regular basis. We have a lot of hardwood and travertine and tile anyway, so they're easy to keep clean.
That being said, I also don't wallow around on the floor - because, you know, dogs. Blech.
I am not overly afraid of or concerned with germs. I'm not someone who boils a baby's pacifier if they drop it on the floor. They're lucky if I stick it in my mouth first before popping it back in theirs! Five second rule around here! I've always been like that and I'm super healthy and so are all my kids and they always were. Heck, they'd play outside all day and I'd make them strip down to their undies and I'd hose them off before they came in! I'm sure they tracked in plenty of stuff over the years. So be it.
But like I said, I've had friends who apparently want to take their shoes off when they come in, and leave them by the door, and I just let them. It won't hurt anything.
Filth from the outside environment. Dirt. Mud. Cat Pee. Dog Poop. Spit. Oil. Grass. Stones which get stuck in the treads and scratch the floor are one of the worst culprits.
Outside shoes are left at the door in my house. Not a Nazi when it comes to guests, but most take the hint.
My outside shoes are not covered by filth. Very little mud & dirt. I don't walk in pools of oil or spit. I don't walk in poop.
Dog feet are in the realm of whatever you want in your own home.
The thread TOPIC is about people and shoes, not dogs.
Thanks for policing posts for conformance to topic, but my point was that the dog feet bring in the same germs/dirt as shoes and, therefore, it is relevant if the objective in removing shoes is preventing said germs/dirt, but you also have dogs.
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I live in a rented place so I want to keep the hardwood floors nice. As there is a gravel parking area, they would get worn down pretty quick if I didn't take outside shoes off. Most people visiting see my shoes by the door and offer to take theirs off, but I don't insist on it.
