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DarkJedi · 02-10-2012, 08:26 AM

My family has always had the habit of taking our shoes off indoors and wearing sandals inside the house. It seems logical that you want to keep dirt from the sidewalk, dog shit and who knows what else off your floors.

I've noticed very few of Americans do this, however. Why is that?

stocktrader23 · 02-10-2012, 08:27 AM

Because we just buy new carpet / floors when it's dirty. lol

u-Bob · 02-10-2012, 08:30 AM

a cultural thing i guess.

Tom_PM · 02-10-2012, 08:30 AM

Thats a good question from a common sense point of view like you said. But it's just a cultural thing that has not caught on yet in north america. Hell, we have politicians who think the president should never bow to anyone even though it's a standard greeting for billions of people. Ignorance is bliss for some people.

Operator · 02-10-2012, 08:34 AM

More like a lack of culture thing, I got house shoes.

J. Falcon · 02-10-2012, 08:34 AM

They don't like being told what to do.

scuba steve · 02-10-2012, 08:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Operator

More like a lack of culture thing, I got house shoes.

yeah we all have our regular shoes, and then houseshoes

Emil · 02-10-2012, 08:37 AM

Most of them is too fat to untie their shoelaces.

BlackCrayon · 02-10-2012, 08:42 AM

us canadians take our shoes off in the house. not sure why americans don't. its just cleaner in my opinion. now if you have house shoes, sure but personally i don't like wearing shoes all the time.

DWB · 02-10-2012, 08:42 AM

It's shoes off in Asia. We leave shoes at the door. Many of the locals will even leave them outside.

Jim_Gunn · 02-10-2012, 08:43 AM

I have a nice lady clean my floors every week.

Horny Dude · 02-10-2012, 08:58 AM

I got hardwood floors, easy to clean.

Phoenix · 02-10-2012, 09:09 AM

i never got that either...to each their own

Scott McD · 02-10-2012, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Emil

Most of them is too fat to untie their shoelaces.

Haha !

PR_Glen · 02-10-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by PR_Tom

Thats a good question from a common sense point of view like you said. But it's just a cultural thing that has not caught on yet in north america. Hell, we have politicians who think the president should never bow to anyone even though it's a standard greeting for billions of people. Ignorance is bliss for some people.

not sure about you but that is not a canadian thing at all...

news to me that americans don't do this though

DarkJedi · 02-10-2012, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

Anyway, you being in EEU, should you not focus on why the fuck the huge apartment complexes don't have heating thermometers? You goddamn bake your balls off indoors in the winter.

you must have been to some shitty apartment complex (maybe the really old one)
the good ones have everything.

what country were you in?

The Heron · 02-10-2012, 09:20 AM

Our outdoors is cleaner then yours!

DarkJedi · 02-10-2012, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by The Heron

Our outdoors is cleaner then yours!

than .

Sophie Delancey · 02-10-2012, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Jesus H Christ

Anyway, you being in EEU, should you not focus on why the fuck the huge apartment complexes don't have heating thermometers? You goddamn bake your balls off indoors in the winter.

My old building was like that, and we'd have the windows open in a Montreal winter.

B.Barnato · 02-10-2012, 09:32 AM

Americans are filthy animals.

RubyGoodnight · 02-10-2012, 09:34 AM

I see just the opposite. When I lived in the States with my family, we always took off our shoes in the house. When I moved here to the UK, everyone seems to keep their shoes on all the time, pretty much up until they go to bed.

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The find the lack of bidets even more disturbing ...

Christina T. · 02-10-2012, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkJedi

My family has always had the habit of taking our shoes off indoors and wearing sandals inside the house. It seems logical that you want to keep dirt from the sidewalk, dog shit and who knows what else off your floors.

I've noticed very few of Americans do this, however. Why is that?

Does your house smell like feet?

magicmike · 02-10-2012, 09:37 AM

Wait they do? Mr. Rogers always changed his shoes when he came in the house. I have house sandals but usually just keep socks on and I'm good.

I take my shoes off in the office when I'm sitting down too, keeps the stink factor down. But I guess once your feet already stink, keep the shoes on.

cherrylula · 02-10-2012, 09:43 AM

house shoes or slippers indoors

DarkJedi · 02-10-2012, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Christina T.

Does your house smell like feet?

No, why would it?

People who I generally associate myself with know how to maintain proper personal hygiene.

stocktrader23 · 02-10-2012, 09:57 AM

At least our toilets don't have a platform to catch our shit.

Sam - Mr. Skin · 02-10-2012, 10:01 AM

Tom_PM · 02-10-2012, 10:05 AM

Guess I should have limited my comment to America only. But really the whole concept is not caught on to the extent it has in other parts of the world. I don't know anyone who has a shoe closet near their front door except in asia. I dont know restaurants in the USA where you remove your shoes and wear provided house slippers to eat in. Maybe in asian-town areas of big cities. Definitely not very widespread though.

Personally, it's rare that I put shoes on except in the foyer of my home. Usually, like right now, it's just socks and slippers.

L-Pink · 02-10-2012, 10:08 AM

I grew up in Hawaii where we always took our shoes off. Habit I still have. Plus I have white carpets.

Sid70 · 02-10-2012, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkJedi

My family has always had the habit of taking our shoes off indoors and wearing sandals inside the house. It seems logical that you want to keep dirt from the sidewalk, dog shit and who knows what else off your floors.

I've noticed very few of Americans do this, however. Why is that?

It's been drilling my mind since I was a kid !!!!

spazlabz · 02-10-2012, 10:12 AM

I vote: dirty socks :P

porno jew · 02-10-2012, 10:15 AM

seems rude and dirty to be stomping around the house in muddy boots and shoes.

but cultural differences i guess?

96ukssob · 02-10-2012, 10:16 AM

just a thing of being lazy i guess and not appreciating what we have

Stephen · 02-10-2012, 10:16 AM

we don't wear shoes in the house. we live in the country but have white wool carpets...

the mrs. even posted a "please remove shoes" sign on the door

MrBottomTooth · 02-10-2012, 10:24 AM

Must only be certain parts of the US. For example how could anyone pull that off in the winter? Your house would be trashed. My ocd is flaring just thinking about the mess. Here in Canada everyone takes them off unless they are filthy pigs.

Sid70 · 02-10-2012, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by The Heron

Our outdoors is cleaner then yours!

dats also tru.

LAJ · 02-10-2012, 10:51 AM

Weird... that's been a strict rule in my family for generations...

TarPy · 02-10-2012, 11:16 AM

Cold feet, smelly feet, dirty socks, cold floors, using "guest slippers", imposing cultural values on visitors over basic cleaning that should be done anyhow, footmats... I mean, there are a ton of reasons that I find it weird other people do that at stranger's houses...

I can totally understand why people wouldn't. Besides, do you eat off your floor or lay on it or something?

CurrentlySober · 02-10-2012, 11:17 AM

i cant afford shoes...

TarPy · 02-10-2012, 11:18 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth

Must only be certain parts of the US. For example how could anyone pull that off in the winter? Your house would be trashed. My ocd is flaring just thinking about the mess. Here in Canada everyone takes them off unless they are filthy pigs.

It's called a fucking doormat? I mean, I have an outdoor shoe scraper if you really have some snowy shit on your boots, a mat outside, and a mat inside. I don't need the bottoms of anyone's feet cleaner than that.

Vjo · 02-10-2012, 11:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MrBottomTooth

Must only be certain parts of the US. For example how could anyone pull that off in the winter? Your house would be trashed. My ocd is flaring just thinking about the mess. Here in Canada everyone takes them off unless they are filthy pigs.

Exactly, everyone I know in the snow belt (espec during spring thaw) takes em off unless you like cleaning mud off the floor.

Sounds like a lil (more) anti American trolling going on here

Sure, 100% of one country does one thing and 100% of another country does another thing.

Sure, we never generalize

Jensen · 02-10-2012, 11:28 AM

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Originally Posted by TarPy

It's called a fucking doormat? I mean, I have an outdoor shoe scraper if you really have some snowy shit on your boots, a mat outside, and a mat inside. I don't need the bottoms of anyone's feet cleaner than that.

Must be a hell of a doormat or do you use if for hours? Snow melts and I like my floors clean...

beerptrol · 02-10-2012, 11:31 AM

I don't take mine off because it allows my girlfriend to get out of the kitchen more often so she can mop the muddy foot prints from the hallway/dining room area

Vjo · 02-10-2012, 11:34 AM

Unless you have a wife/gf/maid to clean the mud off the kitchen floor

j/k girls

You live alone, you get wise to that real quick.

pornguy · 02-10-2012, 11:45 AM

I take my shoes off at the door most of the time. Cant leave them out side as one of my dogs thinks they are quite tasty.

BlackCrayon · 02-10-2012, 11:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TarPy

It's called a fucking doormat? I mean, I have an outdoor shoe scraper if you really have some snowy shit on your boots, a mat outside, and a mat inside. I don't need the bottoms of anyone's feet cleaner than that.

isn't it more relaxing to take your shoes off? so if someone's shoes has dog shit stuck in the ridges of their soles thats ok? and if you have young kids, they are all over the floors all the time.

DEA · 02-10-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by DarkJedi

My family has always had the habit of taking our shoes off indoors and wearing sandals inside the house. It seems logical that you want to keep dirt from the sidewalk, dog shit and who knows what else off your floors.

I've noticed very few of Americans do this, however. Why is that?

the infrascruture here in the USA allows us to wear shoes inside our homes if we choose to do so.
Unlike alot of the underdevloped coutries in the world (you are located where?) here in the usa we have clean streets and roadways.A majority of our towns and citites have public works departments that maintain them.Motorized street cleaners and sweepers ,hired workers who pick up garabge or litter.Also amercians for the most part clean up after there pets..dog shit goes in little plastic bag wich are then dropped into trash containers specifially made for pet waste.

We can walk down the road and not step in pet (or human feces)..not worry about piles of trash and leaking garbage or raw seweage.

Even so..alot of amercians take there shoes off upon entering there house..although its is not a requirment in all homes ..it is in some..

I just got back from a local italian restaurant for lunch and walked in my house and left my shoes on without even lookig at the bottoms..why? ..because the place i dined at was very clean..the car i went in was clean and the walk between both wasnt riddled with dog shit and sweage like alot of other countries

bottom line...other than rain sleet snow or hail our street roads ,sidewalks and driveways are rather clean compared to..lets say..where you reside

SykkBoy · 02-10-2012, 11:56 AM

If I ever worse sandals, I'd have to punch myself in the face

I always remove my shoes though, due to always seeming to have light colored carpet...

Roald · 02-10-2012, 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by stocktrader23

At least our toilets don't have a platform to catch our shit.

haha I never understood why we had that here either. Most newer houses dont have it anymore though lol

PS I take my shoes off most of the time too.

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