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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So all you shoes-on people: when you go to an open house, do you comply with the shoe cover request? Is it only when accepting someone’s hospitality as a guest in their home that you get all hung up about how rude it is to not be able track stuff into people’s houses by keeping your shoes on, and not when it’s a commercial venture like an open house? If so, where does a networking event fall on this spectrum?[/quote]
in Canada (at least everywhere I have lived in the west) requests shoes removed for our open houses. Not even booties, just no shoes at all. And everyone complies, even the old people. [/quote]

If you're in a place where shoes always come off, then people presumably prepare.

If I was going to an open house, and open houses always mean shoes off, then I'd wear socks, or bring slippers, or something.  If my plantar fasciitis was acting up, I'd bring house shoes that worked for my feet. If I lived in Japan, I'd come prepared.

[b]But I don't live in that kind of a place[/b], and asking me to suddenly take my shoes off around a group of strangers would be stressful.

I don't see how you have a large party without needing to clean the next day, so I would just do that. [/quote]
You [i]are[/i] in a place where this is common. You just refuse to acknowledge it. 
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I am not in a place where most open houses require shoes off, or a place where most children's parties require shoes off.  I've been to many of these events and asking people to take their shoes off is a very uncommon choice.

We don't wear shoes in my house, and if it's a kid or two coming over to play, they take theirs off, or a good friend or relative who knows us well, they will too.  But for a party, especially one with adult guests, I don't even ask.  If I was going to ask, then I'd warn people.  [/quote]

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