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Originally Posted by Yakk
Just a little thing: In a personal dwelling in the USA, you leave your shoes on by default.
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Bullshit!
This shoes-outside-the-house thing is not universal. In fact, most people I know do not have a shoes-outside policy. It is a small, but growing trend, and it pisses me off.
You come over to my AMerican house, I want you to be comfortable. Shoes on or shoes off. Whatever works for you. Maybe you have bad foot odor or your toes are cold. Keep the shoes on. Maybe your feet long to be free. Shoes off.
"oooo! but shoes are DIRTY!" you say. Well, I have a vacuum. Come on in. Make yourself at home.
Listen, people. I don't really advertise this, but my foot hurts unless I am walking on really cushy shoes. (Astute readers of this board will recall my footgina). So when I take my shoes off and walk around on your tile, vinyl, laminate, or thin-padded carpet, I am in pain. Polite, but in pain.
Plus, usually wear sandals and the bottoms of my feet are dirty anyway, So who are we fooling here?