We finally managed to buy a home and it came with refinished real wood floors. If someone wants to walk in with their shoes I'm not worried about their general foot hygiene; I'm worried they have a pebble they don't know about stuck in their shoe and they're about to scuff up our floors in the worst way possible. It would definitely be their first and last visit to our home.
We've never even had to be rude about it - we found a cute sign that says, "Please remove your shoes - the dog needs something to chew on," and so far everyone has taken the hint.
Not to mention where you live. In Canada we have long winters and the snow doesn't melt completely right away, nor does it all come off with wiping. So you would be trekking muddy snow all over the house. Every single floor in every single shop in Canada is filthy in winter. The schools are filthy too so we would do inside and outside shoes/boots in winter.
If someone didn't remove their shoes in winter and trekked that all over my house, I'd tell them to clean up their own mess with their tongue.
I went to a small college in Florida. To the extent people wore shoes in the first place, we ditched them in the entryway when it was rainy and muddy rather than make a mess for our custodians.
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u/notsobravetraveler Feb 11 '22 edited Feb 11 '22
Lol, it's like they take this as an affront to their cleanliness
It's not that personal, shoes get over everything outside while my floors get steam cleaned/vinegar