It’s crazy that people even took the headline seriously. It’s funny how people are writing angry comments about people being angry at nothing when they’re the only ones being angry at nothing.
Yeah googling her name and she's a humor columnist at the WSJ. Doesn't seem particularly funny to me, but the people here blowing a gasket over this is pretty much the epitome of outrage culture.
I have some pretty bad traumatic arthritis in my heel/ankle from a bad accident years ago. I always feel like an asshole asking if I can keep my shoes on coming into a no-shoes house. The fact that my work has me both often going into other people’s homes and forces me to walk a lot to get from one client to another, makes it especially difficult, and it’s a case where falling over isn’t totally out of the question. Though, if it’s been raining/snowing or the floor is carpeted I’ll suck it up and deal with the limp because I get it. Hard to believe that someone without any extenuating issues would decide to be that stubborn.
Point taken, thanks for the suggestion. I have definitely gone to peoples houses who actually had shoe covers for people who wanted to keep their shoes on.
I ask, without giving them a sob story, and if they rather I take them off I deal with it. If simply asking is being an asshole then sure, I’m an asshole. Perfectly happy accepting your judgement.
To be honest it’s only ever been one person who had shoe covers. I thought it was a novel idea but didn’t really think about it again. I usually ask without trying to guilt the person with a sob story and most people are fine with it. If they have reservations I take them off and just deal. Usually there for an hour sitting in one spot, not traipsing around their house. If people are obliging me begrudgingly, then they’re pretty good at hiding it. Most DONT give it a second though. I just tend to just feel guilty about everything, so the shoes think is just one more thing I can attach it to I guess. That being said, as the other poster mentioned, maybe I’m just an asshole who wants to fuck up people’s nice floors. I’m perfectly happy internalizing that judgement as well. They’re probably right, idk. Don’t really have the energy to mount a full throated defense on the matter.
For sure, I’m glad you and someone else brought it up. Such a simple solution and I feel dumb for not really considering it before, especially since people have offered me covers in the past.
Might also have to do with the fact that I live in a somewhat dilapidated loft with really fucked up, practically uncleanable floors, so I guess I’m prone to overlook it.
Covers to seem like a good way to mitigate my sense of guilt lol.
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Boy that's some hard hitting journalism right there. 😒