Do you ask visitors to remove shoes?

thorsoak

Ellejmorgan wrote: »

I'd lie just to get my own way, mind you he'd have to stand on a stool or something

So he'd have had to take his shoes (with the built-in lifts) off already, would he???

Ellejmorgan

thorsoak wrote: »

So he'd have had to take his shoes (with the built-in lifts) off already, would he???

He could keep them on but he'd have to pay for a cleaner.

TinyToes

i was never brought up to take my shoes off and my parents would never even think of taking shoes off to enter someones home.

i think when we moved to a house that you had to go up internal stairs to enter i just then became accustom to taking my shoes off as soon as i went in the door and kicked them off. Now i always take my shoes off when i enter my own home, as its habit. With other people, i follow their rules, if im wearing trainers that i dont tie and slip my feet into then i always take them off regardless as its no hassle. if i have boots on then its more of a hassle, with sandals or pumps, im more reluctant as i wont have socks on, and i dont like the idea of walking on other peoples floors, more so laminate as i dont know whats been dropped on them etc or how clean they are, plus i just dont like the idea of being barefoot in someone elses house. dont know why!.

With my children i ask them to take shoes off as soon as we come through the door. i have a shoes storage thing at the end of the hall way which they put their shoes in, DH and I generally kick ours off inside the cupboard right by the front door. I dont like shoes on upstairs. Our bedrooms have cream carpets and will shortly be getting replaced by laminate. Im having a new carpet laid on my stairway tomorrow and id prefer shoes not to be walked on it, moreso DH's size 11's as hes worse than the kids!!! but i would never dream of asking someone to remove their shoes whilst in my home. I would expect someone with muddy shoes to have the courtesy to take them off though. all my lower level is laminate and i have a large rug in the living room, which i do hate to see people walking on with shoes lol, but yes its a rug!

big5

I don't ask visitors to take their shoes off, but some will notice the shoe rack in the front porch and take them off. Others don't - I don't mind either way.

My brother once made a fantastic first impression on a girlfriend's parents by trailing mud across their new cream carpet. :eek:

Bambam

big5 wrote: »

My brother once made a fantastic first impression on a girlfriend's parents by trailing mud across their new cream carpet. :eek:

Bet he was popular!!!! :laugh:

DCFC79

The BG engineers do remove they're shoes and I do tend to remove mine as its polite although i have to admit i dont always remove them even though I should.

Bambam

DCFC79 wrote: »

The BG engineers do remove they're shoes

Not always....... which brings us back to the start of this thread! ;):rotfl:

maman

Craftyscholar wrote: »

I think the first time I came across the idea of "take your shoes off" must be about 20 years ago.
I was brought up to wipe my feet on entering any house - taking off shoes was unheard of - then suddenly it became essential.
I would never dream of greeting any visitor in that way.

Errata wrote: »

I can hear the voice of Hyacinth Bucket echoing round this thread

:rotfl:

I appreciate that it is cultural (as, for example, a mosque being a holy place) in some countries but traditionally in Britain it's not. In the past, if you had very muddy/wet feet you would have used the back door and taken off boots before entering and probably stayed in the kitchen. That's a different matter.

When I was a child, it was always the preserve of the pretentious and house proud. I remember my grandmother had a walking route of mats arranged around her house to cover the carpets! As homes have become more like show houses and we dress the interiors to excess so this habit seems to have developed. What people are talking about on here is expecting an ordinary guest to take off their shoes as your carpet is so special. Of course, I wouldn't be so rude as to refuse if someone asked me but that would affect how I viewed them in future.

I only take slippers if I'm staying over with a very close friend or family and we're likely to spend time indoors. In those circumstances it's for comfort and like a home from home. With other visitors it's a familiarity that I don't expect or want. Whatever next, you'll be asking people to wash up next!;)

Marisco

What amazes me in this thread, is how many have white or cream carpets with small kids!! :eek: That is the last color I'd have got when my kids were little! I always go around barefoot in the house, but that has nothing to do with carpets, I just prefer being barefoot. It wouldn't occur to me to ask visitors to take off their shoes, if they want to though they can do, I'm not fussed either way. I would like to know though, how people with dogs and cats reconcile this obsession with "germs"!!

pollypenny

Watch out Maman and Marisco, you'll have some newbie telling you to 'get over yourself' . Now, what does that cliche actually mean?

Need rolleyes!