Please remove your shoes please!!!!
@amadeo (111938)
United States
March 20, 2017 4:22pm CST
Good afternoon.A nice and warm sunny day today.
Most people knows about New England weather.
While people visit my house they know that shoes comes off.
This is an old tradition in most foreign place.
I do not want to walk in a house with hardwood floors or rugs.
I respect this very much.I always take my shoes off when dining at someone house.They have lovely floors and rugs.Why should I make a mess of it.
I tell my guest,yes I do and kid me not.Shoes off.Walking around barefoot or shoeless is fine.I have lovely oriental rugs,Wide floors that is clean and treated.
I do not want the crap from your shoes marking up my house.am I rude not.
I go to many lovely home and shoes come off.
Most of them know this and the weather we have here is unpredictable.
Take your shoes off please.no I do not put the sign up.But they know.
I am a tiger.How do you feel about this?
whatever you say it will not offend me.So carry on
Photo is free anywhere on line.
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@Juliaacv (51458)
• Canada
20 Mar 17
You used please twice in this title-it got my attention!
I am the same way, I couldn't walk past the entrance of a home without taking off my shoes, even in the summer when I wear flip flops. And I prefer people to take their footware off when they enter our home too, we have beautiful hardwood also, and you have to care for it to maintain it over the years.
I promise to take my shoes off the next time that I come to see you, Mike and Ms Ruby-okay?
I am the same way, I couldn't walk past the entrance of a home without taking off my shoes, even in the summer when I wear flip flops. And I prefer people to take their footware off when they enter our home too, we have beautiful hardwood also, and you have to care for it to maintain it over the years.
I promise to take my shoes off the next time that I come to see you, Mike and Ms Ruby-okay?6 people like this
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
20 Mar 17
i can surely see your point and i did when i went out a lot to folks houses.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
20 Mar 17
@bunnybon7 yes,I do.I for one do not want to untidy the house there.
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@Tampa_girl7 (50580)
• United States
21 Mar 17
I leave my shoes at the front door too
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@Tampa_girl7 (50580)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@amadeo occasionally my husband or son forgets to remove there's when they are in a hurry.
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@MarshaMusselman (38865)
• Midland, Michigan
20 Mar 17
I have no problem with it, but some people cannot take off their shoes. Especially someone like my husband that wears a prosthetic. I will ask homeowners when I go inside whether they want me to remove them or not. I will also make sure I wipe them good on a rug for that purpose inside the door. If I'm not sure what I may have walked through, I'll remove them without asking just to be safe.
Some people don't care, some are in the middle of spring cleaning and will be cleaning their carpets soon, so it all depends.
We had one customer for years that would supply hospital socks for those that came over in sandals. She felt that the oils on our feet would ruin her carpets. So we learned to make sure we brought our own socks when cleaning her windows each year.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
20 Mar 17
@MarshaMusselman I have never come across with this.But do see your point there
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@snowy22315 (181942)
• United States
21 Mar 17
I once had a no shoes policy in my old house. I have laminate floors now..so shoes are OK.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@snowy22315 shoes are ok there.But do you know what is on the bottom?
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@snowy22315 (181942)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@amadeo probably would rather not
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@allen0187 (58582)
• Philippines
21 Mar 17
I practice something similar. I ask guests to remove their shoes or slippers but I provide them with soft cushioned indoor slippers to use while they are inside my place.
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@dodo19 (47336)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
21 Mar 17
I take off my shoes as well. Whether it's in my home or someone's else home. It's how I was raised. Now it's a habit. I don't want to get the house dirty or anything like that. I find it's also more comfortable to be barefoot. At least I find it is.
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@LadyDuck (471969)
• Switzerland
21 Mar 17
I have guest slippers to give to my guests because I also do not want that people come inside and make a mess on my wooden floors or on my rugs. After the guests live I put the slippers in the washer and they are clean and ready for other guests.
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@spiderdust (14760)
• San Jose, California
29 Mar 17
I love the slipper idea. I should utilize this!
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
21 Mar 17
No - I don't make people take their shoes off. Since most people come in thru the garage they are walking on cement not mud or dirt so their shoes would not be dirty. No one has ever told me to take my shoes off when I enter their home.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@amadeo I don't worry about such things, dirt can be cleaned up. This house is for living! I guaranty some peoples' feet are dirtier than their shoes!
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill They will still be some dirt on the shoes.NO matter.
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@CookieMonster46 (13454)
• United States
29 Mar 17
@AbbyGreenhill yep agree, thank goodness, all my family friends allow shoes in the house.
@diosabella (4789)
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21 Mar 17
This is a good practice in my opinion. In my sister house, we take off our shoes and put on the slippers that she offer us. When she told me to take off my shoes 15 years ago, I was like, "Are you serious?" and she was. We could use the slippers offered to us or wander the house bare footed.
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@diosabella (4789)
•
22 Mar 17
@amadeo When I was little I always go barefooted because we had wooden floors but now that we have granite for flooring I just do barefoot in the summer only.
@ichchhe_mrityu (1144)
• Bangalore, India
21 Mar 17
In Indian culture shoes are supposed to be left at the main door before entering the room.. Now-a-days we use slippers in room but previously that was not allowed.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@ichchha_mrityu that is a great idea there.thanks.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
21 Mar 17
i have tried to get my family to do this..especially in winter.they track road salt all over the house from their shoes.
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@scarlet_woman that is the worst part.Salt and sand
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@PainsOnSlate (21852)
• Canada
21 Mar 17
When i moved to Canada i couldn't believe everyone took of their shoes at the door - it was foreign to me but now, 30 years later the shoes automatically come off at the door. It certainly is the better way to go!
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@amadeo (111938)
• United States
21 Mar 17
@PainsOnSlate yes it is.Also tracking any disease from outdoors.
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