Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I'm sure I will get flamed for this question, but here goes . . . We are a shoe free home (town house) and keep our shoes inside the basement area next to the garage. For those of you that are shoe free, and use some type of cleaning service, do you ask the cleaners to remove their shoes when they come to clean? We have carpet on our third floor and I hate that they are up there with shoes. I suspect there is probably something in their liability insurance that requires shoes, but I have never asked. We are building a new home (renting now) and I really hope to find some private individuals to clean that house and I'll buy them some shoes to wear while they are there! I know, I'm crazy!
I'm crazy, too, but i couldn't deal with my cleaning people wearing shoes everywhere and the whole place just felt dirty when it had just been cleaned. I asked them to wear workman's shoe covers that they sell at Home Depot (I supply them) and they've been doing that for years.
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure I will get flamed for this question, but here goes . . . We are a shoe free home (town house) and keep our shoes inside the basement area next to the garage. For those of you that are shoe free, and use some type of cleaning service, do you ask the cleaners to remove their shoes when they come to clean? We have carpet on our third floor and I hate that they are up there with shoes. I suspect there is probably something in their liability insurance that requires shoes, but I have never asked. We are building a new home (renting now) and I really hope to find some private individuals to clean that house and I'll buy them some shoes to wear while they are there! I know, I'm crazy!
Anonymous wrote:I'm sure I will get flamed for this question, but here goes . . . We are a shoe free home (town house) and keep our shoes inside the basement area next to the garage. For those of you that are shoe free, and use some type of cleaning service, do you ask the cleaners to remove their shoes when they come to clean? We have carpet on our third floor and I hate that they are up there with shoes. I suspect there is probably something in their liability insurance that requires shoes, but I have never asked. We are building a new home (renting now) and I really hope to find some private individuals to clean that house and I'll buy them some shoes to wear while they are there! I know, I'm crazy!
Anonymous wrote:Agree with PP - the pile of shoes by the door always reminds me of that exhibit at the Holocaust museum.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:It's pretty easy to tell if a house is shoe-free from the smell the minute they open the door.
At least in Asia they know enough to store the shoes outside.
Actually, shoes for people from shoe-free homes smell a lot better than those who wear shoes all day.
We ask kid guests to remove their shoes. Adult guests can do whatever they please.
Anonymous wrote:I dislike this rule primarily because I have plantar fascitis and must wear shoes. I just decline and explain why but I always feel uncomfortable