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Do Americans really wear shoes when they're at home
- Thread starter vestan
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Some do, some don't. When a guest it's not uncommon to be allowed to wear your shoes. Allowed as in not-requested to take them off. It also depends on the flooring. Tile/Wood vs Carpeting. I've never been asked to take my shoes off when I'm a guest attending a party. As a kid, shoes on in the house growing up was perfectly fine. As an adult, I take them off and have my kids take their shoes off as well.
What I love is when an op asks a super generalized question and vanishes
If I'm in the basement I'll keep them on, (It's naturally colder down there and I have a bunch of instruments and guitar pedals that are easier to interact with with shoes on). Other than that, no it's uncomfortable and dirty.
Yeah a lot of people here do that, though I've noticed it a lot less in the city than in suburban areas. Probably because everyone knows how much crap we walk on all day here.
It's not culturally ignorant to find wearing shoes in the house disgusting.
Like farenheit and the mile, (some) Americans are definitely in the wrong here.
Why would I take my shoes off? It's not like I step on mud or shit when I'm out.
Granted that if I know I'm staying home for a while I won't be long before I get my slippers.
Granted that if I know I'm staying home for a while I won't be long before I get my slippers.
The US is a huge country , actually any country is usually quite diverse but the US specifically is massive with lots of local cultural difference . You have one data point plus what you see in movies.
I would hope most people would prefer the floors in their home to be cleaner than outside, regardless of no mud or shit.
Anyone post the Vice article yet?
Calm down, people.
Calm down, people.
It's ignorant because there's nothing disgusting about it at all... people wear shoes indoor in certain places because hardwood floors and carpets aren't that common. Other surfaces are not only much easier to clean (and much more more hygienic than carpets in general) but also make your feet constantly cold thus making it very umcomfortable. We mostly wear slippers when indoors, btw.
Thinking this is disgusting would be equivalent to me calling the UK and the US disgusting for bidets not being commonplace. Different ≠bad.
In Ireland mostly people wear their shoes indoors as well. We stayed for a week in Prague at the start of the month and we quickly got used to taking them off as soon as we came inside, as per the rules to the apartment. It makes a lot more sense to take them off.
It's not bacteria that I'm afraid of. I don't want the dirt and whatever else.
Nah, wearing shoes in your house is objectively disgusting. And it makes zero sense - shoes are specifically designed to protect your feet outside. There is no reason to wear them in the house.
Are you being purposely obtuse? You don't have to walk on visible dirt to get your shoes dirty.
Found the Asian guy who's never met a real life white person.
Counterpoint, Jersey is its own little bubble. It is responsible for Jersey Shore after all. ;)
No, are you? Because it's fucking nasty at our Christmas party when certain guests remove their shoes and everyone in the room has to smell their nasty ass feet. I legitimately can not fathom that some of you think that is a good thing. It's disgusting.
People's feet probably smell when they're trapped in shoes for 16 hours a day
I'm asian american so yes my household demands shoes be taken off and I agree with it. I've seen folk who don't when I visit their households which I find disgusting and rude.
In all honesty it depends on the culture of the household. In most Asian homes all footwear is left outside or by the door.
When I used to live in the mainland, people looked at me funny when I would ask them to take their shoes off before entering my house. In Hawaii, which is predominantly Asian, it's second nature to take off your footwear before going inside a home. Even contractors or delivery people do so.
When I used to live in the mainland, people looked at me funny when I would ask them to take their shoes off before entering my house. In Hawaii, which is predominantly Asian, it's second nature to take off your footwear before going inside a home. Even contractors or delivery people do so.
I just told you the reason in the very post you're replying to... Have you ever lived somewhere without carpets or hardwood floors? The reason is... it's VERY uncomfortable not to wear them. In your own words... "Are you being purposely obtuse?" Stop being idiotic, there's nothing objectively disgusting about it, it makes perfect sense... just like it makes perfect sense to not wear shoes indoors in a house with carpetting.
Also, having lived in the UK for a long time I can safely tell you certain areas are much more prone to dirtying up your shoes than others... it's no coincidence that southern europe is one of the places where people most commonly wear shoes indoors considering how much tamer the weather is here.
You find it rude that if households have customs that are different from your own? What in the hell is wrong with some of you? oO
Hollywood is American, and far too many series and films show Americans wearing their shoes inside the house. So in this case it's Americans making people think this is a common practice.
Do you have some kind of issue with your feet or something? There should be nothing uncomfortable about walking on wood or tile without shoes.
You're really going out of your way to not read what I'm telling you, aren't you? IT'S COLD. Like, very very cold. I've said this three times now, what are you not getting?
Let me break it down for you - the surfaces you walk on outside or in public places for filthy. Some of us prefer our homes to be cleaner than a street or sidewalk.
Bruh, you said it is "VERY uncomfortable" to walk on non-carpeted surfaces without shoes. That is literally what you wrote. If temperature is the issue, then wear socks or slippers.
