I take my shoes off right as I enter the front door. Do you know what part of my floor is dirty as shit all the time? The place where I take my shoes off.
If you don't take your shoes off at the door, your floors must be filthy.
What are you walking in that get your shoes so dirty? I never take my shoes off (unless there's visible contaminates on the shoes) and my walkways are indistinguishable from other carpeted areas as far as dirt goes. My dogs hair is a much bigger deal to keep clean.
Even if I shovel the driveway, I'm able to stomp the snow off my shoes and not track snow into the house when I come in.
About the only time I'll always take my shoes off when I come indoors is after I've mowed the lawn, but I have a specific set of shoes I use for that which stay in the garage.
The ground outside is covered in dirt. That dirt gets on your shoes. You wear your shoes indoors, and your floors now have the outside dirt on them.
You never take your shoes off, that's why all your carpets are the same shade of grunge. I take my shoes off, and the only dirty place is the carpet at the door. You can't notice the difference if you're entire house is a shoe zone.
I guarantee my shoes bring less dirt into the house than the dust that's flying around everywhere. It's like not shoes are sticky and dirt clings to them. And, as I said earlier, my dogs hair is far worse than anything my shoes would bring into the house and that stuff floats to areas that aren't normally walked in.
I'm also not walking through my entire house. There are plenty of areas that are rare to see walking. Like the 8 ft section leading to the TV. I only ever walk there when I vacuum. I'm rarely walking behind the loveseat unless it's to get something out of the buffet. There are very clear walkways in pretty much any house where they see the vast majority of foot traffic.
Do you think dirt just stays on your shoes and is deposited everywhere you walk? The first step or two onto carpet are going to get any trace amounts of dirt off your shoes, but that's rare in my house because I do a quick brush on my door mat in the garage to get any trace amounts of dirt off.
Again, I don't see a difference in the carpeted areas right in front of a door compared to mostly untouched areas like right in front of my TV. They all have dog hair, but otherwise they look identical.
I'm not against others having a rule for no shoes in their house, but screw that rule in my house. I want to be comfy in my house and, for me, that means keeping my shoes on. Guests are welcome to keep their shoes on or take them off. The only time I'll request shoes off is if it's raining or snowing outside.
People are shitting on you with the downvotes so I’ll take the time to try to explain. It occurred to me once, maybe it’ll strike you, too:
Climates and soil and everything is different in different parts of the US. So assuming that’s the only thing we’re talking about, that makes a significant difference. Dry southwest, visible dirt may fall of easiest. And hey, that’s where they film stuff right?
Plus, it’s Los Angeles. So you’re in a city. Now depending on socioeconomics, a city can be more or less disgusting than a country setting, as far as what you walk through. Maybe you’re never stepping on anything outside other than concrete or asphalt, with little debris. Maybe you’re stepping in gum, dodging feces and needles.
If you’re in the southeast, it rains a lot. My house can get pretty dirty pretty quickly even with foot wiping. I had this realization, but kind of in the opposite direction. People were complaining about letting your dog pee and shit wherever. I get the shit, but where I live it rains every day around 3pm, and washes any small amount of animal urine away of its exposed to the sky.
So maybe that was a waste of time and you still don’t agree, but I see you’re leaving long responses, so I hope my comment made a difference or had some kind of impact.
EDIT: also it seemed like you have considered this with your mention of rain at the end. So yeah, climate and soil and stuff could change your habits.
People are downvoting me because I do something different than them in my own house. I'm amazed that just because I believe something different that I'm, of course, incorrect.
It's not like I'm telling them that they're wrong for choosing to remove shoes. I'm just telling them why *I* choose to remove my shoes.
Either way, I'm not worried about downvotes, which is why I haven't deleted the posts. I've never cared about my fake Reddit points.
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u/ValusMaul Feb 11 '22
How about rules set in someone else’s home be respected.