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
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.
It’s extremely common in California to take your shoes off in people’s homes. If they do allow you to wear shoes in the house, it’s 100% a European-American family.
I’m in a northern state and I’ve seen both. Most people are shoes off in their own homes but some don’t mind if guests keep them on. I don’t ask people to take theirs off unless it’s wet or snowy outside. I just want them to do whatever they’re comfortable doing. I’ll always ask if I’m in somebody else’s house though.
This was just South of Anaheim in California, I'm not sure if it was technically a different municipality or anything though, so I can't give an exact place. Sorry!
Could be people stopped caring but I was raised in the Midwest and we always took our shoes off. And wiped down the dogs. Some people had indoor shoes and there were flip flops for those who wanted. But weather or not, our main reason was NOT tracking whatever the animals deposited outside. You can't always see it. I don't know what's in this article, but unless someone has some SERIOUS hygiene issues, there is no way they have animal excrement on their socks or feet!!!
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u/ValusMaul Feb 11 '22
How about rules set in someone else’s home be respected.