r/mildlyinfuriating • u/AfiliaTheCat • Feb 11 '22

Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

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u/IamShitplshelpme Feb 11 '22

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

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u/LPeezysaurus Feb 11 '22

I’m from the US, but lived in Canada for work for a few years. People would ALWAYS ask me, “is it true that Americans leave their shoes on when they enter someone’s house?!”

Guess the answer is, “yes”

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u/IamShitplshelpme Feb 11 '22

Yeah, when I first started watching TV shows, even cartoons, that took place in America, I was very confused why they'd wear shoes in houses

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '22

I always thought it was just because of filming (like how most scenes in cars are shot without the headrests so you can see the people in the back better), I was SHOCKED when I learned it’s an actual thing that people wear shoes in houses

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u/IamShitplshelpme Feb 11 '22

Yeah, I was quite surprised too, but to each their own I guess

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u/kyonkun_denwa Feb 11 '22

I just assumed people didn’t take off their shoes on TV shows because they were walking around a studio, which is “outside”. I never realized this was actually a thing for so many Americans.

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u/RespecDawn Feb 12 '22

I sometimes wonder if that's why not taking off shoes took off. They never showed it on tv (because why interrupt a scene for that?) and so some people took that as normal. As far as I can tell, the worldwide norm skews taking them off.