09-04-2009, 12:08 PM
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YOU HA SHOCK
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Question: do you wear shoes inside your house?
So with the new school year, my housemate and I have gotten another tenant to help split the cost of rent. He's a good guy, except for one issue. He never, ever takes his shoes off. I have asked him about the shoes and he says he doesn't feel comfortable walking around on the carpet.
Funny thing is, I keep the carpet very clean. In fact, the whole house was steam cleaned right before he moved in! I see this vicious cycle thing going on. I'm trying to keep the carpet clean while he's tracking dog shit, dirt, and other debris all over the carpet, and he's trying to avoid stepping on imaginary "dog shit, dirt, and debris" by never taking off his shoes. Your thoughts? If you wear shoes inside the house, what is your reasoning for doing so? Help me understand this guy. |
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09-04-2009, 12:11 PM
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"CATS" ...CATS ARE NICE.
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I don't wear shoes inside, neither does my husband. we take them off at the door. He always wears socks and depending on the temp. I either go barefoot or wear indoor slippers. Keeps things cleaner.
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09-04-2009, 12:13 PM
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El Capitan Awesome
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Sometimes I wear nothing BUT shoes.
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09-04-2009, 12:16 PM
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It's so bad!
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Location: Boston, MA.
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critical mass, I would say you tell him that if he doesn't want to wear shoes in the house he should wear slippers or socks or something, otherwise he can pay to have the carpet cleaned.
I think that's kind of insulting, the implication that your carpet is somehow too filthy for his delicate feet to touch. |
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09-04-2009, 12:16 PM
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Dance Dance Dance
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Yeah I do. until I don't have to go outside for an hour or so.
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09-04-2009, 12:20 PM
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for the lulz
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hell naw, in fact it used to bother me, and still does, when you would see folks in tv shows not only walking all over the house in their shoes but also having their nasty shoes on their beds, smh
tell the person to invest in some slippers. |
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09-04-2009, 12:23 PM
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What's that over there?
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Location: Sydney - Australia
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I'll never understand those freaky people who demand everyone takes their shoes off... when I go around to a friends drinks I've no interest in doing so socken foot... and it's always exactly the same reason over and over, "We're trying to protect the carpet"... You really want to protect the carpet? Well try nailin' it to the ceiling - a lot less people walk there!
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09-04-2009, 12:23 PM
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I'm Not Really Here
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No shoes. Sock or slippers. First thing I do when I walk through the door is chuck 'em.
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09-04-2009, 12:27 PM
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Deception and Lies
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I have no reason to wear shoes inside. Everything feels better barefoot.
Only embarassing thing is foot odour though...
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09-04-2009, 12:27 PM
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09-04-2009, 12:28 PM
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I've never been a fan of carpets. Never been a fan of wearing shoes in the house either.
I had a friend in high school who had disgusting carpeting in her living room and basement. Her parents had a 'no footwear' policy in their house. I would just wear socks on days that I was at her house... ...and burn them when I got home. Kidding. Anyway, by wearing socks, I was respecting her parents' rules, but also not stepping directly on the carpets. |
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09-04-2009, 12:43 PM
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What's that over there?
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09-04-2009, 12:47 PM
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Lurid Poster Child
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Indoors I like to wear slippers, of a variety known here as wellfare style or brothel sneekers. Indoors I'm the bossman since I live alone. I get visitors 'though, some dressed appropriate and some loud or potentially dirtridden or skimpy. With them visitors I am immediately boss no more... Or they'd likely leave.
So I just work the floors and pour the drink wherever it seems needed. It's not easy living alone... I often feel like a Hollywood waitress: I'm gorgeous but crying myself to sleep at night...
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09-04-2009, 12:53 PM
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09-04-2009, 12:54 PM
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I wear shoes 50% of the time around the house. I'm not afraid of the dirt and germs of the outside world contaminting my precious personal spaces. Besides if I did not wear regular foot protection my feet heels would dry out and I'd get painful cracks on them.
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