Extended family members wear hiking boots that leave scuff marks on my hardwood floors

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are going to make me take my shoes off, you better tell me ahead of time. I sometimes wear shoes without socks and I don't want to walk barefoot on your gross floors.

Oh no! Their floors are PRISTINE and they absolutely must keep them that way at all costs!

This is what I don't get.... I don't eat food off the floor, or lick the floor? So why do I really care that there are people walking in shoes on them?

Do you have rugs or carpet? If you only have hardwood floor and tile throughout your entire house, sure shoes aren’t a problem because you can mop. We have rugs. And kids play on the floor. They don’t need to be pristine, but when I walk through one or two rooms in a shoes on house (my in-laws), my socks become black on the bottom. That’s gross.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I am dreading the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday.

What is the best way to remove these scuff marks that does not involve me having to physically get down on my knees in order to scrub away all of the scuff marks?

Google says to cut an X into a clean tennis ball, put it on the end of a broomstick, and use that end to scrub away scruff marks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have foot and ankle issues and it’s painful for me to go barefoot. Please don’t prioritize scuffs on your floors over your guests health.

can't you invest in some house shoes you can bring along? Cleaning scuff marks off also requires work that your hosts may not feel physically up to. It'd be good to have house shoes that work for you for all occasions when you visit the homes of friends who don't wear shoes in the house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have foot and ankle issues and it’s painful for me to go barefoot. Please don’t prioritize scuffs on your floors over your guests health.

can't you invest in some house shoes you can bring along? Cleaning scuff marks off also requires work that your hosts may not feel physically up to. It'd be good to have house shoes that work for you for all occasions when you visit the homes of friends who don't wear shoes in the house.

What in the hell is wrong with wearing sneakers? Nothing! They don't case scuff marks on floors!

You people need to get over your obsessions with your floors. I'd rather have scuffed up floors than be rude to my guests.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you are going to make me take my shoes off, you better tell me ahead of time. I sometimes wear shoes without socks and I don't want to walk barefoot on your gross floors.

Oh no! Their floors are PRISTINE and they absolutely must keep them that way at all costs!

This is what I don't get.... I don't eat food off the floor, or lick the floor? So why do I really care that there are people walking in shoes on them?

Do you have rugs or carpet? If you only have hardwood floor and tile throughout your entire house, sure shoes aren’t a problem because you can mop. We have rugs. And kids play on the floor. They don’t need to be pristine, but when I walk through one or two rooms in a shoes on house (my in-laws), my socks become black on the bottom. That’s gross.

I admit I find this whole strident attitude about shoes on/off fairly bizarre, but honestly, PP? We have rugs and kids and cats, and we sweep, vacuum, and mop the floors regularly. We do not have hard and fast rules about shoes on or shoes off, but there is no universe in which a person walking around in a pair of white socks would have black socks on my floors.

It is actually possible to be a moderate on this issue and to also not have active filth on your floors dirtying up your guests' socks. Perspective please.

[Anonymous]

I feel like the people that wear shoes indoors, are the same people who flush "flushable" wipes down the toilet.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I hate shoes of households with the fury of a thousand burning suns. If you don’t want to clean your floors after people leave don’t have people over.
Send your family to my house where we don’t worry about this ridiculous sh!t.

Some people’s shoes actually damage the floors but you go off!

Are people coming to your house in cleats? Or tap shoes? Or is Michael Flatley showing up and going all Lord of the Dance on your precious hardwoods? I mean really, no other shoe is DAMAGING peoples floors. C’mon.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have foot and ankle issues and it’s painful for me to go barefoot. Please don’t prioritize scuffs on your floors over your guests health.

So do I, so I know the pain. I am sure not not wear shoes that are outdoorsy (=dirty) or ones that leave scuffs. For shoe free households, I have indoor-only flip flops and can bring along and wear.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I feel like the people that wear shoes indoors, are the same people who flush "flushable" wipes down the toilet.

Quite possibly the dumbest thing said on this thread. Congrats.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have foot and ankle issues and it’s painful for me to go barefoot. Please don’t prioritize scuffs on your floors over your guests health.

can't you invest in some house shoes you can bring along? Cleaning scuff marks off also requires work that your hosts may not feel physically up to. It'd be good to have house shoes that work for you for all occasions when you visit the homes of friends who don't wear shoes in the house.

No I'm not traveling with a pair of sanitized shoes. What the actual.........?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to picture a large family gathering with 30+ pairs of shoes by the door and everyone walking around in bare feet.

And as a South Asian person, I've never been to a South Asian household gathering where there are not 30+ shoes on the porch/garage/foyer

I'm glad y'all have large homes with spacious foyers, porches, etc.

[Anonymous]

What kind of crappy floors do you have that get damaged by the rubber soles of boots?

Is your floor made of balsa wood?

[Anonymous]

Hey, just call him up and say, plan to either take your boots off when you get to my house or I am going to ask you to clean up the scuff marks before you leave this time. 🙏

[Anonymous]

Why are you LETTING someone where hiking boots in your home? Disgusting.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm trying to picture a large family gathering with 30+ pairs of shoes by the door and everyone walking around in bare feet.

And as a South Asian person, I've never been to a South Asian household gathering where there are not 30+ shoes on the porch/garage/foyer

I'm glad y'all have large homes with spacious foyers, porches, etc.

I am a different South Asian person and guess what? We grew up in a tiny house without a real foyer and somehow we managed. Taking off your shoes in the home is not a luxury. How bizarre.