Visitors shoes off in the house

[IGottaSeeJane]

When did this become a thing?
We've never insisted on it. My parents would never have considered asking visitors to do it for an instant.
Surely if your floor covering can't take a bit of dirt, you need to get better coverings?

Definitely shoes off. Roads have dog shit, spit, vomit, and more on them. I'm not overerly worried about germs but I don't want that bacteria on my carpets. As a PP said I lie on them with my DC.

The nursery we used for DCs insisted on shoe covers for adults and shoes off for children in the cloakroom. So no shoes beyond that point.

Their reasoning was it was very unhygienic to have dirty shoes on their floors where babies and toddlers crawl around on the floor.

This topic has been done to death. We are a shoes off household.

I deliberately have wooden floors downstairs because I hate the thought of people traipsing into my house with their dirty shoes. If I had carpets downstairs, it would be shoes off

After spending thousands on new flooring and carpet it would piss me right off if someone came in with shoes on.

All the kids that come over take their shoes off. I don’t, and don’t ask them too either. In fact my parents always insisted we had something on our feet - slippers or shoes, it was rude to walk around bare footed.

I don’t ask people to take their shoes off in my house but I do cringe if they don’t offer it. I have easy to clean floor, it’s nothing to do with that. I just find it rude to walk into someone’s house with dirty shoes (and yes they are, even if they haven’t got obvious mud or poo on them).

I would also take my shoes off in someone else’s house, without being asked.

Maybe regional. I am south east.

Shoes off. Keeps the floors cleaner.

It’s considered very rude not to take shoes off in many parts of the world, which makes a lot of sense.

I am weirdly fascinated by these threads, they come up so frequently. All these people who secretly feel sick about the invisible poo particles in my shoes-on house! And the fact that I sit on the floor with my 13mo in my shoes-on house! I take my shoes off without question in other people’s houses if it’s clear they are a shoes-off household. Their house, their rules. But I do find the poo particles brigade on here very funny.

Shoes off in my house.

People spit on the floor. People cough up that horrible phlegm stuff on the floor. Dogs piss on the floor ( poo can mostly be avoided if seen ) All sorts of germs & nasties. If a visitor came round & had no socks on I would kindly hand them a clean pair of socks.... and P.S I don't have anybody come to my house who I wouldn't feel comfortable offering them a pair of socks.

Do I want the remnants of spit, phlegm & dog piss ground into my carpet?! Erm no thanks. It's vile wearing shoes indoors, just think if you have an infant crawling around

@ExsandOhOhOhs ... yes I agree. I also think people who wear shoes indoor have lower standards of cleanliness.

@ExsandOhOhOhs - I will be honest. I think people that wear shoes indoors have lower standards

I will be honest. I think people who insist on shoes off are anal.

I have an infant crawling around 😱
He also crawls around the patio, the garden, the park...
See what I mean - absolutely hilarious threads

@loubieloulou - People spit on the floor. People cough up that horrible phlegm stuff on the floor. Dogs piss on the floor

You obviously socialise with very rough people. Nobody has every spit in my floor nobody has ever spit on my floor. My dogs are house trained and only piss outdoors.

Do I want the remnants of spit, phlegm & dog piss ground into my carpet?!

Maybe you should get some more civilised friends who don't spit, cough phlegm or allow dogs to piss on your floors.

Oops. Nobody spit twice. Second spit on floor should be coughed phlegm on floor.

@Isthisafreename .... oh dear, did you not get what I wrote

Of course no body does this in my house. I'm on about outside ON THE STREETS ON THE PAVEMENTS FOR GODS SAKE which then gets on peoples shoes and walked into your house. No rough people in my house lol. Although I can't control the scruffs who walk around everytown centre doing the said offensive actions.

Quick to jump to conclusions there werent you.

Enjoy your pissy floors

You obviously socialise with very rough people. Nobody has every spit in my floor nobody has ever spit on my floor. My dogs are house trained and only piss outdoors.

Presumably she means there's piss, spit and phlem in the streets and general outdoors, not on the floors of her house, which people then walk over in their shoes.

@Isthisafreename .... your dogs piss outdoors .... clearly you walk on the dried up piss unless you avoid your garden altogether. Oh wait ... you then walk outdoors and straight into your house

Again... enjoy your pissy floors

@loubieloulou oh dear, did you not get what I wrote

I got what you wrote. You referred to people spitting on floors. Floors are indoors. If you mean outdoors, then refer to streets or the ground.

Of course no body does this in my house. I'm on about outside ON THE STREETS ON THE PAVEMENTS FOR GODS SAKE

Then perhaps you should use the correct terminology. You stated people spit, and dogs piss, on floors.

Enjoy your pissy floors - Aren't you pleasant.

@BadLad - Presumably she means there's piss, spit and phlem in the streets and general outdoors, not on the floors of her house, which people then walk over in their shoes.

Then perhaps she should have used the correct terminology. As I said above, floors are indoors.

If you want to get into discussions on pissy floors - do you ensure that the toilet lid is always down when the toilet is flushed? If not, do you insist people wear different footwear in the toilet to the rest of the house? If not, you've got pissy floors as the flush results in micro particles from the toilet dispersed around the room.

Germs area very important in the development of the immune system. Excessive hygiene results in the immune system reacting in a way that increases allergies.

Shoes off at my house and growing up most school friends houses I remember being shoes off too.

Was very obvious that the pp was talking about the outside ground.

@Isthisafreename .... funny you say that - as yes I do always make sure the toilet lid is down when I flush! I know all about the pissy micro particles.

It's also funny that you commented ' aren't I such a delight' when you was the one who started getting all pissy first ( pissy - get it ) when you indicated that I must have rough people in my house & find Some more civilised friends.

And 100% I've always closed the lid before flushing the loo!

Look at then end of the day if you can't take it don't give it.

And erm your autocorrection of using the correct 'terminology' was a bit meh # eye roll. Sounds like a right clever cloggs thing to say really.

I like my nice clean floors thanks. No need to start the bashing when I only stated simple facts of what was actually on the floor outside.... judging by your first response sounds like I hit a nerve eh and you don't like being thought of as dirty, but hey ho, each to their own.

Anyway. Life is too short for all this drama. Chow

Then perhaps she should have used the correct terminology. As I said above, floors are indoors.

You'd have to be an absolute moron if you didn't understand what she meant.

Is this you?

Lol 😂 @BadLad.

Shoes on for adults. Couldn’t imagine it any other way.

Eugh wearing just socks or having bare feet in other peoples houses, very odd.

These threads come up with alarming regularity.

As with so many things, there is a class issue at play.

We don't wear shoes inside, but wouldn't dream of asking people to remove shoes - it makes me 😱 to even think of it.

Just come on in, be welcomed and feel at home. If you want to remove your shoes, that's fine. Whatever makes you, the guest, most comfortable.