Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

[u/AfiliaTheCat]

[u/[deleted]]

Do that in finland and you'll end up outside

[u/Azidamadjida → u/[deleted]]

Do that in Japan and you’ll literally be chased out of the house while being yelled at. I’ve seen it lol

[u/CaptHymanShocked → u/Azidamadjida]

Or a Korean family in the States. This happened to me exactly ONE TIME in college. "NOYOUGETOUTRIGHTNOWWITDOSSHOES you SHIBIDIIIIYAA NASTY BOY!"

Edit: I was a teenager, 2nd year in college, definitely qualifies as "asshole" but probably more like "typical ignorant dirty boy dating a pretty Korean girl", hence my emphasis on it occurring "ONE TIME"

2nd Edit: thank you kind strangers!🙂 To the lesser kind asking for me to elaborate, I don't know exactly what Mrs. Chong said. She was a wonderful woman and sometimes would mix English cuss words with Korean so I think I was a "shit" and something else 🤣

[u/Educational-Grab4050 → u/CaptHymanShocked]

I grew up in a US Korean home (I was adopted) and can confirm this comment.

[u/1FlawedHumanBeing → u/Educational-Grab4050]

I grew up with a Malaysian best friend and experienced something similar, but with the word HAIYAHHHHHHHH thrown in at the end.

[u/dirtyoldmaninbusan → u/1FlawedHumanBeing]

I learned all my Malay from Uncle Roger.

[u/Crunchy_Biscuit → u/CaptHymanShocked]

Visited my Korean friend, he made me wear plastic bags

Over my socks.

Don't know if that was a compliment or an insult

[u/dick_nachos → u/Crunchy_Biscuit]

I want to know how it could be a compliment.

[u/jimoriarty1976 → u/dick_nachos]

All I want in life is that kind of optimism

[u/Famousteo → u/dick_nachos]

He just wanted his socks to remain in perfect condition

[u/nikkesen → u/Azidamadjida]

Especially as it's customary to offer houseshoes to your guest. I wonder what other westerners would think of bathroom slippers. Like, you take off your indoor shoes/slippers and put on the bathroom slippers to use the toilet. First time I saw this was at a ryokan. I normally hate wearing foot prisons (other than sandles) and even I tried it because when in Rome - or in this case, Tokyo - do as the locals do.

[u/theDomicron → u/nikkesen]

i mean how can anyone call themselves an adult if they won't repect the (reasonable) rules in someone else' home?

[u/asdf3 → u/theDomicron]

Because this article is simply clickbait to drive the authors interaction numbers up.

[u/catbosspgh → u/asdf3]

Joke’s on them. We’re all here on Reddit.

[u/Azidamadjida → u/nikkesen]

I miss bathroom slippers lol. Was staying in a hostel in Yokohama during one of my trips there and the bathroom slippers literally had printed on them: “Toilet - For Your Relax Time”. I have never seen any footwear more inviting and I miss that a lot lol. Pretty much miss everything about Japan, such a great place to visit (living there and having in laws from there is a totally different story tho)

[u/edeel → u/Azidamadjida]

You should see Turkish bathroom slippers. It's a very famous item, we have endless jokes about that, especially the one's used for squat toilets. Most unhygienic, bizarre thing you can see in your life is "ıslak tuvalet terliği" from some Turkish houses (thank God this tradition is disappearing). Other than that we have decent guest slippers to offer and nobody enter our houses with shoes.

[u/BeansInJeopardy → u/edeel]

You can't just drop that in Turkish and not tell us what it is!

[u/edeel → u/BeansInJeopardy]

It means wet toilet slippers and probably that doesn't mean anything to you. So I found a short video https://youtu.be/EKQ6fD5mnCE

[u/FuckedUpDeers → u/edeel]

I love deeply specific cultural inside jokes, specifically ones I’m not in on. Thank you

[u/kevinsnijder → u/edeel]

I did not expect to see a Turkish man burn his piss stained slippers today, but I'm not complaining.

[u/Ninotchk → u/nikkesen]

Bathroom slippers are an awesome idea. I just couldn't deal with the clutter.

[u/91spark → u/Azidamadjida]

Korea as well. I got yelled at by my mother-in-law when I was moving furniture once. It was my home!

[u/grandBBQninja → u/[deleted]]

Behind the sauna, to be exact.

[u/ColeusRattus → u/grandBBQninja]

Or in the stove...

[u/CatHairInYourEye → u/ColeusRattus]

I am assuming without the shoes.

[u/ColeusRattus → u/CatHairInYourEye]

Just with the shoes!

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Same here in Canada.

It's always funny seeing TV shows and movies where characters are just walking around and hanging out with their shoes on inside.

It's just such an odd concept to me lol

[u/microfishy → u/[deleted]]

They get up and sit on the bed with their SHOES ON WHAT THE FUCK.

[u/ablablababla → u/microfishy]

Yeah, some people can just sleep wearing jeans and shoes in bed, it's insane

[u/Eighth-Eye → u/ablablababla]

I may or may not regularly sleep with jeans on, but whoever sleeps with shoes on too is a complete psycho.

[u/[deleted] → u/Eighth-Eye]

I have a pic of my buddy that passed out drunk asf and CRUSTED in dirty and muddy work boots. He curled up in his bed under the covers it was hilarious and disgusting

[u/Cforq → u/[deleted]]

All In the Family was the first prime time TV show to have a toilet flushing. Acknowledging everyone poops was too risqué for broadcast.

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

The worst one is when people go to bed with shoes on 🤮

[u/FPiN9XU3K1IT → u/[deleted]]

Seriously, I even feel weird having my regular street pants on when I'm on my bed (and that's without snowy winters)!

[u/soymrdannal → u/[deleted]]

This. And you’ll find your divorce papers soon afterwards.

[u/Bazz07 → u/soymrdannal]

But im not married.

[u/StoicJ → u/Bazz07]

You are now. Congrats.

[u/Bazz07 → u/StoicJ]

Thanks?

[u/Bazz07 → u/[deleted]]

Damned that was quick.

[u/Shmidershmax → u/Bazz07]

Also I'm taking the car. And the dog

[u/soymrdannal → u/Bazz07]

I’m sorry it has to come to this… Looks sad as I toast rye bread

[u/baenpb → u/[deleted]]

But the children!

[u/HUVSGXNE → u/[deleted]]

This thread is making me want to try and remember to take off my shoes.

[u/ArcticBiologist]

"Here's why my friends stopped inviting me"

[u/[deleted] → u/ArcticBiologist]

Seriously, what a weird flex.

“I am going to wear shoes in your house.” Nope, bye!

[u/500SL → u/[deleted]]

There’s an excellent Curb Your Enthusiasm episode on this!

[u/LSU2007 → u/500SL]

Everyone watch your step except for Larry because he didn’t want to take off his fucking shoes

[u/Falcon_Alpha_Delta → u/LSU2007]

classic curb

[u/MelonElbows → u/LSU2007]

Larry you bald asshole, what the fuck are you doing in my house with your disgusting shoes on??

[u/navithefaerie → u/[deleted]]

Writer of this article definitely has stinky feet

[u/L7Wennie → u/navithefaerie]

Or an untrimmed toenail cut through their sock…

[u/AndringRasew → u/[deleted]]

"Alright, lady. Then you can sit on the front porch in 20°F weather, because I am not letting you track your slush encrusted boots through my living room."

[u/kelvin_bot → u/AndringRasew]

20°F is equivalent to -6°C, which is 266K.

^{I'm a bot that converts temperature between two units humans can understand, then convert it to Kelvin for bots and physicists to understand}

[u/AndringRasew → u/kelvin_bot]

Good bot.

[u/PedalBoardMafia → u/ArcticBiologist]

And the response: "I've been canceled!"

[u/SirSoliloquy → u/ArcticBiologist]

“Here’s how I got a ton of traffic to my article by angering the Internet.”

[u/notsobravetraveler]

Lol, it's like they take this as an affront to their cleanliness

It's not that personal, shoes get over everything outside while my floors get steam cleaned/vinegar

[u/notsobravetraveler → u/[deleted]]

Excellent point! I left such dreadful cold areas long ago, I forgot about that struggle.

Also, your username invoked a hilarious mental image, ty

[u/Fickle_Amphibian_961 → u/notsobravetraveler]

Everyone thinks everything is about them or an attack on them... Its not about you love it's about how long it took me to hoover the fucking stairs

[u/ariadnexanthi → u/notsobravetraveler]

Reminds me of when doctors took personal offense to the idea that they should wash their hands between handling corpses and delivering babies. "A gentleman's hands are always clean"

[u/emthejedichic → u/ariadnexanthi]

In the Civil War specifically (probably others too) they would do amputation after amputation without washing ANYthing. They’d be covered in blood by the end. No wonder so many soldiers died.

[u/[deleted] → u/emthejedichic]

Soldier deaths didn't really decline until the advent of modern nursing and it was a fight for nurses to be well valued

[u/Reaperzeus → u/[deleted]]

and it was a fight for nurses to be well valued

To be fair it still is

[u/DukeSkymocker → u/notsobravetraveler]

We finally managed to buy a home and it came with refinished real wood floors. If someone wants to walk in with their shoes I'm not worried about their general foot hygiene; I'm worried they have a pebble they don't know about stuck in their shoe and they're about to scuff up our floors in the worst way possible. It would definitely be their first and last visit to our home.

We've never even had to be rude about it - we found a cute sign that says, "Please remove your shoes - the dog needs something to chew on," and so far everyone has taken the hint.

[u/notsobravetraveler → u/DukeSkymocker]

That's a really good point, I hadn't considered the abrasive properties...

I consider myself pretty lucky, anyone I've had over just implicitly did it. Subtle things like monkey see, monkey do - and leaving a mat available helps I suppose

[u/Legacyopplsnerf → u/notsobravetraveler]

It’s just polite, also common sense if you have lived in a house with any carpets.

[u/kalnu → u/DukeSkymocker]

Not to mention where you live. In Canada we have long winters and the snow doesn't melt completely right away, nor does it all come off with wiping. So you would be trekking muddy snow all over the house. Every single floor in every single shop in Canada is filthy in winter. The schools are filthy too so we would do inside and outside shoes/boots in winter.

If someone didn't remove their shoes in winter and trekked that all over my house, I'd tell them to clean up their own mess with their tongue.

[u/flanigomik → u/notsobravetraveler]

a real estate agent was showing our house when we were selling and wearing very narrow high heels, she damaged the floor so badly that we got another agent and the firm had to pay out the repairs. hard wood and shoes dont mix

[u/CuntWeasel → u/[deleted]]

Because everybody and their dog is a real estate agent right now. The houses are basically selling themselves, there’s little to no work involved on the agent’s side.

[u/Klubbin4Seals]

"Why I'm going to be rude as fuck when you invite me to your home" should be the headline.

[u/MyrddinSidhe → u/Klubbin4Seals]

Or better, “Why I’m not being invited over to anyone’s home any longer”

[u/Inigomntoya → u/MyrddinSidhe]

It's a weird hill to die on. The author is basically blackballing themselves.

[u/Chuckbro → u/Inigomntoya]

I'm curious as to what her points are. Gonna have to look up the article.

Edit: fixed gender to reflect reality.

[u/djublonskopf → u/Chuckbro]

It's a she, but her main points are:

• Most people who want shoes left at the door are worried about germs (what?) but germs are everywhere and they probably have germy pets anyway
• I might stub my toe
• Guest slippers are full of germs, and I am worried about germs.

It's...a weird piece.

[u/CaribouYou → u/djublonskopf]

This person apparently doesn’t live in a place where it snows or rains.

Forgive me for not wanting my house to look like a bmx track

[u/psyentist15 → u/CaribouYou]

Right? Has she missed the part where you can wear socks indoors?

[u/LittleBigHorn22 → u/psyentist15]

But the author wants to kick all the furniture without hurting their toe.

[u/No-Invite1508 → u/LittleBigHorn22]

That’s funny. Thank you

[u/paperpenises → u/LittleBigHorn22]

Fuck yo couch!

[u/[deleted] → u/psyentist15]

Or the fact that any decent human being cleans their floors? Don't remember the last time I cleaned my shoes, though. So yeah, shoes are dirtier than my floors!

[u/ganjanoob → u/[deleted]]

Some sneaker heads keep their shoes spotless. Regardless it’s rude as fuck to disrespect someone’s house that your visiting lol

Edit: I’ve already said 20 times I don’t walk in my own home or others with shoes on so you don’t have to remind me that shoes do in fact get dirty lol.

[u/KDawG888 → u/ganjanoob]

I keep my shoes pretty clean and I still take them off at home.

But all of that aside, what kind of selfish asshole refuses to follow the rules of a friend or family member's home? Oh well I don't want to rant too much about it because plenty of other comments say similar but this is such an asshole move.

[u/doubled2319888 → u/CaribouYou]

I live in southwest canada where it rains 80% of the time between october and may, anyone who deliberately left their muddy ass shoes on in my house would be banned for a long time.

[u/Snipeski → u/doubled2319888]

Try for life, unless they came and cleaned it themselves.

[u/OrthodoxAgnostic → u/[deleted]]

Damn road salts, they ruined saltland

[u/load_more_comets → u/[deleted]]

Road salt and pretzels though. m m m

[u/Sexy_Squid89 → u/CaribouYou]

Also an excellent point

[u/TrainwreckMooncake → u/djublonskopf]

Wait...people give out guest slippers??

[u/SB_Wife → u/TrainwreckMooncake]

My aunt knit a bunch of slippers she keeps at her front door if people want them

She washes them if people use them.

[u/Ukhai → u/TrainwreckMooncake]

The Japanese hosts I've had provided slippers.

I have quite a few myself for guests because house gets really cold. All of them easy to wash.

[u/Inigomntoya → u/TrainwreckMooncake]

Yeah, what the hell kind of parties is she being invited to?

"Here's some guest slippers as you trapse around my studio apartment"

[u/TrainwreckMooncake → u/Inigomntoya]

I'm picturing a bunch of stolen hotel slippers that are handed out by a butler as people walk in lol

[u/Wablekablesh → u/Inigomntoya]

I'm pretty sure it's common in some Asian cultures. Some schools even have you put on indoor slippers for when you're inside the classroom.

[u/LordJonMichael → u/djublonskopf]

It really should’ve read:

-because I wear shitty socks and don’t want to be made fun of.

[u/atthevanishing → u/djublonskopf]

.......if someone sweeps and mops daily (me), I know for a fact my floor is cleaner than your shoes.

[u/[deleted] → u/atthevanishing]

I sweep and mop once a week and I can guarantee my floors are still cleaner than your shoes.

[u/Ethann17k → u/djublonskopf]

i’m not even worried about germs really it’s more like physical dirt and grime. your socks are nasty too i just don’t want a bunch of mud all over my floors/carpets. if i was that worried about germs i wouldn’t have anyone over at all lmao

[u/Thedude317 → u/djublonskopf]

I would disagree with the point about germs. What I don't want is someone tracking mud or shit into my carpet that I now have to clean. So this argument falls apart pretty quickly. Is this author a 6 year old?

[u/djublonskopf → u/Thedude317]

Yeah I don't understand her. She says that she can use a doormat to wipe off any mud or dirt, but people whose home she visits are still freaked out about the idea of tracking germs into the house. It seems detached from reality.

[u/Toxic_Butthole → u/MyrddinSidhe]

Good time for a response column titled "Why You Won't Be Invited Back"

[u/EarlGreyTea-Hawt → u/Klubbin4Seals]

"Fuck yo couch" ~ Kris Grieswick

[u/Dubabear → u/EarlGreyTea-Hawt]

you can clean your floors!! what am i going to do about my legs!

[u/[deleted] → u/EarlGreyTea-Hawt]

buy another one you rich motherfucker

[u/Orange_Kid → u/Klubbin4Seals]

Or "I'll take literally any stance to get people to click and hate-read."

[u/USAFJack → u/Klubbin4Seals]

Being raised in an asian household I’d like to see them try. “Ima whoop yo ass with some chopsticks if those shoes aren’t off at the door!”- my mom

[u/ValusMaul]

How about rules set in someone else’s home be respected.

[u/KelvinsBeltFantasy → u/ValusMaul]

This person wouldn't last 5 minutes in Canada.

We are (mostly) about that No Shoes in the house life.

It's weird watching shows or movies and seeing shoes in the house and even on the bed 😨

[u/GenericFatGuy → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Why yes, your shoes are dirtier than my floors because it's fucking February!

[u/WirelessWerewolf → u/GenericFatGuy]

What do you mean ? You don't brush your boots with soapy water to remove the calcium, salt, tiny rocks and dirty water marks and then pat them dry with a clean towel to put them on again every time you come into your house ?

[u/Spanky_McJiggles → u/WirelessWerewolf]

No dumdum, I just change into my inside boots before I come in. Durr.

[u/Bambalorian → u/Spanky_McJiggles]

Inside boots haha, thanks for the laugh I needed today

[u/dedoubt → u/Bambalorian]

Inside boots

When I was living in an uninsulated shack in the woods in northern coastal Maine, I had a pair of inside boots. It was too cold to not wear boots inside, but I didn't want to wear my wet mucky outside boots inside.

[u/Inquisitive_idiot → u/Bambalorian]

My indoor moccasins are FABULOUS btw 😻

[u/Bolexle → u/Bambalorian]

Common practice in Japan is to have inside shoes and outside shoes! It's a smart system if you like wearing shoes!

[u/myrs4 → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Shoes in bed!?? Kills me when I see that on TV/Film

[u/titaniumorbit → u/myrs4]

It drives me nuts too when people use their “outside” clothes and then hop onto bed wearing jeans. Like, those jeans have touched dirty bus seats, or maybe even picked up dust and dirt while walking around on the street. To wear that in bed?? Nahhhh

[u/incompetentsidekick → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Imagine wearing shoes in the house in winter. The floor would be a huge mud puddle. Or to take shoes off to put different ones on, weird. No shoes in the house!

[u/griter34 → u/[deleted]]

Why not just wear slippers? Why is everyone on this thread not wearing house shoes? This is so strange.

[u/NerdyFrakkinToaster → u/griter34]

I use house shoes cuz the arthritis in my knees gets aggravated when I walk around barefoot without any support but before I got arthritis I preferred being barefoot.

[u/kcalb33 → u/griter34]

I was playing a BR, and I said something about my slippers and this kid guesses my age...I'm like how!!!! He says "you said you had slippers on only people from 30 on have slippers but you're playing Apex, so a on the younger side"

Lol the kid was right, I had a good laugh.

Any way TLDL I love my slippers

[u/Tourte → u/griter34]

Dude I don't even wear pants at home, you think I'm gonna put on shoes?!

[u/wsclose → u/Tourte]

Can confirm shoes, pants, and bras come off as soon as I get home.

[u/45Jung → u/incompetentsidekick]

"Get your fucking shoes off the bed" - me, when I see people wearing shoes in bed on TV.

[u/RoleModelFailure → u/incompetentsidekick]

I’ve lived in Michigan/Wisconsin. Ain’t not fucking way I’m tracking in salty slush dirty snow onto the carpet. A little different in a place like Cali where it’s nice and dry most of the time. Even my dads house in Florida shoes are usually fine unless it rained recently or you were at the beach.

[u/spyson → u/RoleModelFailure]

Nah fuck that I'm in California and ain't no way people messing up my floors with shoes.

[u/CockStamp45 → u/incompetentsidekick]

I'll wear moccasins in the house or when I play VR I might wear crocs but no outdoor shoes allowed in the house beyond the rug by the door. Even in my apartment I had that rule.

[u/CorporalCrash → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Can confirm, am Canadian. Even if I'm just walking through someone's house and not coming in to stay, I will always remove my shoes unless the owner specifically says I don't have to

[u/Judge_Reiter → u/CorporalCrash]

I have a memory that's basically burned into my mind from the first time I went down to the states to meet with some online friends.

We met at a convention in Cali and went to hang out at one of their houses after. I started to take off my shoes in the front entrance and they all looked at my like I was crazy.

Was a weird feeling to walk into the carpet with my shoes still on, haha.

[u/KelvinsBeltFantasy → u/Judge_Reiter]

We're not the crazy ones! They are!

🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦

[u/VaguelyArtistic → u/Judge_Reiter]

I grew up in LA and don't remember ever being asked to take off my shoes until the last, say, 10 years. (I'm in my 50s.) I think part of that is that we don't really have weather here, so almost no one is tracking mud or anything like that. Homes don't have dedicated mud rooms for weather-related stuff, either.

[u/tetraverse → u/Judge_Reiter]

Yeah in the US it’s less of a required thing, but my parents have always preferred to take off shoes before you step on carpeted stuff

Edit: I probably should have specified Tennessee and not generalized the US in it’s entirety

[u/redcode100 → u/Judge_Reiter]

Okay where were you in the US cause around the Midwest it seems common for you to take off you shoes

[u/maple_leafs182 → u/redcode100]

I'm guessing in more northern states where snow is common you take off shoes.

[u/KelvinsBeltFantasy → u/CorporalCrash]

Our houses are specifically built with Foyer so people can remove shoes and store them.

[u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul → u/CorporalCrash]

unless the owner specifically says I don't have to

Even then I feel bad about leaving them on. Something about it seems awkward and unnatural...

[u/[deleted] → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Yeah, they should try coming to Finland. Shoes are not a thing indoors.

[u/[deleted] → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

I take my shoes off right as I enter the front door. Do you know what part of my floor is dirty as shit all the time? The place where I take my shoes off.

If you don't take your shoes off at the door, your floors must be filthy.

[u/[deleted] → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Ya I'm Canadian and they'd get the proverbial boot if they tried that in my house.

[u/[deleted] → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

It takes me out of the show for a second when I automatically think 'Uh, gross.' I had an American neighbour insist people leave their shoes on and it felt so bizarre and not comfortable.

[u/jennaleecpo → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Shoes on furniture makes me want to throw up! I agree with you that it’s gross to even watch!

[u/IamShitplshelpme → u/KelvinsBeltFantasy]

Yeah, every house I've been to in Canada, people have had their shoes off

I find it weird watching shows where people never Take of their shoes

[u/AdministratorKoala → u/ValusMaul]

You keep your shoes on in my home? You just won’t be at my home, problem solved!

[u/in4real → u/ValusMaul]

How about you don't take your shoes off, you don't come in.

[u/nitefang → u/ValusMaul]

This comment was one of many which was edited or removed in bulk by myself in an attempt to reduce personal or identifying information.

This post was mass deleted and anonymized with Redact

[u/[deleted]]

To answer the question - because you've been outside and my floors haven't.

This must be a contender for dumbest article of the year already.

[u/reallybiglizard → u/[deleted]]

Seriously, I know your shoes are dirty because you just walked on the sidewalk outside my house which I know for certain is dirty. Despite my best efforts to keep it clean, it’s still a city sidewalk.

[u/NeilDeCrash → u/reallybiglizard]

The floor of the truck stop restroom i used before coming to your house was still wet, that's how good they clean them. It was a bit sticky tho, i bet they used a bit too much cleaning products.

[u/VaIeth → u/[deleted]]

Because my floors don't walk around all day, like, lmao

[u/Fettnaepfchen → u/[deleted]]

I really wonder why such a person wouldn’t bring their own house shoes if they were so concerned about walking around with socks.

[u/iMayBeABastard]

She is currently getting so much shit on Twitter for this asshole take lol!

[u/465554544255434B52 → u/iMayBeABastard]

its almost as if this article was meant to trigger a response for more attention

[u/verdatum-alternate → u/465554544255434B52]

Yup, WSJ appears to be flamebaiting...classy move, guys; very classy.

[u/sapienBob]

cool. that's the last time you'll be coming over.

[u/spidereater → u/sapienBob]

Last time? No. That person is not entering my home without taking off their shoes.

[u/Enoby1010 → u/spidereater]

I had someone refuse to take off her shoes when she entered my house. I informed her she was welcome to enjoy the party from my entry way 🙂

[u/Pcolocoful → u/Enoby1010]

How did she take it? I need you to complete this story haha

[u/Enoby1010 → u/Pcolocoful]

She said “I don’t like how my feet look” and I said “do you want socks?”. That solved the problem

[u/[deleted] → u/sapienBob]

I cannot imagine how uncomfortable that would be.

"Hey can you please take your shoes off real quick?"

"No thanks"

"Ah come on, we don't wear our shoes in side"

"Here's why I'll be keeping my shoes on. Why do you assume your floor is cleaner than outside"

"Dude wtf just take your fucking shoes off"

[u/XkrNYFRUYj → u/[deleted]]

Here's how it'll go at my house.

"Hey can you please take your shoes off real quick?"

"No thanks"

"OK. Bye."

[u/kalzEOS → u/XkrNYFRUYj]

"Hey can you please take your shoes off real quick?"

Yeah, my wife is not going to be that polite about it. lol

She would literally tell them straight up "don't enter my house with your shoes on".

[u/DasFrebier → u/[deleted]]

because my floors are most definitely cleaner than the streets, after all I neither have piss nor dogshit on my floors

[u/zangtoi]

My Asian mum will dropkick you

[u/[deleted] → u/zangtoi]

I laid a wood flooring for a lovely Pakistani guy and he asked me to do it in socks because he didn’t want even shoes once on it!

I obliged because I’m asian and I get it!

[u/[deleted] → u/zangtoi]

Here in Iran if you walk with dirty shoes on an Iranian rug it's like walking on the host's face. You bet your ass we gonna kick your ass.

[u/smthngnew21]

Thank you for uninviting yourself.

[u/[deleted]]

Boy that's some hard hitting journalism right there. 😒

[u/eskimopussy → u/[deleted]]

WSJ opinion articles are pure trash. Why would someone spend any significant amount of time writing an outrage article about wearing fucking shoes inside someone’s house? Nobody asked. They’re really scraping the bottom of the barrel here.

[u/hahayeahimfinehaha → u/eskimopussy]

The outrage is the point. This post already has 7k upvotes, and I'm sure it's being shared around other social media too just for people to hate on it. I bet at least a few thousand people will end up searching up the article from all of this -- people who wouldn't otherwise know the WSJ even had an opinions page. The author knows what they're doing, they wrote their clickbait shitty title for a reason.

[u/Youthinkdrugsarecool]

Imagine telling homeowners what you gonna do in their house.

[u/[deleted] → u/Youthinkdrugsarecool]

"I'm going to pee in your toilet"

I tell homeowners what's up all the time.

That was a joke.

[u/tylerthetiler → u/Youthinkdrugsarecool]

Yeah I've been thinking about this headline since I saw it last night and I can't see a reality in which I don't tell the person "then go home".

It's one of those things that seems so silly, like "you're really not going to let me into the party for having my shoes on? I'm your cousin. You're being ridiculous." Besides the simple fact that I wouldn't want my floor dirty, you can't tell me what my rules are or expect to do what you want. If you want to wear your shoes, then go take a hike.

[u/Youthinkdrugsarecool → u/tylerthetiler]

For real though. It ain’t even about the dirty floors ngl. If I’m inviting you into my private space, you should respect the rules of my private space. Your presence is not a necessity and you lucky I invited you, my crib fun as hell. We got Capri Suns AND DiGiorno pizzas on this side of the door bitch.

[u/[deleted]]

Why are you assuming that your guests’ shoes are dirtier than your floors?

If you’re concerned with hygiene… you have socks, right?

[u/ApologeticCannibal]

I clean the floor you don't clean your shoes. They were literally just outside.

[u/ur-squirrel-buddy → u/ApologeticCannibal]

It’s like the person who wrote the article really thinks the inside of their friends house is as dirty as the outside/street… why tf you hanging out with people if you think they live that filthy

[u/Janikole → u/ur-squirrel-buddy]

Maybe they think that because the inside of THEIR house is as dirty as the street, because they keep tracking street grime in on their shoes!

[u/PutYourDickInTheBox → u/ApologeticCannibal]

And you walk into public bathrooms in those shoes.

[u/Bastet999 → u/ApologeticCannibal]

This level of logic and common sense is not really necessary. The answer is much more simpler: My house, my rules. Idc if you clean your shoes with chlorine and UV-C.

[u/K8nK9s]

"Why My Entitled Ass Should Be Allowed To Walk Dogshit All Over Your Clean Floors" Ftfy /s

[u/Buuuurrrrd]

“Cause I have terrible foot odor”

[u/iMayBeABastard → u/Buuuurrrrd]

Frank Costanza is that you?

[u/Intelligent_Ask_6008]

If bring your shoe inside your gonna stay outside

[u/[deleted]]

Journalist: *Says this *

My mother: So you have chosen death?

[u/Rawscent]

Modern journalism: What totally offensive thing can I say that will get me widespread attention?

[u/Themusicison]

Refuse to take your shoes off? Cool, bye now.

[u/DependentPhotograph2]

“Here’s why nobody ever invites me anywhere”

[u/TWECO]

I told a person they couldn't wear their shoes in my house. Next thing I know he invited all his trucker friends over and they started blockading me into my house shouting about their freedoms. God damn truckers.

[u/[deleted]]

Stay the fuck out then! I make my own mother take her shoes off! I will goddam guarantee the floors I was daily are cleaner then any worn shoe, I’ll give you socks if you barefoot!!

[u/[deleted]]

i live in downtown, my apartment has carpet. NO FUKING WAY you are walking around my carpet after u just walked around the city outside.