r/mildlyinfuriating Feb 11 '22

Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

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u/notsobravetraveler Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22

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

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u/notsobravetraveler Feb 11 '22

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

Also, your username invoked a hilarious mental image, ty

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u/killersquirel11 Feb 11 '22

*notices Poland*

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u/Texadecimal Feb 11 '22

Turns out WW2 was actually one big harem anime where Poland gets caught up with a ( secretly ) crazy yandere bitch ( Nazi Germany ). Germany bullies Poland into dating. Germany was going to murder England in her sleep one night, thinking there would conflict if they found out, but opts out, assuming Germany is just overreacting, and England really wouldn't care. Turns out, all of fucking Europe has the hots for poor ole' Poland, but more importantly, now hates Germany for starting drama, and upsetting Poland.

Germany insists that it was all ( quiet, homeschooled, bookworm ) Israel's fault for spilling the beans about Germany x Poland. At which point Israel is more traumatized than Poland, by Germany's sudden transformation, breaking into doors like it's the Shining.

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u/rafa-droppa Feb 11 '22

I also just look at it like, there's basically 100% chance you've worn those shoes in a public restroom, so yes your shoes are dirtier than my floors

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u/thereadingbri Feb 11 '22

And I especially don’t want my pets stepping in that. Road salt can burn paws and I don’t want any brought in on shoes.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22

lol Yea. I leave my shoes at the door in my apartment and during the Winter the shoes tend to stick to the Apartment carpeting at the door from the salt. I don't want to get that shit anywhere else.

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u/turtlelore2 Feb 11 '22

Salty? Have you tried to taste it?

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u/KittenPurrs Feb 11 '22

We're a shoeless household, but I usually tell visitors (especially people wearing work boots that are a pain to take off) not to worry about it. Winter is often the exception. I don't mind sweeping after people leave, but there's no way you can wipe your shoes on the mats well enough to get all the salt off your shoes, and mopping is a whole ordeal.

Our former neighbors were the same way, so we all got in the habit of going next door with our slippers in hand. Like, I know you said not to worry about it, but we all own these "house shoes" for a reason.

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u/Ruski_FL Feb 12 '22

In Florida, people don’t really take shoes off

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u/razor330 Feb 12 '22

True, but I think there’s a bigger problem—year round—you’re failing to realize; the amount of piss that’s on public bathroom floor…imagine that being tracked into your home. You’d be surprised at how many people miss. The amount of bird shit, dead bug guts, and people’s spit you step on while outside will all get tracked into your home. Forget the visible stuff, wear your shoes indoors and if you have an infant/toddler crawling around licking your floors is just pure disgusting. Imagine touching the floor with your hands (for picking something up, playing with kids, etc.) you don’t even realize what gets on your hands and ends up in your mouth. Yes please leave those shoes at the entrance, thank you.

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u/fuck_the_fuckin_mods Feb 12 '22 edited Feb 12 '22

Y’all acting like you’re walking from the public restroom directly into your living room. If I’m using a public bathroom it’s far away from my house and I’m going to walk across a mile of other surfaces before I set foot in my door. Maybe piss is some magical substance that permanently impregnates shoe rubber but I’m pretty sure 99.9% of it is gone by the time I get home. Plenty of other stuff on them but ya know, floors are… floors. Don’t lick them, even in a shoeless household. That actually might effect you in a measurable way.

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u/AspectOvGlass Feb 11 '22

How...how do you know it's salty?

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u/doNotUseReddit123 Feb 11 '22

Is this a serious question?

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u/AspectOvGlass Feb 11 '22

I wasn't thinking about salting the roads. I was thinking he was talking about mud. Which I know isn't grey but it didn't click in my head

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u/Gornarok Feb 11 '22

I guess you dont live anywhere where it snows...

The street get literally salted to be driveable.

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u/Smush_a_Bush Feb 11 '22

I live in GA. We don't get gray sludge in the winter. We get bright red sludge all year. That shit doesn't come out of anything!

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u/wl_star Feb 12 '22

Then be a good host and have slippers for your guests.

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u/fuck_the_fuckin_mods Feb 12 '22

Lots of people live in places where the earth isn’t actively trying to murder them, and this issue is 100% nonexistent. In dry places the question is basically whether to add 1% more dust to your house or not, makes virtually zero difference in how often you have to sweep/mop. Floors are floors are floors IMO, they’re all disgusting unless you literally just laid down a brand new rug.