Weird habits of the house/houseguest

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I am going to someone’s house I make sure my feet are “presentable,” just in case I need to take my shoes off. Those of you who are so inconvenienced by having to do so are inconveniencing us, the people who don’t want the crap from your shoes all over our house.

Maybe the poors who can’t afford a swiffer shouldn’t invite people over.

And the pesticides from outside. Yuck. Try to be civilized- or just stay home.

A stiffer doesn’t clean dirt, fertilizer, pollen and pesticides out of your carpet either.

I don’t need to visit anyone who worries I’m going to scratch their HARDWOOD floors for the brief time I’m there. On the other hand all those chemicals from your swifter don’t need to be absorbed by my feet. That’s ok we can meet at a restaurant. Or not.

People who are more concerned with the cleanliness/condition of their floors rather than the comfort of their guests SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Full stop.

It does not always have to do with cleanliness, but allergies and medical conditions of the host. Full stop.

If you have allergies and a medical condition that make you so fragile that you can’t have anyone walk on your floors with shoes on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Once again, full stop.

Hilarious. Calm down and stay home if you are too fragile and easily triggered to take your shoes off. If you don't know how to act in someone else's house, no wonder you are not invited.

[Anonymous]

For those of you who keep a 'no shoes' house, do you have teen boys?

I used to have this rule until my son became and teen and the stinky feet set in. He'd bring home a bunch of friends and the foyer would smell like a locker room! I now allow them to keep their shoes on and purchased a carpet cleaner that I use twice/month on the high-traffic areas. Best purchase ever!

[Anonymous]

I find it so offensive and insulting when I go to the home of a friend of another culture and they have a nice spread of their food for dinner and then some random 'white people food' also tossed on the table. I'm not a picky eater at all and will try everything once. I also have no issues with spice. Even good friends will do this, like people I've known for years. I was at a dinner party about a month or so ago with a fantastic spread of Indian foods. Some of the best I've had, honestly, and then a smaller table with hot dogs, potato chips, and dip. Like really? Of course no one ate the hot dogs and then the hosts were a bit put off by the waste of that food. They made To Go bags of hot dogs for all us white people to take home.

[Anonymous]

MIL thinks it's fine for people to have to move crap on the kitchen table to set a coffee cup down.

Her favorite saying is "you came to see me, not my house."

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I am going to someone’s house I make sure my feet are “presentable,” just in case I need to take my shoes off. Those of you who are so inconvenienced by having to do so are inconveniencing us, the people who don’t want the crap from your shoes all over our house.

Maybe the poors who can’t afford a swiffer shouldn’t invite people over.

And the pesticides from outside. Yuck. Try to be civilized- or just stay home.

A stiffer doesn’t clean dirt, fertilizer, pollen and pesticides out of your carpet either.

I don’t need to visit anyone who worries I’m going to scratch their HARDWOOD floors for the brief time I’m there. On the other hand all those chemicals from your swifter don’t need to be absorbed by my feet. That’s ok we can meet at a restaurant. Or not.

People who are more concerned with the cleanliness/condition of their floors rather than the comfort of their guests SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Full stop.

It does not always have to do with cleanliness, but allergies and medical conditions of the host. Full stop.

If you have allergies and a medical condition that make you so fragile that you can’t have anyone walk on your floors with shoes on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Once again, full stop.

Hilarious. Calm down and stay home if you are too fragile and easily triggered to take your shoes off. If you don't know how to act in someone else's house, no wonder you are not invited.

I am happy to report that I only had one neurotic friend who ran a no shoe household, and I happily complied. But my non-neurotic-we-don’t-get-worked-up-about-stupid-shit friends would laugh about it all the time. With our shoes on. In each other’s houses. Like normal people.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MIL thinks it's fine for people to have to move crap on the kitchen table to set a coffee cup down.

Her favorite saying is "you came to see me, not my house."

+1

We have the same MIL.

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I am going to someone’s house I make sure my feet are “presentable,” just in case I need to take my shoes off. Those of you who are so inconvenienced by having to do so are inconveniencing us, the people who don’t want the crap from your shoes all over our house.

Maybe the poors who can’t afford a swiffer shouldn’t invite people over.

And the pesticides from outside. Yuck. Try to be civilized- or just stay home.

A stiffer doesn’t clean dirt, fertilizer, pollen and pesticides out of your carpet either.

I don’t need to visit anyone who worries I’m going to scratch their HARDWOOD floors for the brief time I’m there. On the other hand all those chemicals from your swifter don’t need to be absorbed by my feet. That’s ok we can meet at a restaurant. Or not.

People who are more concerned with the cleanliness/condition of their floors rather than the comfort of their guests SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Full stop.

It does not always have to do with cleanliness, but allergies and medical conditions of the host. Full stop.

If you have allergies and a medical condition that make you so fragile that you can’t have anyone walk on your floors with shoes on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Once again, full stop.

Hilarious. Calm down and stay home if you are too fragile and easily triggered to take your shoes off. If you don't know how to act in someone else's house, no wonder you are not invited.

I am happy to report that I only had one neurotic friend who ran a no shoe household, and I happily complied. But my non-neurotic-we-don’t-get-worked-up-about-stupid-shit friends would laugh about it all the time. With our shoes on. In each other’s houses. Like normal people.

Is that your support group?

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I am going to someone’s house I make sure my feet are “presentable,” just in case I need to take my shoes off. Those of you who are so inconvenienced by having to do so are inconveniencing us, the people who don’t want the crap from your shoes all over our house.

Maybe the poors who can’t afford a swiffer shouldn’t invite people over.

And the pesticides from outside. Yuck. Try to be civilized- or just stay home.

A stiffer doesn’t clean dirt, fertilizer, pollen and pesticides out of your carpet either.

I don’t need to visit anyone who worries I’m going to scratch their HARDWOOD floors for the brief time I’m there. On the other hand all those chemicals from your swifter don’t need to be absorbed by my feet. That’s ok we can meet at a restaurant. Or not.

People who are more concerned with the cleanliness/condition of their floors rather than the comfort of their guests SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Full stop.

It does not always have to do with cleanliness, but allergies and medical conditions of the host. Full stop.

If you have allergies and a medical condition that make you so fragile that you can’t have anyone walk on your floors with shoes on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Once again, full stop.

Hilarious. Calm down and stay home if you are too fragile and easily triggered to take your shoes off. If you don't know how to act in someone else's house, no wonder you are not invited.

I am happy to report that I only had one neurotic friend who ran a no shoe household, and I happily complied. But my non-neurotic-we-don’t-get-worked-up-about-stupid-shit friends would laugh about it all the time. With our shoes on. In each other’s houses. Like normal people.

Is that your support group?

Yes. As far as I know, we are the very first and only support group for normal people.

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I am going to someone’s house I make sure my feet are “presentable,” just in case I need to take my shoes off. Those of you who are so inconvenienced by having to do so are inconveniencing us, the people who don’t want the crap from your shoes all over our house.

Maybe the poors who can’t afford a swiffer shouldn’t invite people over.

And the pesticides from outside. Yuck. Try to be civilized- or just stay home.

A stiffer doesn’t clean dirt, fertilizer, pollen and pesticides out of your carpet either.

I don’t need to visit anyone who worries I’m going to scratch their HARDWOOD floors for the brief time I’m there. On the other hand all those chemicals from your swifter don’t need to be absorbed by my feet. That’s ok we can meet at a restaurant. Or not.

People who are more concerned with the cleanliness/condition of their floors rather than the comfort of their guests SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Full stop.

It does not always have to do with cleanliness, but allergies and medical conditions of the host. Full stop.

If you have allergies and a medical condition that make you so fragile that you can’t have anyone walk on your floors with shoes on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Once again, full stop.

Hilarious. Calm down and stay home if you are too fragile and easily triggered to take your shoes off. If you don't know how to act in someone else's house, no wonder you are not invited.

I am happy to report that I only had one neurotic friend who ran a no shoe household, and I happily complied. But my non-neurotic-we-don’t-get-worked-up-about-stupid-shit friends would laugh about it all the time. With our shoes on. In each other’s houses. Like normal people.

Is that your support group?

Yes. As far as I know, we are the very first and only support group for normal people.

Keep going. Maybe it will help.

[Anonymous]

Why is people's hygiene so bad that they dread taking off their shoes in front of others? Gross. Wear clean socks. Take a bath, use a pumice stone, file and shape your nails, treat your fungus.

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Anonymous wrote:Whenever I am going to someone’s house I make sure my feet are “presentable,” just in case I need to take my shoes off. Those of you who are so inconvenienced by having to do so are inconveniencing us, the people who don’t want the crap from your shoes all over our house.

Maybe the poors who can’t afford a swiffer shouldn’t invite people over.

And the pesticides from outside. Yuck. Try to be civilized- or just stay home.

A stiffer doesn’t clean dirt, fertilizer, pollen and pesticides out of your carpet either.

I don’t need to visit anyone who worries I’m going to scratch their HARDWOOD floors for the brief time I’m there. On the other hand all those chemicals from your swifter don’t need to be absorbed by my feet. That’s ok we can meet at a restaurant. Or not.

People who are more concerned with the cleanliness/condition of their floors rather than the comfort of their guests SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Full stop.

It does not always have to do with cleanliness, but allergies and medical conditions of the host. Full stop.

If you have allergies and a medical condition that make you so fragile that you can’t have anyone walk on your floors with shoes on, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HOSTING. Once again, full stop.

Hilarious. Calm down and stay home if you are too fragile and easily triggered to take your shoes off. If you don't know how to act in someone else's house, no wonder you are not invited.

I am happy to report that I only had one neurotic friend who ran a no shoe household, and I happily complied. But my non-neurotic-we-don’t-get-worked-up-about-stupid-shit friends would laugh about it all the time. With our shoes on. In each other’s houses. Like normal people.

Is that your support group?

Yes. As far as I know, we are the very first and only support group for normal people.

Keep going. Maybe it will help.

Will do!

[Anonymous]

When people come over and ask about removing their shoes, I say it's preferred but not required and they can do whatever is most comfortable.

When I go to other's houses, I assume it's no shoes and plan accordingly. What I dislike is when the floors are dirty and/or cold and/or slippery (wood floors often meet all three of those, especially for people with kids and pets). Under those circumstances, please allow people to keep their shoes on or provide socks/slippers.

Overall, I dislike wearing shoes and will kick my shoes off any chance I get, so if I'm balking at taking my shoes off, there must be a good reason ( really dirty floors being #1; I have a high tolerance for schmutz.)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When people come over and ask about removing their shoes, I say it's preferred but not required and they can do whatever is most comfortable.

When I go to other's houses, I assume it's no shoes and plan accordingly. What I dislike is when the floors are dirty and/or cold and/or slippery (wood floors often meet all three of those, especially for people with kids and pets). Under those circumstances, please allow people to keep their shoes on or provide socks/slippers.

Overall, I dislike wearing shoes and will kick my shoes off any chance I get, so if I'm balking at taking my shoes off, there must be a good reason ( really dirty floors being #1; I have a high tolerance for schmutz.)

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I can tell right away if the house is kept well or not. I am not judgy about it, but if there are high chances of dirt (not just dust, but lots of dirt), then I don't bother taking my shoes off. I am not judgy about it. These are houses where the host generally does not ask me to take of my shoes, and that host is usually wearing shoes (which explains the dirt in the house LOL). But I agree with what you do, PP.

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Anonymous wrote:Getting back to the thread topic - we stayed at someone’s house who had a policy of not flushing if it was just no.1 or the kids poops. Trying to save the environment. So all the bathrooms would be full of waste when you went in them.

Oh that is really gross. No freakin' way could I stay in a house like that.

We don't flush for number 1's at night. But thats only the upstairs bathrooms and we do flush them in the mornings.

We do that to not wake up the baby. He's 2 now, it's just a habit. I get grossed out by it in the AM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I find it so offensive and insulting when I go to the home of a friend of another culture and they have a nice spread of their food for dinner and then some random 'white people food' also tossed on the table. I'm not a picky eater at all and will try everything once. I also have no issues with spice. Even good friends will do this, like people I've known for years. I was at a dinner party about a month or so ago with a fantastic spread of Indian foods. Some of the best I've had, honestly, and then a smaller table with hot dogs, potato chips, and dip. Like really? Of course no one ate the hot dogs and then the hosts were a bit put off by the waste of that food. They made To Go bags of hot dogs for all us white people to take home.

Those are usually for kids who are happier with familiar foods.

Also, perhaps you are not a picky eater and are okay with spicy food but rest assured that many folks have a hard time with them. We are from a different part of India and don’t usually serve the typical North Indian food which local restaurants do. I cannot expect everyone to even begin to understand how to eat what we serve.

It would be good if you could graciously take it as them being accommodating and not insulting. It’s not something negative, only you are turning it into that.