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[making_excuses]

But.. Shoes are dirty, you have stepped in all kinds of disgusting things outside, and then you take that into my house?

Also it is snow here, your shoes are covered in them, I don't want puddles of dirty water lying around my house either. Or mud in the summer...

To add something though, it is pretty normal for people to use slippers and similar inside, but then they are designated "indoor shoes" and you would never take them outside.

[inkdust]

Over here people don't wear shoes inside their own houses (at least most people don't, I think) but they nearly always wear them inside other people's houses unless it's snowy or something outside (which, here, it pretty much never is). Or if they're kids at another kid's house. That's different.

[making_excuses]

Huh, you never use the same shoes outside as inside here, no matter what. Heck even if people tell you that "no don't bother to take of your shoes, I'm cleaning the floors today" you still take your shoes off...

Exceptions are made if people have serious difficulties taking theirs shoes on and off.

Even in primary/secondary school and daycare children take theirs shoes and jackets off before entering their classrooms...

[inkdust]

That's so interesting how customs can be so different.

Taking shoes off at school is definitely a no in the US. And the other day I wore rain boots to work and then changed into less weather-resistant shoes after I got there and felt like Mr Rogers. It was a special little action that no one else did, and it made work feel more like coming home and putting on slippers :)

[kallanda_lee]

At one of my schools we actually wore slippers in the classroom. I kid you not. And why that's not a universal custom here, I think it does reflect that wearing shoes inside is not a great thing.

[(Anonymous)]

In the US at least, taking off shoes at the door varies from place to place, but we have mats both inside and outside to clean the shoes off before you come in, and if they're especially dirty or wet you either take them off at the door anyway or you stay off the carpet.

[making_excuses]

Oddly enough we do too, but you still take your shoes of in the hallway...

[royalbk]

But.. Shoes are dirty, you have stepped in all kinds of disgusting things outside, and then you take that into my house?

THIS.

I never understood how people could not take off their shoes when coming in. Forgive my french but people step in shit, dirty puddles, spit and who knows what else and they expect to come in my carpeted house where I only walk barefoot?

I understand the concept of cultural differences but...at the same time I don't?
It's already bad enough when I have to deal with public workers like the cable guy/plumber/etc coming into my house and forcing me to either beg them to take their shoes off or being forced into rolling the carpets away and then washing the floors.

Ugh. I just...have such bad memories of people coming into my house with their shoes on. >

[making_excuses]

Even workmen will at least offer to take of their shoes when entering a Norwegian home. Oddly enough we don't really have that many carpets in our home that could get damaged by shoes (off course this is a from house to house thing)

If they are doing work that might damage their feet (carpenters and so on) they kinda have to have shoes on, but then you also have to clean the house afterwards so it isn't a biggie.

I feel your pain royalbk!

[(Anonymous)]

Um... OASHA laws in the USA dictates that shoes cannot be removed in certain professions when visiting the client's homes. I've had lots of people beg me to take my shoes off in the home setting, and I must refuse, because I've still injured my feet in the client's home while wearing the required closed-toe, sturdy shoes.

[royalbk]

Laws like that are as far away as possible from my country so I can't say that I understand the need for them but I do give leeway for certain professions. Especially if the outcome of the job is messy and I am forced to clean afterwards anyway.

However I can't understand when the TV cable guy suddenly marches in the house because he can't be bothered to take five minutes to take off his shoes.

[(Anonymous)]

I just moved to a US city where the main cable provider's employees actually put on disposable shoes that resemble and function like medical scrub covers before entering a home. It was a really nice surprise! But even though practice varies so much here, I think it's still sometimes seen as unusual for people to take off shoes at the entrance. (Once, one of the apartment office workers came in with maintenance to check a leaky window... I ducked into another room but came out when the workers moved outside to examine the window from there, and found the worker still in the entrance, frowning and pushing the door against the shoes in the entrance, as if skeptical about their existence...)

[(Anonymous)]

(And after reading some other responses, I feel the need to mention my partner and I are both of southeast Asian descent. So even though we were raised in the US, we were raised to do shoes off in the entrance. Only time we don't stick to it is if we're in a rush and have to pick up something at home quick and head straight back out.)

[(Anonymous)]

This!

It's not part of the culture in my country but I not only take my shoes off at the door (and wear indoor shoes most of the time), I refuse to let in someone with shoes.

But then the floor is covered with a white carpet. It's already a pain even if I'm careful, but it'll be worse if anyone were to step on it with their outdoor shoes, so...

[(Anonymous)]

who the fuck puts WHITE carpet down...like...ever?

[shinyhappypanic]

I'm from the US, and I've taken off my shoes at the door since I was a little kid. No one taught me to do it; the rest of my family still wears shoes inside. I've just always thought it was gross to do so.

But I even take off my shoes in class and chill that way so I might just be a barefoot kind of person lol.

[(Anonymous)]

I used to take off my shoes in class without realizing when I was little. I got bullied quite a bit for doing so, too, since where I live is not common to take off your shoes unless you are on your own home.