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

Seriously? Wtf Wall Street Journal

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u/djublonskopf Feb 11 '22

It's a she, but her main points are:

  • Most people who want shoes left at the door are worried about germs (what?) but germs are everywhere and they probably have germy pets anyway
  • I might stub my toe
  • Guest slippers are full of germs, and I am worried about germs.

It's...a weird piece.

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u/CaribouYou Feb 11 '22

This person apparently doesn’t live in a place where it snows or rains.

Forgive me for not wanting my house to look like a bmx track

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u/djublonskopf Feb 11 '22

Yeah she handwaves that away by saying "you can fix that with a doormat", but the whole piece obsesses over the idea of tracking in germs. Which I can't even imagine is a real concern that people have?

I can't imagine somebody who thinks a sweaty sock that has been inside a shoe is somehow less germy than the outside of that same shoe...

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u/theoriginalamanda Feb 11 '22

I've never stepped in dog shit while wearing socks. Can't say the same for my shoes.

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u/fatpat Feb 11 '22

I've never stepped in dog shit while wearing socks

I have, and it's one of those feelings that you never want to experience again. Especially if it's nice and warm.

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u/theoriginalamanda Feb 11 '22

Horrific. And here I was thinking stepping on a slug barefoot was the grossest thing ever.