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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Why do people assume shoes are dirty?

Tonight for instance my left my office in my dress shoes, drove my new car home and walked into house my shoes are spotless.

Once home I changed took shoes off and was barefoot. I went to garage to grab a snack from fridge, took dog out in yard and picked up crap. All barefoot.

When I am no shoes my house or another house I run in and out barefoot so my feet are no cleaner [/quote]

Well, obviously it depends on your surroundings. When I step out of my Tribeca loft, I am on Greenwich st, stepping on urban detritus - dog poop, pigeon poop, dead rats, urine, etc. Would you want to bring any of that inside?

Some people also don’t want the grit and dirt from outside in their house. Imagine living on the beach - would you take a stroll on the beach in sneakers and then walk your sandy shoes right inside your house? Wearing shoes inside brings a non zero amount of grit and dirt inside, and some people do not want that, even if it’s to a lesser degree than wearing sandy shoes into a house.

Finally, it’s cultural. In some countries, you not only remove your shoes inside, but you also put on special slippers for the bathroom, which is spotlessly clean. For some people, washing your hands goes along with not tracking anything from the bathroom floor back into the house.

So, is that ok? Can people have different opinions and customs when it comes to taking off shoes? By the way, I’m sure you are fine, but being barefoot around dog poop is how people get hookworm.  [/quote]

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