Outdoor shoes inside

FC61. Gosh!

Why don’t you supply outer covers for their outside shoes ?
Workmen wear them in my house / cream coloured carpets !
I’d never wear outside shoes inside anyone’s house and if I’m visiting anyone one I make sure I wear slip ons to take off early.
I also supply slip on throw away slippers (collect them in hotels) for family friends who would rather not go around in socks or bare feet. Good luck

Grannygranby you would be alright in our house, we have a long-handled shoehorn in our hallway; they are so cheap in IKEA that we bought one for each of our daughters so we can use them when we visit and even have one in the caravan!
We never insist on visitors removing their shoes except small GCs who climb up to sit on the furniture, though most do. We have a long 'magimat' in the hallway that removes most damp and dirt from footwear. I take slippers when visiting family.
Stiletto-type heels can be a serious nuisance on wooden floors. My DD lost her deposit when she left a rented home because a 'friend' wore stilettos to a party she held and left dents in the kitchen floor.

Even worse is if someone takes their shoes OFF in my house......so I say DONT....as I seem to pick up toenail infections

I always take wipes/tissues to clean off anything if visiting.

I think Muslims always do it.

It is indeed one of the funniest threads I’ve ever read - sometimes intentionally, but mostly not. It’s hard to tell sometimes.

Do the people who offer slippers wash them after each use?

Isn't it a bit rude to offer foot deodorant?

This thread is becoming more and more hilarious

And to warm kitchen up,put oven on half an hour before they arrive,itl be cosy before you know it& maybe use that oven heat to bake some sustenance for when they arrive,so its not wasted heat,sausage rolls or mince pies etc are warm& welcoming

Maybe OP could put a small box in the hall with a couple of spare prs of hotel/spa slippers,plus a few prs of the plastic overshoes,AND,a can of odour eaters foot spray too,and casually say" some visitors have found the spray refreshing after a long journey" then quietly leave them to it while you put the kettle on

I myself have very bad ostearthritis,so cant stand on one leg to remove or put on shoes anymore, i dont use it as an excuse though,i just lean on the banister to do one at a time,or sit down on stairs to do them. i used to keep my own spare flipflops at one of my adult kids home,but they kept getting lost or chewed by the dogs i now either take some with me or just have stockinged feet.

In Canada it reaches 40 degrees in the summer. Winter 40 below. We take off our shoes to not track in salt from the streets, snow and general dirt. Plus, the influx of immigrants and integration has made people more conscious of foot and floor hygiene. Why would people want to keep their feet in shoes all day anyway?

Faeces encrusted shoes!

I've heard it all now

I've never asked anyone to remove their shoes and I never will

I honestly don't want to see guests in slippers, plastic covers or socks

Bizarre

The BiL may have had a foot odor problem that would have embarrassed him if he took his shoes off. Can I just say that I would never choose a cream carpet for a room that is in communal use for this very reason, and to save arguments over taking off shoes. All my carpeting is chosen specially to disguise the odd insult.

I always take my shoes off. Unlike those that choose to keep them on because they don’t want to be uncomfortable or they think it’s rude to be asked to take them off; I think it’s rude to keep them on when you have walked outside and unknowingly walked through dirt, wet and even urine, to then walk that kind of stuff through someone’s house and carpets.

Hyacinth Bouquet was not posh at all! That was the point. She was trying very hard to be, but she didn’t know how. Being excessively fussy about housework etc. is the very opposite of upper class.

Sadly vacuuming does not remove bacteria...

Its colder in canada anyway grannytotwins,so they are probably used it

Oh, and we have washable hard floors. I do not care about guest's feelings if they don't care about mine. I shouldn't have to compromise my health and that of my family because someone is being lazy, dirty and selfish.

I'm Canadian and we take our shoes off, rain, shine or snow. To trample into someone's house as if it were a barn is disgusting. Your comfort and health in your home is more important than a guest's feelings. A guest is coming to your house. They should consider YOU. Your house means your rules. I am shocked by people wearing feces encrusted outdoor shoes indoors. People step in dog pee and poo on the streets and go into public toilets with pee on the floors. Horrific!
Why should I clean my tiles floors because you decided not to remove your shoes? I don't care how clean they appear to be...they aren't! Would you lie in bed with your shoes on? No? That's because they are dirty....

Yeah,& I'm surprised at my 21 yr olds cavalier attitude,as he's usually a bit of a germaphobe,which is why i started the shoes off rule on the carpeted areas in first place

I keep the 'complimentary' slippers from spas etc then give them a wash/ dry for the family to use,but as most of family have bigger feet than me they dont usually bother.i should tell them to bring some in future

My late DM used to think that shoes-off-indoors was definitely a class thing. The more middle/upper you were, the less you’d give two hoots.

IMO it’s just a mite different now, though, when so many people are that much more obsessed with hygiene/germs. I’m sometimes amazed at people on MN who e.g. wash all towels after just one use, whose dcs must have clean pyjamas every single night, you name it.

I'm with you, AUDUN! Working farm, old wooden floors, here. Over the years we've had collies and kittens, chickens, colts and kids wandering through here. Even a calf in a bath (don't ask!) I'll take anything this little farm has to offer but I'll be damned if I'm going to haul down on all fours and scrub street dirt off these crooked planks! I'm old! Kids all grown and work anywhere from crime scenes to concert halls...with all the attendant public grime. Now I also have a 93 year old disabled husband with Alzheimer's to look after. On a good day...maybe a visiting baby. Rule has always been boots/shoes off at the door. Basket of handknit house slippers by the door. Don't mess with Granny!

Hi I always take shoes off and have a pair of slippers at my daughter's and they all take shoes off why would you walk around house in shoes when people spot dogs mess and god knows what else you will transfer on your floors yuk.

And for pudding123? Buy some shoe covers & next time they come if they wont remove shoes,hand them the shoe covers.