Party requesting guests to take shoes off

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

It is the same in NYC, where delivery people and handymen take off shoes without you asking. the responses are super bizarre.

[Anonymous]

every residence in nyc requires this. no wonder my brother's floor is so flithy

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

There is still public restroom floors, vomit and shit on streets, etc.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:If you’re going to be that anal, just don’t host a formal event.

If you host, things can be broken and items can be stained. Do your best to clean to and move on. Or will you only serve beige food and drink?

I don’t get why you can’t just clean the floors after. It’s such an annoying control freak thing.

Not anal. And we don’t literally track fecal matter into our home.

Be clear. This is not normal behavior. There is zero--zero--evidence that guests wearing shoes into someone's house has ever caused an illness. It just doesn't happen. For goodness sake, just mop your floor when they're gone. It is truly a diagnosable condition if you can't host people with shoes on their feet. I can't even believe this is where we are in society. What happened to people?

Everyone only cares about themselves and being gracious has been left behind. Also tons of anxiety.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

There is still public restroom floors, vomit and shit on streets, etc.

Do you live in a favela?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

There is still public restroom floors, vomit and shit on streets, etc.

Where do you live where vomit and shit is on your streets? And if on the streets can't you avoid them? We have street cleaners and people who clean the sidewalk.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find that the motivation to remove shoes is to avoid cleaning.

+1

[Anonymous]

This is normal in my newish townhouse community. Lots of white people remove shoes. My husband is Asian and I’m stricter. He doesn’t want to inconvenience people but he also does zero cleaning. If we didn’t have carpet or rugs I would probably be fine because I can mop.

[Anonymous]

If you’re too lazy to clean your floors, you’re too lazy to host well.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

There is still public restroom floors, vomit and shit on streets, etc.

Where do you live where vomit and shit is on your streets? And if on the streets can't you avoid them? We have street cleaners and people who clean the sidewalk.

anywhere with domestic or wild animals has bio fluid outside on the street, grass, etc.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you’re too lazy to clean your floors, you’re too lazy to host well.

Stop sock puppeting

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

There is still public restroom floors, vomit and shit on streets, etc.

Where do you live where vomit and shit is on your streets? And if on the streets can't you avoid them? We have street cleaners and people who clean the sidewalk.

anywhere with domestic or wild animals has bio fluid outside on the street, grass, etc.

Sincerely, so what? You need to build an immune system somehow. Unless everyone in your home is immunocompromised and you need a near autoclaved like environment this doesn't matter for most people and might even be good for them. There are numerous studies showing that kids who grow up with dogs, for example, have lower rates of allergies and asthma, specifically because they track enough stuff in to build an immune response. I don't think anyone is advocating for tracking poop around your house, but the fear over this generally harmless bacteria it OTT.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am from Norway originally and live in the states now so my perspective may be skewed but I've never had guests over who haven't taken off their shoes at the door. Wouldn't it be very unsanitary for people to be walking inside with their shoes on? I just find this very strange and frankly a bit gross.

Moreover I don't see how this is an inconvenience to anyone. What would their reservation be? And again, would people wear shoes even if they're walking on a rug or something? Do you have to mop/clean daily, and have floor coverings professionally cleaned frequently? Just trying to wrap my head around this, thanks.

Canadian that also doesnt understand the blind rage at this issue.

Maybe because you and the Norwegian PP come from places that are covered in snow, slush, salted grime, and muck for more than half the year? That's not the case for plenty of other locations.

There is still public restroom floors, vomit and shit on streets, etc.

Where do you live where vomit and shit is on your streets? And if on the streets can't you avoid them? We have street cleaners and people who clean the sidewalk.

anywhere with domestic or wild animals has bio fluid outside on the street, grass, etc.

Sincerely, so what? You need to build an immune system somehow. Unless everyone in your home is immunocompromised and you need a near autoclaved like environment this doesn't matter for most people and might even be good for them. There are numerous studies showing that kids who grow up with dogs, for example, have lower rates of allergies and asthma, specifically because they track enough stuff in to build an immune response. I don't think anyone is advocating for tracking poop around your house, but the fear over this generally harmless bacteria it OTT.

It’s not fear boo

[Anonymous]

Miss Manners says rude to require no shoes. https://www.nj.com/advice/2024/06/miss-manners-a-no-shoes-in-the-house-policy-might-be-problematic-for-some-visitors.html