Come into my house with shoes on and you’ll be lucky to leave alive
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I am Australian and we are a shoes off household - don’t care if you wanna have shoes on in the house but why would you wanna wear shoes in the house?
We barely wear shoes in public let alone in the house - shoes are just foot prisons, barefoot is best
UK is shoes ON. Canada definitely shoes OFF. US is shoes ON, drives me nuts seeing tv show characters hop on the BED with shoes on. 😡😡😡
Central Asia is definitely shoes off. So this map is not correct.
The Netherlands look red but it’s definitely a shoes on country. People find me weird for asking them to take off their shoes. Any idea how nasty the roads are? Any idea how easier it is to clean your floors when you don’t bring all the nastiness from outside under your shoes? Plus it’s much better not to wear shoes in general, for your feet. That’s why I wear barefoot shoes outside and nothing inside. Because outside is naaaasty. Otherwise I would be barefoot everywhere.
Looks green to me. But there is a lot of jpeg going on.
In what backwards and uncultured shithole do you have shoes on in the house? That’s filthy.
I prefer shoes off, but I have dogs that track so much dirt and filth in so what’s the point 😭
See map
I’m weirdly conflict conflicted, I mean we are on the map, but it is incorrect.
But most kiwis are shoes off in the house.
Be glad you’re on the map for once
Are Kiwis shoes off outside the house too, or is that just Aussies?
You’re too far away to get accurate data on.
I am surprised to see some continental Europe here. I know it is different in Ireland and their floors look it.
The map is just wrong. How did they gather this data, it just what the map maker has decided is the case rather than objective reality.
If you come in my house and you’re wearing shoes you’re gonna get told to take them off. I don’t want dirt on my carpet.
Yeah I live in Czechia and never realized this was the case in France and Spain. I’m also surprised.
It’s not, the map is wrong.
France should be “shoes off”. Never seen a French person who kept their shoes on in the house.
I’m really not sure about Australia. If you live up north you barely ever even wear shoes.if you live on a farm you better kick off those filthy gummies before you step in the house. If you’re a tradie, you’d better kick off those filthy Blundstones before you walk in. If you live in the suburbs, it’s a coin flip either way.
I need mongolia to provide historical context.
(Also map is inaccurate, shoes are off in Iraq too.)Here in Hawai’i, we shoes off. I grew up in Florida where wearing shoes inside was normal. Now, after living in a shoes off culture, I’m sensitive to it. Like I get bothered when I see people on TV with shoes on and putting their feet up on things. Outside is nasty and you’re putting that nastiness on your coffee table?!
I want someone to overlay the map of countries that still use TP instead if water. Then we will know the real barbarians. \s
Guests take precedence. That’s my cultural position. Otherwise, I do whatever I want in my home and clean up after as habit, regardless. Sometimes I wear shoes.
Shouldn’t it be the other way round? If I’m a guest at someones house, IMO I should go out of my way to do as the host does.
Came here to day both are good but your laissez faire attitude is clutch!
what kind of monster wears shoes in the house
in the tropics you’d be lucky to find someone wearing shoes outside
I’m in the US and shoes off inside.
Yeah maybe the dude is in the interior? Anywhere near the coast is shoes off
Places with diversity, basically. You visit a Japanese friend and realize how much better that is, lol.
That, and have you seen interior people’s floors? The shoes are sometimes cleaner, oof.
California is shoes on in my experience.
Heres the thing tho, do slippers count as shoes?
House shoes are not shoes
I have no idea why anyone would want to wear shoes in the house.
It’s so constricting and unnecessary. Do y’all not clean your floors? Do you feel like your floors are gross and shouldn’t be touching your bare feet?
When you lay on the couch do you need to take your shoes off and then put them back on when you get up to go make a snack in the kitchen?
Makes zero sense to me
I can get it for some environments. For example in central Asia, coming from a nomadic lifestyle and living in yurts (big tents) it’s totally understandable to keep your shoes on. Maybe the building style is a continuation of the yurt and lends to similar choices.
I was once in Paraguay and their buildings typically don’t have a hallway, every room is accessible from the outside. Most of their life is also spent outside, like cooking and eating. It’s nice weather for most of the year, why not.
But for European style weather and houses, I will always take my shoes off.
What if you have to quickly go inside and grab something? Do you take your shoes off for that or just walk inside?
Shoes are ok inside they’re not mandatory
I take one off and hop. Or throw a rug on the floor and shuffle.
Yes I take my shoes off? I don’t want to dirty up my floors
Moved to a shoes off country over a decade ago.
That’s EXACTLY what I do.
I got in and out of my house about 50 times per day, and my feet are size 13.5s, so all my shoes are tight (they don’t make most shoes in anything larger than 13s). Plus my back isn’t what it once was. If I had to bend over and take my shoes off 50 times a day, I’d actually lose it, “it” being my L3-4 disc.
Whereas, litereally nothing bad has ever happened to me because I wear shoes in the house. It’s all some hypothetical … I don’t know what exactly. Grossness? Is grossness hurting me?
Tell you what’s ‘gross,’ as a thought exercise tho - walking around barefooted where my dogs and cats walk barefooted, they’re not exactly wearing shoes outside, or in the litterbox, nor are they putting a handkerchief down under their assholes when they sit down.
But a pair of flip-flops for in the house plus floor cleaning regularly… I don’t really worry about it either way. IDK why anyone does.
You dragging in shit from outside is not a “hypothetical” lol
I’m sick less than most of my friends on average and I wear shoes indoors when it’s more convenient than taking them off. Germaphobes can hate it but I hardly think it’s really that bad for anyone’s health
I was thinking about just keeping to floors cleaner lol
IDK why anyone does.
My floors are dirty enough without wearing shoes inside. Shoes would make it ten times worse. Shoes are uncomfortable. And I don’t want to turn my socks black because my floors are so dirty.
You need a cobbler, then.
For what? Sounds like they’ve found a solution that works for them.
For shoes that fit properly. Wearing too tight shoes all the time is not great for the feet.
My friend told me he felt the same way about jeans which is why he wears sweatpants everywhere. I didn’t understand it with those and I don’t get it with shoes. Both are super comfortable to me. Only times I’m not comfortable in shoes is when I’m forced to wear anything besides tennis shoes (mainly work boots and dress shoes).
Actually I absolutely agree with your friend and I don’t even stop at jeans.
If I get home after work and I have zero plans to leave the house again or have anyone over I am in my Pajamas as soon as I can get my pants off, even if it’s only 5pm lol
That’s not me. It’s not uncommon for me to sleep in my regular clothes as soon as I get home cause I’m too exhausted to bother changing. My pajamas only see use early in the morning unless I’m jumping immediately into the shower after waking up (which is usually what I do on weekdays).
You sleep in your clothes, wear shoes in the house, and prefer jeans to softer pants…? 😳
Yes I am the weirdest man alive.
I just find regular clothes so uncomfortable in a relaxing setting like lying on the couch and watching tv.
Perfectly fine with them If I’m at work or going about my day outside but pajamas and loose clothing are just so much nicer to me than jeans or collared shirts at home
Collared shirts aren’t even as bad a jeans for me. I can unbutton a little and be just fine, the jeans are pretty thick and have seams though. They can get uncomfortable quick.
Laced shoes are a pita to flip on and off. If you’re in a dry area there’s no reason to take off your shoes.
If you can wear sandals, or it’s a wet sloppy environment, then yeah it makes sense to take them off at the door.
Even in dry areas you will be dragging in dirt from outside
I mean, if you’re doing yard work or something understandable to leave your shoes on in your own home if you’re coming inside for a snack or to grab something etc I do that all the time.
But like, if I invite someone over to hang out for a few hours I expect them to take their shoes off tying the laces isn’t that complicated.
And if I am taking the day off and don’t really need to leave the house for any reason I won’t even touch my shoes I’m going to be barefoot or in slippers all God damn day.
Being barefoot is a luxury not everyone has. Combine that with not being able to wear slip on shoes and it’s a bit of a bigger problem.
?! You wear your yard work shoes in the house? Those usually come off before I go inside even if it is a quick grab n go.
Only if it’s a quick trip <3 minutes after using a boot scraper and brush. Unless I know I’ve stepped in something particularly sticky like mud.
Edit: and only if it’s my own home, not someone else’s
