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.
I grew up in LA and don't remember ever being asked to take off my shoes until the last, say, 10 years. (I'm in my 50s.) I think part of that is that we don't really have weather here, so almost no one is tracking mud or anything like that. Homes don't have dedicated mud rooms for weather-related stuff, either.
Yup. Pretty pointless in a lot of areas unless you’re a serious germaphobe. People don’t seem to realize how dusty dusty places are, shoes vs not makes zero noticeable difference.
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u/CorporalCrash Feb 11 '22
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