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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Ugh, this thread again! It bugged me so much the last time around I just have to comment again.

Can't we agree that if you want people to take their shoes off at your home, that's fine, but you need to bear the burden of telling them about it in advance? it may be cumbersome or an extra step, but if I am invited to a no shoes house, I wouldn't wear:

pants with a length suitable for being barefoot (don't want to drag my clean pants on the floor or trip on a hem that is intended for taller heels) 
slippers or socks with grips -- frankly, your desire for shoe-free floors does not trump my desire to avoid athlete's foot or an injury from slipping and falling 
Others who are less worried about athlete's foot may simply want to update their pedicure, or be sure something is hiding their corns, take care that their blisters are bandaged effectively (so they don't get infected from traipsing around on the ground) and so on.

If you don't inform your guests of your shoes policy before they arrive, it's supremely uncool. If you tell people beforehand that it's going to be a sock-hop, no problem. [/quote]

One more thought, maybe humorous. The last time I was at a no-shoes policy it was at a party thrown by a college professor. Since many of his hipstery grad students were in attendance, the entrance hall was one enormous pile of chuck taylors. Things got quite chaotic when the partygoers, tipsy and tired, had to try and figure out which chucks belonged to which feet. [/quote]

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