I do have a 'thing' about shoes and feet on furniture, but would really like some points of view about last weekend. I was a at friend's house, at a discussion group, all the people known to her, though not necessarily very well. One woman arrived late, and when offered a seat immediately put one foot up on the chair as she sat. Then we moved into a room with sofas, and she took her shoes off, put one bare foot on the seat and sat down on her foot, pulled the other foot up and proceeded to feel about around her toes as we were talking. Afterwards we had food, and she handled the serving spoons etc. without washing her hands first, having handled her feet. To me, it was horribly rude to put her feet on someone else's furniture, uninvited, and unhygienic, though I do hate feet going anywhere but the floor. Was what she did really rude to the person whose house it was, or am I too bothered by it?