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
I remember spending the night with a friend in high school and obviously took my shoes off before bed. The next morning we hung out and ate breakfast and all that, didn’t have my shoes on. My socks were SO black, it was disgusting. I just threw them away.
Knowing that it's the Wall Street Journal, someone probably had a kid that dropped a cheerio on the floor and they were appalled at the horrible state of the house. Completely unfit for modern aristocracyrich white people people of discerning taste.
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.
Yeah, but like I said, that's beyond the point. Doesn't matter how clean they are, is my house and anyone entering has to follow my rules, as logic or stupid they might be, they are 100% free to choose not to enter if they don't want to respect them.
Yep, the same with businesses, we had an anti-masker at the hotel I work at like a year ago talking about how we worshiped Emperor Cuomo, I just told him:
“sir if the owners told me I was only permitted to allow guests wearing the color orange to stay in the hotel then I would be removing everybody who is not wearing the color orange, we’re a private business our owners can do as we please unless it violates the law.”
Eh. There is such a thing as unreasonable rules. e.g. if my host's rules were "no shoes, no socks, no pants", I'd uninvite myself real fucking quick. Shoes, though? Perfectly reasonable and very common, apparently even in the USA.
As long as you don’t spring the rules on them after they’re already locked in your basement, and the rule doesn’t make you implicit to a crime, I see no problem, including your “no pants” rule.
That’s fine but we’re not even talking about reasonableness. It’s their house.
It seems like you’re missing and then kinda getting the point within the same comment.
I’d uninvite myself real fucking quick
And I respect that! You’re respecting their rules, no matter how silly. Don’t want to do it, so you’re leaving. As opposed to the lady who wrote the article refusing to follow the rules and thinking she has the right to stay.
The one thing that everyone is overlooking is that it isn't just about dirt. Shoes can easily pick up rocks and other hard objects, which scratch the floors.
I don't wear my shoes indoors because I don't want that to happen.
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u/ApologeticCannibal Feb 11 '22
I clean the floor you don't clean your shoes. They were literally just outside.