Do you take your shoes off!?

[beavereater]

Living in Japan, I always get looks of shock and awe that I can do things like "Use chop-sticks"...thats like me saying to one of my students "OH MY GOD...you know how to use a fork and knife"

Anyway, I told a student the other day that if I walked into my moms house WITH MY SHOES ON she would smack me upside the head. Of course in Japan, people ALWAYS take off their shoes when entering a house, and even an office (At my school, you take off your shoes at the entrance and put on some nice slippers.)

Anyway, how many people out there take off their shoes when entering your home?

[tekkieman]

Havin g lived on Okinawa for three years, I learned to use chopsticks (sashi.....if I remember correctly), and remove my shoes entering a home. Now back in the U.S. my normal custom is to ask the person who's house I'm visiting what their preference is. In my home, i don't wear shoes, but guests are welcome to if they wish.

edit : Which brings me to the point that the poll needs another option for "maybe", and of course, the standard TGPO option

[Treebeard]

Only take off my shoes if they are obviously going to mess up the floors, coming in from rain or lawn work.

[DVD_Ripper]

Only take off my shoes if they are obviously going to mess up the floors, coming in from rain or lawn work.

Agreed... 99% of the time No.

[housepig]

Only take off my shoes if they are obviously going to mess up the floors, coming in from rain or lawn work.

same here.

[Capmaster]

No. We usually go around the house in socks or even bare feet, but because it's more comfortable that way. Coming into the house I leave my shoes on unless full of mud or grass clippings, like the other posters have mentioned.

[stiltman]

I leave mine on all the time except for showering and sleeping. If I got dirty shoes, my wife will clean up after me j/k

[joecav]

I leave mine on all the time except for showering and sleeping. If I got dirty shoes, my wife will clean up after me j/k

LOL...Riiiiight!

[Rookie64]

I rarely wear shoes in my own home (just that it's more comfortable)


I'll often ask others if they want me to take mine off before entering their homes...only 'cause I know some people tend to be hyper-sensitive about their carpets or even furniture (like it's only there for show not to sit on )

I'm not that way about my stuff, and I'm not picky about people taking their shoes off in my home...but ironically, no one ever asks me if I prefer them take their shoes off or not - they'll enter regardless if their shoes are muddy/dirty or not.

The funny thing is that people who are most hyper-sensitive about their own stuff are usually the most inconsiderate of others' property

[flaninacupboard]

I leave mine on all the time except for showering and sleeping. If I got dirty shoes, my wife will clean up after me j/k

So you're wearing shoes while on the job? interesting.....

I enter the house with them on, will usually go to the bathrrom and make a cup of tea, then sit down, take off my glasses and shoes, put my feet up, read the paper, and drink my tea. shoes then live by the stairs until i need them.

i wore shoes all the time at my parents house, but that was because they had a hairy dog and i don't like hairy socks. also because my bedroom was a cellar (in a 600 year old listed building) with an incredibly bumpy floor, even with carpet and a sheet of insulating crap. that carpet was horrible, bright pink to start with, but i turned it a weird colour with fire, spilt alcohol, spilt tea, spray paint and mud. much prefer my nice blue one here.

[Capmaster]

with an incredibly bumpy floor, even with carpet and a sheet of insulting crap

So you had jeex make a house-call?

[flaninacupboard]

with an incredibly bumpy floor, even with carpet and a sheet of insulting crap

So you had jeex make a house-call?

Stupid manual spell checker!! although i think jeex would provide more than a sheet of insult, more like an ocean of insult, when faced with a pink carpet

Where is that angry dickwad anyway??

[Capmaster]

with an incredibly bumpy floor, even with carpet and a sheet of insulting crap

So you had jeex make a house-call?

Stupid manual spell checker!! although i think jeex would provide more than a sheet of insult, more like an ocean of insult, when faced with a pink carpet

Where is that angry dickwad anyway??

Maybe he had a PC problem sililar to Will Hay plugging his keyboard into the mouse port, but with jeex he plugged his keyboard directly into his monitor. All this time jeex thinks he's been insulting us and he's just been insulting himself

[flaninacupboard]

Maybe he had a PC problem sililar to Will Hay plugging his keyboard into the mouse port, but with jeex he plugged his keyboard directly into his monitor. All this time jeex thinks he's been insulting us and he's just been insulting himself

Hahaha, indeed possible! and of course he'll think he's getting instantaneous responses, so probably wore his fingers away. either that or he and TeeGee are off partying

[tekkieman]

....will usually go to the bathrrom and make a cup of tea, then sit down, take off my glasses and shoes, put my feet up, read the paper, and drink my tea.

Ok, go to the bathroom and make a cup of tea? Don't really know where to begin with this one! Atl east to sit down and read the paper, you're in the right place!

[flaninacupboard]

You're all picking on me tonight!

It's a two stage operation, you place a tea bag in a mug, remove the milk from the fridge and activate the kettle. then you go through the door and have a piss, and wash your hands. then you pour your water in the mug, eject the tea bag, add the milk, return milk to fridge and walk out -other- kitchen door to the living room. so because you're pissing while tea is in production, i feel justified with my prior statement.

Nothing beats a glass of aqua vitae in the morning though!

[tekkieman]

You're all picking on me tonight!

Hey flan, it's still pretty early here. Got a lot of time left in this day to pick on you! :P

[flaninacupboard]

You're all picking on me tonight!

Hey flan, it's still pretty early here. Got a lot of time left in this day to pick on you! :P

Not a chance, i have some TV to watch and a bed to attend (friend gave me a cold when i met her this weekend. cheers.) so i am outta here. at least that's what i decided 25 minutes ago.....

[Craig Tucker]

I always take my shoes off on the doormat, the carpets still get filthy.

[flaninacupboard]

I always take my shoes off on the doormat, the carpets still get filthy.

Must be those hairy feet, pick up dirt everywhere!

(Damn! trapped by the egosearch!)

[Capmaster]

You're all picking on me tonight!

It's a two stage operation, you place a tea bag in a mug, remove the milk from the fridge and activate the kettle. then you go through the door and have a piss, and wash your hands. then you pour your water in the mug, eject the tea bag, add the milk, return milk to fridge and walk out -other- kitchen door to the living room. so because you're pissing while tea is in production, i feel justified with my prior statement.

Nothing beats a glass of aqua vitae in the morning though!

If I had to go through that routine right after walking in after a hard day of slacking off on videohelp, I'd probably piss in the mug, throw the teabag into the toilet, wash my dick, and pour the milk into the kettle, all the while farting "Whip It Good"

[Ripper2860]

I make a habit of taking my shoes off when I have sex.

[ChrisX]

Do you take your shoes off? Only when I go to bed for the night.

It is too cold here in Sydney to have bare feet.

I'll have to wait till spring and by then I'll be wearing thongs.

[Roundabout]

Never did take my shoes off in the past, but once I married a Russian, now it's "required". Most (not everyone) in Russia/Ukraine takes off their shoes when entering a home and puts on slippers. A couple of times when I had to do it while visiting there, I was glad I had socks on to wear the slippers with, cause sometimes they're pretty grody (the slippers provided by the homeowner, not my own :P )

We always take off our shoes when coming in our house, but we have a new home and want to keep the carpet as new as possible for as long as possible, can't afford to replace it anytime soon. Buying the house broke us, so we have to take decent care of it so things will last a few years.

I don't mind taking off my shoes, but some visitors balk and then they don't want to wear brand new slippers we have, instead preferring to walk around barefoot, which to me is even worse than shoes. If they're wearing sandals and take them off, odds are their feet are dirtier than their sandals, if not oilier. Gets to be a hassle sometimes and I just tell them to wear their shoes if they balk at wearing slippers, unless they have socks on. It certainly makes it easier to keep the house clean when dirty shoes are kept out. I'm not a clean freak, but I hate cleaning carpet and all that hassle. Better to keep it clean in the first place and save the effort.

[Faustus]

If I know I'm not leaving soon I lose 'em second I get to the couch or computer chair. Otherwise I leave them on.

[fmctm1sw]

I'm in Japan as well. Normally I will at home and certainly at local friends' houses. I also learned to use chopsticks. I got tired of feeling like a 3 year old at ramen shops. BTW, once you eat ramen noodles here, you'll never eat those things in the 30 cent plastic bags.

[stiltman]

Damn I miss read this whole darn thread....I thought you all were talking about your clothes


I take my shoes off soon as I change out of my work clothes


Geez, I'm so embarrassed

[thayne]

I only take mine off if asked. At home I usually wear them, unless I don't feel like wearing them....

[AND1]

You people wear your dirty shoes in the house? What's a matter with you people. Are you that lazy to take off your shoes when you enter your house?

[d_unbeliever]

yup i remove my shoes...especially when i stepped on a dog shit

i also smell them after removing my shoes