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Shoes on or off at your Thanksgiving gathering?
- Thread starter Citizencope
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Wut? Do yall put your feet on the table or something? How would you even know, for it to seem weird?
Alright, does everyone have their shoes on?! Lets eat!
Because even though your're with family it's sort of a formal dinner/event. When you go to a house party or host one do you also take your shoes off?
And I said ti seems weird to me, not that it's objectively weird.
As someone who lived in Korea for 4 years, I don't think this is really a good excuse. The average American isn't eating on the floor (or close to the floor), whereas in Asia that's extremely common. The excuse I was always given was that they don't want dirt to be tracked into the area they'll be eating in/around, which, fine, that's a good reason. Most Americans aren't going to be walking on their tables though.
And my relatives in Ontario wear shoes in the house because their feet get cold, so not quite sure what you're trying to say by acting like all Canadians are a monolith. 🤷‍♂️
Outside of bedrooms, carpet seems to be less popular than ever though. It seems like everyone is transitioning to tile, wood, or laminate flooring because they're easier to keep clean and look better for long periods of time. When I was looking at apartments a few months ago I don't think I saw any apartment that had carpet in the main living area because upkeep costs are cheaper for alternatives than carpet.
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I take my shoes off in the house but I don't ask and don't care if guests don't.
people who freak out about dirt and germs and invoke feces at the mere thought of shoes on in the house are probably living a slightly more stressful life than me but I can't say I don't understand.
and I could see a great argument for a strict rule if you have a baby or toddler- and if your house is carpeted.
but as a host I wouldn't dream of either inconveniencing or embarrassing my guests by suggesting they're tracking filth into my house.
I encourage everyone to do whatever is most comfortable and when I'm a guest at someone's home I take my cues from them - if they're shoes off - so am I- - it could inversely be insulting to remove my shoes if they don't because I'd be making a personal statement about their hygiene and manners.
people who freak out about dirt and germs and invoke feces at the mere thought of shoes on in the house are probably living a slightly more stressful life than me but I can't say I don't understand.
and I could see a great argument for a strict rule if you have a baby or toddler- and if your house is carpeted.
but as a host I wouldn't dream of either inconveniencing or embarrassing my guests by suggesting they're tracking filth into my house.
I encourage everyone to do whatever is most comfortable and when I'm a guest at someone's home I take my cues from them - if they're shoes off - so am I- - it could inversely be insulting to remove my shoes if they don't because I'd be making a personal statement about their hygiene and manners.
Americans leaving shoes on in the house is the most bizarre fucking thing. I always thought it happened on sitcoms just as a laziness thing cuz they're actors. I had no idea it was an actual thing people did, my mind was blown.
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I want to party with 47 of you on my wall to wall carpet. Life is too short to worry about germs. Party!!!!!
I would never ask my guests to take off their shoes, even if I dont personally wear shoes in the house.
Where I went nobody removed them, but there's basically 30 people in a 3K square foot house milling around, cooking and hanging out outside on the back deck, bar set up in the garage with the football game on, etc. Everyone is dressed a little nicer than usual and your shoes are part of your outfit. Going inside and out constantly and removing and putting on your shoes just isn't feasible.
This is the craziest shit I've read in this thread. It's embarrassing to ask someone to take their shoes off walking around inside YOUR house!? That's so, so strange.
American culture is fucking bizarre.
Even at raging house parties in ski bum towns everyone takes their shoes off. It's a giant disgusting wet mess in the front hallway and everyone's socks are soaked but but still. I'd side eye the shit out of someone walking around my apartment with their shoes on.
What in the world? You washing sidewalks with your sponges?
I can't with this thread.
Me neither. I'm 30 and I can barely count the times I've been asked to remove my shoes when going into someone's house in my entire life, but can comfortably say it was less than maybe 5 times and we went to people's houses for parties and celebrations all the fucking time growing up(Hispanic, we look for ANY excuse to throw a party). I've always found it to be a strange cultural thing, but I usually go along with it.
And no, people don't fucking walk in tracking in all of the mud, dirt, and snow, people fucking clean their shoes at the entrance. Believe it or not, you can buy crpers for that shit.
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Unless you using a new sponge every hour or batch of plates, the average sponge collects more bacteria than anything else you will touch in your entire life.
It's been fairly common knowledge for YEARS now.
I completely agree. I've never heard of shoes off unless you're spending time lounging around your OWN house. I've certainly never heard of shoes off at parties, family gatherings or other formal ocassions and have never seen it happen. Like ever.
If some somebody went for a run or a walk in bad weather, then it would be normal to take shoes off. But someone who's going from a car to a university lecture hall and then back to their house and then to Starbucks and then home and then shopping, etc.? I don't see why someone would take their shoes off unless they're walking in their OWN house and on carpet.
my roommate literally always has his shoes on even by himself in his own room lol
lol I didn't get that from America. On the contrary America is more shoes takey offy than the old country.