So fed up with people not taking their shoes off!

[Puddingsmummy]

We have a baby who's starting to find his feet, he's on the floor a lot so I always ask people to take their shoes off before coming into our home.
However my DH feels embarrassed to ask anyone so if they don't offer then he just let's them walk in. I find it so annoying! Not only do I find it unhygienic with little fingers on the floor but also I don't want to be sitting on the floor when people have worn shoes indoors!

I've even put a little sign up in the porch asking people to kindly remove their shoes but still it doesn't work!!! Soo annoying!!!!!

So many typos..but you get my drift.

It seems I'm in the minority then. But to be fair if someone was that offended by me not liking them wearing shoes in my house then they wouldn't be invited very often as pp stated!

It's just me, I don't like shoes indoors. I wouldn't like to sit on the pavement outside and it feels like a similar comparison to me. 🤔

You'd probably sit on grass at the park though, or on the carpet at a baby and toddler group. They're no different to a pavement really, other than they're more comfortable.

I think it's so rude when people don't take their shoes off especially if you have carpet. I've got a carpet cleaner and the muck that comes out of it is disgusting so you can imagine how much worse it'd be if people were to wear shoes on there.

I let people wear shoes in my house and don't get lots of much coming out when I clean the carpet.

I've got a carpet cleaner and the muck that comes out of it is disgusting so you can imagine how much worse it'd be if people were to wear shoes on there.

I have a small office - just me and the odd client comes in for a meeting maybe once per week on average and just walks 6 feet from the door to the table. I have both an outdoor mat and indoor mat at each side of the door. I have a carpet cleaner and clean it every couple of years (it's vacuumed weekly). The water in the cleaner isn't just brown dirty water, it's jet black gunge - really hard to understand where it comes from - nothing but the crap brought in on my shoes and the occasional client, even with using a door mat.

No way is anyone coming into my house with shoes on (except with plastic shoe coverings which I provide). These days, most decent firms send their staff with their own shoe coverings - only last month, the Sky installer came and put on the plastic coverings without even being asked - he did it automatically.

I understand the issue with carpets. With wooden floors I feel it’s fine though. More hygienic as you can just mop them.

Oooh I freakin love shoes on/off threads on this place! People are mental :D

OP I agree with you, shoes in the house is really gross. Whenever you invite people around, make it clear on the phone that shoes are coming off in your house so if they'd rather have shoes on inside then please bring along some indoor shoes (some that have not been worn outside). That way they've got an option if they've got manky feet or need support from shoes instead of being surprised at the door with no alternatives.

Then be firm. Meet them at the door, block the way if you can and a cheery, "Shoes off and then we can pop the kettle on!" Works a treat for me with my SIL who usually leaves her shoes on in everyone else's houses (but not her own).

Really rude it to respect someone’s rules re shoes off or on.

Don’t invite people back who have deliberately ignored your rules. Obv your in laws will have to come back but you could actually keep a pair of slippers specially for them only in their sizes.

Not to respect.
Stupid iPad!

You could just tell them, we’re having no outdoor shoes in the house now that the baby has his hands all over the floor all the time.

Some people are self-conscious about their feet, or their feet feel cold with no shoes, or they don't want to wear slippers that may have been worn by other people/guests with smelly/grubby feet/fungal toenails/verruccas/athlete's foot.
I take it you are not providing hotel-style new slippers for every guest?

And in any case, an over-hygienic environment won't do your baby's immune system any favours.

OP is perfectly within her rights to not want people to wear their outdoor shoes in their houses. Therefore it's a respectful and kind thing for visitors to bring extra socks/slippers/indoor shoes along with them if they know they don't want to be without footwear inside.

Flat refusing to take your shoes off when the host has asked you to is incredibly rude.