Anonymous wrote:"I had no problem walking around their home in my bare feet. My feet are clean and don't smell so I don't see the big problem. "

You're wrong. Bare feet have natural oils that are left behind on floors & rugs. When you wear flip flops, it's impossible for your feet to be clean for long.

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I figure the natural oils are still cleaner than the human and animal fecal bacteria that people track around when wearing their shoes indoors.

How much poop are you people stepping in on an average day?

Since we are not in Amsterdam or Paris, I'm probably not stepping in shit everyday, but other people do. They step in dog/cat urine and shit particles in grass then track it into the metro, office buildings, coffee shops. Plus if you work in an office building, I imagine you use the public restrooms. That's where you track the human urine & shit bacteria.

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I figure the natural oils are still cleaner than the human and animal fecal bacteria that people track around when wearing their shoes indoors.

How much poop are you people stepping in on an average day?

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I figure the natural oils are still cleaner than the human and animal fecal bacteria that people track around when wearing their shoes indoors.

How much poop are you people stepping in on an average day?

I figure the natural oils are still cleaner than the human and animal fecal bacteria that people track around when wearing their shoes indoors.

Anonymous wrote:"I had no problem walking around their home in my bare feet. My feet are clean and don't smell so I don't see the big problem. "

You're wrong. Bare feet have natural oils that are left behind on floors & rugs. When you wear flip flops, it's impossible for your feet to be clean for long.

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Anyway, lunatic friend, my pants fit precisely the way they were supposed to fit. I intend to wear them with heels. I have other pants that I intend to wear with flats. When I dress up, I like a heel, which is a choice and not a tailoring deficiency. When I take the heels off, they no longer fit the way they are supposed to fit.

Lunatic friend here.
Congratulations for buying the right size pants.
In the future, consider rolling your pants hem up, or telling the friend what wonderful pants you have and how you cannot take your shoes off.
Or, do not visit that friend.

Has no-one considered refusing to take off shoes? The request is taken as God's Word that THOU shalt not DISOBEY. That is why people are fighting, right?
So what is so wrong with refusing?
Or rolling up the hem of the pants?

I am totally confused, I do not visit the homes of DCUM folks. Please enlighten me

In any case, I'm sure most folks who ask people to remove their shoes are not as gross as this person was, but still. What if a person was wearing sandals? Must they walk around in their bare feet in a person's house? And I mean, who wins there, anyway? Multiple strangers walking around barefoot is not exactly clean and hygenic. I personally would prefer scuff marks over a wicked case of athlete's foot, but maybe that's just me. And of course, it's not like shoes in the house are really going to do that much damage anyway, now, are they?

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Anonymous wrote:I always automatically remove my shoes upon entry when visiting someone's home. In my own home, I'm accustomed to wearing slippers, but I can't expect my hosts to have those ready for me. If say I'm wearing sandals on a given day and will be visiting a home, usually I'll just pop a pair of socks into my purse, and slide them on when I get to my destination (if slippers aren't provided). I'd rather wear my own socks than walk around barefoot on someone else's floor, with my feet possibly picking up lint, hair, etc, that might be down there.

When we have guests, I will just put some pairs of slippers near the door, and that's sign enough (in addition to seeing us as hosts wearing them) of what the "tradition" is in our household.

This what we all do. As we have hardwood floors and expensive rugs etc we go barefoot with slippers. Regular guests are happy to do as we do and wherever possible we warn new guests about our lifestyle choices and ask them to bring their slippers with them. I am really not very comfortable with people wearing just socks our our polished floors and stairs are slippery. We obviously recipocrate when visiting our friends.

Anonymous wrote:I always automatically remove my shoes upon entry when visiting someone's home. In my own home, I'm accustomed to wearing slippers, but I can't expect my hosts to have those ready for me. If say I'm wearing sandals on a given day and will be visiting a home, usually I'll just pop a pair of socks into my purse, and slide them on when I get to my destination (if slippers aren't provided). I'd rather wear my own socks than walk around barefoot on someone else's floor, with my feet possibly picking up lint, hair, etc, that might be down there.

When we have guests, I will just put some pairs of slippers near the door, and that's sign enough (in addition to seeing us as hosts wearing them) of what the "tradition" is in our household.

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Anonymous wrote:If the people who ask me to remove my shoes are Asian, I don't mind because I assume that it is cultural. If the people are not Asian and ask me to remove my shoes, I assume they are neurotic.

Really?

There are many cultures that take off shoes before entering a home, including some Middle Eastern, African, and European cultures. And I'm a white chic from New England and our family ALWAYS took our shoes off at the door.

I would guess that ALL Middle East countries (except Israel) take off shoes before entering a home.

You would guess wrong.