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othermacguffin said:

I never understood taking off shoes until I spent my undergrad years in Minnesota. It's just a common, logical there. Now, when I'm at friends' house and family settings, I always take off my shoes and people look at me weird.

posted about 1 year ago

MattGrubbs said:

Im a real estate appraiser and I go in homes everyday. Most of the time a take my shoes off. Sometimes I'm scared to enter the home without a Hazmat Suite.

posted about 1 year ago

Fee said:

I Grew up and worked on my family's farm, so taking of my shoes was instilled into me day 1.

posted about 1 year ago

mager said:

I am more comfortable barefoot

posted about 1 year ago

MikeMcG said:

It's just what all Canadians do, so I do. Wouldn't it be too messy to leave them on?

posted about 1 year ago

veronica said:

MikeMcG, one would think, but a lot of people leave them on!

posted about 1 year ago

tsteele999 said:

What I don't understand is why my wife can't take her shoes off at the door. They always end up in the middle of the floor. By the end of the week there are 5 pairs of shoes laying around.

posted about 1 year ago

macdoug said:

My 13 month-old little girl loves to put her hand in wet sand puddles and eat gravel.

posted about 1 year ago

eileen said:

Um, I just signed up for this plinky thing b/c of you. Looks like fun!

posted about 1 year ago

nicole said:

I sometimes do, I sometimes don't. For me it's more of a comfort issue than a cleanliness issue (If I'm wearing heels or something like that, they definitely get removed first thing). Guests can keep them on. Part of it is maybe 'cause our entire house is pretty much all hardwood floors, plus the kitchen floor can get kinda messy, so shoes help keep feet clean. Or, y'know, I could also learn to be less messy in the kitchen, but that's kinda hard :)

posted about 1 year ago

TeddyG said:

I agree. Shoes off, then replace jacket with blue bathrobe. What? I live in a cold apartment in San Francisco.

posted about 1 year ago

oli said:

Agree, I don't like cleaning my apartment, removing shoes keeps it cleaner for a longer time. :)Also, same as MikeMcG, in Canada you don't need to ask people to remove them, it' just obvious.

posted about 1 year ago

Faroff said:

@Macdoug who doesn't?

posted about 1 year ago

martintsang said:

I take my shoes off out of courtesy. My feet don't smell, so I'm not hurting other people when I am a guest at their house. I can make sure I don't track in dirt or mud, and at my house, the shoe rack by the door sort of shows that shoe removal is encouraged. If they don't, it isn't the end of the world, but I'd like to think my guests have the courtesy and self-awareness to not walk into my house with dirty shoes. And if all else fails, I can say it's a racial/cultural thing, with me being Asian and all.

posted about 1 year ago

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