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Anonymous wrote:We are a no-shoes household generally but I don't request that of guests. I want them to feel comfortable. I do cringe when I see them walking around but its more important to me that they don't feel awkward.

The concerns about dog poop are overblown. There are germs everywhere that you cannot avoid (shopping cards, door handles, money, gas pumps, the tools your hairdresser uses) and an infinitesimal amount of dog poop on your FLOOR is in no way a hazard.

What about all the vomit on the streets that would get tracked in?

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about your outfit. No shoes means no exceptions.

Anonymous wrote:I suspect shoe free cultures are those in which humans are defecating and urinating outside and there is a lot of poverty and hovels.

Anonymous wrote:We are a no-shoes household generally but I don't request that of guests. I want them to feel comfortable. I do cringe when I see them walking around but its more important to me that they don't feel awkward.

The concerns about dog poop are overblown. There are germs everywhere that you cannot avoid (shopping cards, door handles, money, gas pumps, the tools your hairdresser uses) and an infinitesimal amount of dog poop on your FLOOR is in no way a hazard.

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Anonymous wrote:What do people do about guests in wheelchairs?

I have an indoor wheelchair.

You make a guest switch wheelchairs?!?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t host formal events in my house bc I’m that grossed out by shoes everywhere. I once did host many years ago and some woman had a nail coming out of her heel on an old shoe that left dings in every plank of hardwood that she stepped on. I was renting then but would be pretty pissed of that happened on my floors. Only informal gatherings for me and shoes off!

Do you work outside of the house? What about going shopping or other indoor activities, going to the movies, etc?

I have no idea what these questions have to do w my feelings about shoes in the home.

I do all of these activities outside the home while wearing shoes and then I come home and remove them.

You said you were grossed out by shoes everywhere. Clearly not. Curious why shoes in your work office don’t gross you out?

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Anonymous wrote:I don’t host formal events in my house bc I’m that grossed out by shoes everywhere. I once did host many years ago and some woman had a nail coming out of her heel on an old shoe that left dings in every plank of hardwood that she stepped on. I was renting then but would be pretty pissed of that happened on my floors. Only informal gatherings for me and shoes off!

Do you work outside of the house? What about going shopping or other indoor activities, going to the movies, etc?

I have no idea what these questions have to do w my feelings about shoes in the home.

I do all of these activities outside the home while wearing shoes and then I come home and remove them.

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Anonymous wrote:What do people do about guests in wheelchairs?

I have an indoor wheelchair.

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Anonymous wrote:I don't care about your outfit. No shoes means no exceptions.

Or what? Off to the gulag?

Or you can gtfo.

Anonymous wrote:We are a no shoes household both by culture and by location. In manhattan, I have yet to encounter a household where people routinely wear shoes indoors. We live in tribeca and there are rats, dog feces, human feces, etc all over the street. I’ve been in probably 100 homes in tribeca, uws, ues, west village, soho, etc and once or twice we were told we could leave our shoes on if we wanted to, but most of the other guests, including the host, had theirs off. Many homes have a basket of slippers for guests. Also, when other kids come over for play dates, I notice that they automatically take off their shoes without being asked, so I assume they do the same at home.

Anonymous wrote:We ask our guests to remove their shoes and provide cubbies by our entrance. We would consider it rude if an adult would not remove their shoes coming into our house. We don’t care about non pedicured feet just respect of our rules.

We host many parties and our guests respect our wishes. Those that don’t either don’t come, get asked to leave or do not get asked.

Anonymous wrote:I don't care about your outfit. No shoes means no exceptions.