All the elementary school children have indoor shoes at school. Kids going to daycare, have indoor and outdoor shoes. High School kids, wear what they want.....who wants to argue with a teenager...LOL I have seem many a teenager walking through the snow in their running shoes 😕
Growing up in the UK, we never removed our shoes, although we always had slippers to wear around the house. Even now when we visit we nearly always remove our shoes, especially in homes where they have lovely carpets throughout.
When we went on vacation to the cabin this year, we always removed our shoes as soon as we entered the cabin, even though it wasn't our home and put slipper's on. When we go to the kid's home's we generally take our slippers if we are going to be there for a period of time.
This is not a custom practiced throughout the world, but one I am glad we have in Canada, as goodness knows what's on the soles of your shoes. You can read more about removing shoes when entering homes, here.
Do you remove your outdoor shoes when entering a house?
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If I am asked to do so I will, but I really don't like people doing it at mine. Who wants someone's potentially sweaty socks walked all over the house, and I would be worried in case they slip on the tiled floors. So I do try to dissuade everyone, which they are very happy about, all that is except for my eldest son who has been trained by his ex-wife and now his fiancée. I change to slippers at home myself, but only after I've put all my shopping away or sorted things out on getting home.
We clean all our carpets whenever they need it, but that is usually only once a year, and they are never that bad. Even when we lived in the farmhouse, with cream carpets there were rarely problems ... except for occasional doggy footprints.
Yes, I always remove my shoes when entering our home. As you say, who knows what is on the soles that we don’t want tracked into our home. We have shoes we only wear indoors too to keep the floors and carpets clean.
I always take my shoes off- I am either wearing socks or I have a fresh pedicure and don't mind. I think folks don't realize how dirty shoes are. Offering slippers is very nice too!
That's interesting. We rarely remove shoes as a matter of practice, though once in they usually end up off in good time. I don't like it when people take their shoes off in my house, either. I figure vacuuming is enough and cleaning when needed.
Yes, I remove my shoes, so does everyone else in my family, when entering our own home or someone else's . My slippers always are with me if I know I will be in someone's home for a couple of hours.
Yes, we have a no shoe policy in our house. There is a bench in the foyer to sit and take them off. The only carpet we have is in the living room and bedrooms, but I still don't want things from outside brought in on my floors.
We always take our shoes off because I've always thought it was good manners. There's a bench by our front door for that purpose (it also serves as a place to put the library books being returned).
Yes, shoes off as I come in the door. And when I have visitors, the shoe pile by the front door becomes quite unmanageable!!!! And sometimes a but stinky.... teenage boys y'know!
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