Gogglebox, the family who wear their shoes indoors

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I like this family but I can’t help but wince when I see a plate full of biscuits on their foot rest surrounded by feet encased in trainers.

AIBU to think they should TAKE THEM OFF!

Sorry.

No one wears outdoor shoes inside my house any further than the front door. Gross.

"I think this is from lower classes rather than upper ones

You maybe right, the upper class would just have carpets cleaned often."

I think those at the very top might be happy with a not completely clean house. When ordinary people say 'posh' they don't necessarily mean aristocrats or Royal Family though, just anyone posher than themselves and when I was growing up it was definitely a posh thing.

I don't know anyone who takes their shoes off in the house. I only take mine off as I prefer being barefoot.

I always thought that was a very common thing to do as didn't it mean you were too poor to buy new carpet when the existing one wore or got too dirty?

"A gentleman's house has polished floorboards and an occasional rug". That's a quote, John Mortimer, himself quoting a divorce seeking client. Don't know about that but I haven't got carpets so you can keep your shoes on here.

I am definitely too poor to buy new carpet if mine gets dirty!

It's not actually the shoes that get to me mrsexpo it's the proximity of the soles of the shoes to the plate of cakes. It's extra disturbing, a bit like finding half a dozen cherry bakewells on a plate in the middle of the pavement.

Did anyone see the old episode with Kate the vicar when their dog drank all the milk out the jug when they were out the room and she thought she hadn’t filled it and refilled it? I was howling! Tv gold 😂😂

Wearing outdoor shoes indoors is just foul. It just shows a complete lack of manners.

I always comment on the shoes on the table too. Weird even if you wear shoes inside, do you really put them on the table next to the food?

Wearing outdoor shoes indoors is just foul. It just shows a complete lack of manners.

Bit OTT... It's not like they're wiping their nose on the curtains or rubbing their bell ends on your pillows.

@sunshine11 - Wearing outdoor shoes indoors is just foul. It just shows a complete lack of manners.

Whereas I think taking your shoes off in someone else's house is really rude and over familiar, and therefore shows a complete lack of manners.

The class snobbery on this thread is getting ridiculous

I wouldn't want people wearing their outdoor shoes indoors after walking on goodness knows what outside with the grandkids crawling around. I have solid wooden floors too so don't want them ruined.

Lonicera, let it wash over you. It’s all a load of goady bolleaux.

I find people that ask for guests to remove their shoes uptight. Mind you, I only know one and she’s a complete fuss budget about everything

I wonder if we know the same person? I only know one evangelical 'shoes off' household, and they're the most tightly clenched people I've never met in my life. I'm not sure how they ever conceived children, quite frankly

Wearing outdoor shoes indoors is just foul. It just shows a complete lack of manners

Well the aristos would never remove their shoes, so shrug

I wear shoes indoors. Think it's very precious not to tbh.

Well the aristos would never remove their shoes, so shrug

I would love to see someone trying to tell Liz that she needs to take her shoes off at the door. I imagine her response to be far more withering than the acid put-down she delivered to Blair when he answered his mobile whilst she was granting him an audience

Only the middling sort who are worried about their expensive carpets, and proving their worth, care about shoes being on or off. The uppers and lowers keep their shoes on as the floors are cold and/or they simply dont care what other people think as they not so desperately aspirational. The hygiene aspect was simply an excuse invented by those who want to appear to be richer than they are and then passed it on to the next generation as fact.

Unclench dears.

I work in bare feet, have people come to the house and they have bare feet. Shock horror!

I have noticed that teenage and younger visitors take their shoes off - I have never asked a guest to remove shoes.

Maybe because I don't wear shoes in the house, my plumber and Electrician remove theirs - again I have never asked them to.

Oh and have just had a £500 quote to clean a rug, I don't think it would need to be cleaned if shoes hadn't been worn on it.

Outdoor shoes next to food, bit yuck.

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@CherryPavlova, do you never think of the dirt and nasties you are walking in on your shoes from collecting logs, walking dogs etc.? Eurgh
We're a "no shoes" house in a predominantly "no shoes" culture. I just couldn't bring myself to walk on my clean floors, carpets and rugs with all the muck (visible and invisible) that's on the soles of my shoes.
As for having dirty shoes near food, never!

this thread is so ridiculous. People so desperate to prove that their way is the more ‘upper class’ way

It has nothing to do with class. It’s about transporting germs and bacteria into and around your house. Why wouldn’t you want to minimise their spread?

Sad to see some people resort to ad hominem attack because they have a difference of opinion to poster.

I have absolutely no idea what class I am, but I take my shoes off as 1) I find my sheepskin slippers more comfortable than my winter boots and b) I don’t want to clean my floors more often than necessary!