Is It Rude/Pretentious To Request Guests To Take Their Shoes Off Upon Entering Your Home?

Is It Rude/Pretentious To Request Guests To Take Their Shoes Off Upon Entering Your Home?


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I switched units and this one has hardwood floors. I like it a lot and don't have to worry about any carpet controversy.

You know wood floors are worse right? You can literally see everything you track in from outside since theres no carpet to absorb or hide all the funk.
 
Hardwood floors are definitely easier to CLEAN but I don't think having them all of a sudden makes folks wearing shoes in your house "acceptable."

But if you didn't believe in the concept already it's whatever to you with carpet or hardwood floors.
 
You know wood floors are worse right? You can literally see everything you track in from outside since theres no carpet to absorb or hide all the funk.

its def not worse since mopping your floors is more practical than shampooing your carpet
i have no carpet or rugs in my place but i still don't let anyone in with their shoes.
 
I'm not gonna @ nobody but I just wanna say, if you actively DON'T value cleanliness, you not invited in my home, you not invited to the cookout, you not invited to ANYTHING that's within my prerogative. :lol:

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:rofl: @ asking folks to remove their shoes when entering your home being "partially undress"
:lol: Son turned taking shoes off into True Lies
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its def not worse since mopping your floors is more practical than shampooing your carpet
i have no carpet or rugs in my place but i still don't let anyone in with their shoes.

100% agree.

I was speaking more so on a visible aspect. Since most of these dirty boys dont trip because they cant see all the dirt and grime being absorbed into the carpet. Where as wood floors you can literally see every speck being tracked in.

:rofl: @ asking folks to remove their shoes when entering your home being "partially undress"

Nt extremes. They prob gon sue talkin bout sexual harassment.
 
To me it's doing too much. Almost like asking guests to put on plastic gloves because who knows where their hands have been.

Yall in here acting od paranoid/germaphobic, acting like cats just got done cleaning at the zoo or something. To me a welcome mat is sufficient and most people know to wipe they're feet on it.

It has been some time now and maybe you/others have changed your stances but if you haven't;
(My fault if this is a repost)

According to multiple studies, fecal material can be detected on the bottom of shoes using swabs, with some studies finding that up to 99% of shoes test positive. Fecal bacteria on shoes can indicate frequent contact with fecal material.

 
I also agree with whoever said the, "I shouldn't have to take my shoes off" crowd probably didn't own their spot or lived on their own.
 
I got tile and LVP flooring. I don’t have no one take there shoes off. And when I’m home I usually use my house slides or home shoes that don’t go outside.

Someone asks me to take off my shoes then I don’t mind. Grew up like that anyways.
 
I always take my shoes off if I enter someones crib whether old friends, new friends, friend of a friend whatever out of habit, and it genuinely surprises me when they its ok you can leave your shoes on. The filthy *** shoes I walked all around NYC in? Man. :lol:
 
its pretty simple...if the ppl that are hosting have their shoes off, take yours off...if they have them on...keep yours on.

theres no problem as long as your socks dont have holes in them
 
If I'm a first time guest and see that they have their outdoor shoes on then I'm for sure keeping mine on. Highly doubt that they'd ask me to take off mine :lol: Besides that, it's always shoes off.
 
Related, but what's the deal with the type of folks that leave their smelly shoes out in the hallway in a damn apartment complex?
 
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