Shoes - on or off? [Archive] - Beastie Boys Message Board

kleptomaniac

03-04-2007, 06:35 PM

i'm just wearing my socks now. i don't wear my shoes inside the house. sometimes my dad wears his shoes in bed only because i think he's too lazy to take them off when he gets home from work. we usually just tell people they can take their shoes off if that makes them more comfortable.

ms.peachy

03-04-2007, 06:37 PM

Believe it or not, this subject is causing quite a bit of controversy over on one of the 'parenting' boards I've been perusing.

Documad

03-04-2007, 06:39 PM

I leave my shoes at the front door and expect my guests to do the same. That was a common thing when I was a kid -- you never wore your shoes in someone else's house. I always wear nice socks. :)

I've had this discussion with friends who were brought up differently and they think it's freaky to take off your shoes at someone's house. I once had a friend bring someone I didn't know to my house, just for a drop in, and I couldn't concentrate on what anyone was saying while I watched the snow droplets from her shoes turn to little puddles of water on my wood floor. I stopped her before she got to my white rug. :o

Bob

03-04-2007, 06:39 PM

i usually wear my shoes in the house, but not in the winter, when there's all sorts of shit on the ground. Then I take them off.

I don't have guests, but if i did, i'd probably ask them to do the same if they were going to stick around for a while

i always ask if i should take my shoes off when i go to someone else's house, though

Documad

03-04-2007, 06:40 PM

Believe it or not, this subject is causing quite a bit of controversy over on one of the 'parenting' boards I've been perusing.
I believe it. Everyone I know feels strongly one way or the other. And there was that episode of Sex and the City where Carrie didn't want to leave her shoes at the door.

Deep_Sea_Rain

03-04-2007, 06:41 PM

Shoes off at home. We usually like if crackers that visit take their shoes off at the door though. Keep the carpets cleaner, yo.

na§tee

03-04-2007, 06:42 PM

growing up my mum was super militant about having to take your shoes off, and all my friends and pets and goodnessknowswhat had to do the same :cool: she was a clean freak extreme. i think my aversion to cleaning stems directly from her and her nutbar polishing ways.

but now i have my 'own' place i wear my shoes pretty much all the time. and when i say shoes, i say the one pair of boots i wear every. single. day. i'm wearing them now. hello feet!

also, my feet are really unelegant and nasty. not feminine at all. i don't want them exposed to the general public.

ms.peachy

03-04-2007, 06:44 PM

I believe it. Everyone I know feels strongly one way or the other. And there was that episode of Sex and the City where Carrie didn't want to leave her shoes at the door.
What's surprising me at the moment are all of the people who are like "Omigod you can't ask people to take their shoes off! That's so rude!"

Whereas I of course am in the "You think you're coming into my house with your big dirty street shoes? Oh noes!" group.

TAL

03-04-2007, 06:48 PM

Everyone takes their shoes off around here.

b-grrrlie

03-04-2007, 06:52 PM

Of course you take your shoes off!!!
Here every guest does it as well without being asked. Even at appartment showings people take their shoes off...

QueenAdrock

03-04-2007, 06:53 PM

It depends on if my feet are cold or not. I never ask guests to take off their shoes, though. I don't care.

Documad

03-04-2007, 06:57 PM

You people who don't own your floors may not care as much as homeowners.

In the suburb I grew up in, no one had much money and all the families were in their one home of a lifetime. Everyone had one of those plastic trays next to the door where you knew you should put your shoes before you went inside.

We had a dispute in one of my game-night groups about taking shoes off. One woman doesn't do it and it was bothering the others. A few of us agreed that the other invitees to the party would suggest to her that she remove her shoes so that the host/hostess didn't have to.

QueenAdrock

03-04-2007, 07:06 PM

I think if I was a homeowner I'd care in certain circumstances. I'd probably make them take their shoes off during winter, but if their shoes are dry in the summer, I really wouldn't care.

Deep_Sea_Rain

03-04-2007, 07:08 PM

Here, in the winter, we get nothing but rain. Rain, rain, rain. Which translates into nothing but mud. The no shoes thing is almost mandatory here in the Pacific Northwest.

DeeJayZap

03-04-2007, 07:10 PM

I take my shoes off and ask guests to do the same. It's more comfy and it makes guests feel more at home.

ms.peachy

03-04-2007, 07:12 PM

You people who don't own your floors may not care as much as homeowners.

Also, you people who don't have babies crawling around on your floors might not care as much as new parents.

Dorothy Wood

03-04-2007, 07:14 PM

I think it's rude to ask people to take their shoes off. feet are personal and sometimes your shoes complete your outfit. however, in the wintertime or if it's rainy/muddy outside and you're going into someone's house you should offer to take your shoes off...or like, if you can clearly see that there is a tray or a shoe pile by the door that would indicate the wearing of shoes indoors is frowned upon.

I guess it's kind of different in chicago because mostly everyone has older hardwood floors, so it's not that big of a deal if they get a little dirty.

Deep_Sea_Rain

03-04-2007, 07:16 PM

And stinky feet. (n)

Bob

03-04-2007, 07:18 PM

i used to have very pretty hardwood floors, but that all changed this week. they used to be downright shiny, you could see yourself in them, but they "fixed" (broke, actually, but that's a new thread) a wall in my room that was leaking, and kicked up a tremendous amount of dust and probably asbestos in the process, everything in my room was coated. i mopped the hell out of the floor, but it's never going to be the same

doesn't matter, i'm moving in like a week anyways

Documad

03-04-2007, 07:36 PM

In the summer, when I wear sandals, I have a pair of socks in my purse for when I go inside someone's house and don't want to run around in bare feet.

Awww. Baby Peachy is crawling. :)

ScarySquirrel

03-04-2007, 07:41 PM

I take mine off and expect guests in my house to do the same. I've never actually asked people to take their shoes off... but the pile of shoes by the door should be a good hint. If they ask, they'll definitely be referred to the "take your shoes off" crowd.

Or something like that.

Lyman Zerga

03-04-2007, 08:43 PM

my feet and flip flops are making love all the time, even when i take a shower
like im a jailed bitch!

i would definitely want that people take their shoes off since i have no dog shit fetish

Yeti

03-04-2007, 09:15 PM

I don't require people to remove their shoes. Most people will take their shoes off if they are muddy or wet.

I am a slipper person and always have my favorite Ozzy slippers by the garage door. I kick off my shoes and slip into the instant comfort of my DVS Ozzy specials.
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n58/AlienAiden/SDVOZBL.jpg

Knuckles

03-04-2007, 09:56 PM

Here, in the winter, we get nothing but rain. Rain, rain, rain. Which translates into nothing but mud. The no shoes thing is almost mandatory here in the Pacific Northwest.
True. I never knew you lived in the Pacific Northwest. Quite a few of us round here.(y)

Deep_Sea_Rain

03-04-2007, 11:44 PM

True. I never knew you lived in the Pacific Northwest. Quite a few of us round here.(y)

Whoa....never knew you did either.

*high 5 son*

Knucks you'll get this....I actually had to use my sunglasses today!

:cool:

Gareth

03-05-2007, 01:03 AM

shoes off.

zorra_chiflada

03-05-2007, 01:08 AM

definitely on. i don't know anyone who makes their guests take their shoes off.

ericlee

03-05-2007, 01:59 AM

Hmmmm, I don't care but my wife prefers people to take their shoes off.

I would rather have my shoes off because I can't stand anything on my feet. I wear big ass heavy boots 12 hours a day and it's such a relief when I take them off.

TurdBerglar

03-05-2007, 02:13 AM

having to take my shows off at someone's house always makes me feel a bit childish

zorra_chiflada

03-05-2007, 02:14 AM

haha
take your shows off.

TurdBerglar

03-05-2007, 02:15 AM

it especially sucks when they have hardwood flooring

ericlee

03-05-2007, 02:23 AM

I think turd would be an exception just like my one of my friends. He's forbidden from taking his shoes off at our house with those stinky ass feet. They make me cry worse than chopping onions.

zorra_chiflada

03-05-2007, 02:25 AM

turd in general smells like unwiped ass poorly covered up with cheap deoderant. you wouldn't want him in your house no matter what.

Bob

03-05-2007, 06:20 AM

haha
take your shows off.

he's the bizarro ed sullivan

camo

03-05-2007, 06:25 AM

My new pad has some creamy coloured carpets. Damage them with shitty shoes and I will damage you. (!)

venusvenus123

03-05-2007, 07:01 AM

What's surprising me at the moment are all of the people who are like "Omigod you can't ask people to take their shoes off! That's so rude!"

Whereas I of course am in the "You think you're coming into my house with your big dirty street shoes? Oh noes!" group.
well exactly. kind of rude to tramp thru someone's home in outside shoes! yesterday we had my bro in law over. he refused to take off his shoes because he said it was too cold. harumf.

i don't think i've ever had to ask someone to remove their shoes. most people have the sense to notice the pile of shoes at the door and remove theirs. apart from some family members!

my son plays with a chinese boy and his mum always removes her shoes when she comes into the house. i always ask the kids that come to play to remove their shoes. it seems quite common practice round these parts anyway, chinese or not.

trailerprincess

03-05-2007, 07:06 AM

I don't mind either way but definitely no shoes in the bedroom as I have cream carpet

Lindsey_1535

03-05-2007, 10:36 AM

Nobody I know wears shoes in their house and if they did their mommas would kill them! What if the shoes were dirty or you stepped in POO! It will ruin her good floors! WAhhhhh:(

abcdefz

03-05-2007, 10:45 AM

Growing up in Indiana, we obviously were barefoot often in the summer. But I never encountered a house where we were asked to kick our shoes off until I was in high school and was friends with a Japanese girl.

As an adult -- especially once I started steam cleaning carpet and seeing what traffic actually does -- I leave my shoes by the door. But I don't ask guests to do that; if they notice, they notice; if not, it seems kind of rude to maybe put them in a position of being embarrassed. I figure, they've probably noticed I have no shoes on, so they're making a conscious choice to leave theirs on. I'd rather be polite to my guests than worry about the half degree of soiling the carpet they're doing.

jabumbo

03-05-2007, 10:57 AM

oops, i voted for the wrong one

i always take my shoes off when i get inside. when i go somewhere, i will take mine off if i know i will be there for a little while. i really hate wearing socks, so i try to limit the amount of time each day that i am wearing them

QueenAdrock

03-05-2007, 10:59 AM

I think turd would be an exception just like my one of my friends. He's forbidden from taking his shoes off at our house with those stinky ass feet. They make me cry worse than chopping onions.

Yeah, I have one friend who I actually ask her to leave her shoes on because they seriously smell like ass. Hot, sweaty, ass. At first I was like, did someone fart? But then I realized it were her sasquatch feet.

It's bad in the summer because she wears sandals all the time and the sweat gets trapped in those and it doesn't matter if she takes them off or leaves them on because they stink just as bad. Once it was so bad I made her wash her feet with soap and then I sprayed her sandals and feet with lysol. She was a good sport, she said her feet gave her a headache too.

I think she's got a bad problem.

hardnox71

03-06-2007, 07:00 PM

When I was a kid in California with my father, we had a plastic runner that ran from the front door straight through the living room, although it really didn't do much to keep the carpet around it clean. The only ones that took their shoes off were my dad and my step-mom. My stepbrother, my stepsister and myself all ran around the house with our shoes on.

When I moved to Chicago my grandmother was adamant about shoes coming off as soon as you step in the side door. (Our house had two doors, a front door and a side door. We never used the front door, always the side.) We also had white carpet in the living room and in the hallways so my grandmother was prettry hardcore about the shoes coming off.

beastieangel01

03-06-2007, 07:21 PM

I always have my shoes off but I don't care what guests do. Unless they put their feet up on something... shoes off, damn it.

mikizee

03-06-2007, 07:26 PM

carpet to me make less and less sense. especially cream carpet.

I had my entire house tiled. its great, i still run over them with a vaccuum, and a quick mop. good as new! you never have to worry about your friend spilling their red wine again.

tiles FTW!

hardnox71

03-06-2007, 07:30 PM

carpet to me make less and less sense
Especially with pets. What a fuckin mess that is.:rolleyes:

Bob

03-06-2007, 07:34 PM

mikizee

03-06-2007, 07:42 PM

id love to have floorboards but seeing as the foundations of my house are concrete, floorboards ontop of concrete just isnt the same! you dont get that kalomp kalomp kalomp as u walk thru the house.

hardnox71

03-06-2007, 07:58 PM

id love to have floorboards but seeing as the foundations of my house are concrete, floorboards ontop of concrete just isnt the same! you dont get that kalomp kalomp kalomp as u walk thru the house.
We had an apartment with hardwood floors. Just plain walking loudly in our apartment would usually lead to some kind of Bjork inspired retaliation from the chick downstairs at about two in the morning. Fucking bitch.:rolleyes:

Paul Kemp

03-07-2007, 01:11 AM

I had some friends who used to make their guests wear slippers. It was pretty annoying seeing as the slippers were 3 sizes too small for my feet.

befsquire

03-08-2007, 03:11 AM

I don't require people to remove their shoes. Most people will take their shoes off if they are muddy or wet.
yup.

bobby and i were discussing this the other day. he says americans are rude for not automatically doing that, and that all canadians do it. i said it's ridiculous because when you go out, you may be wearing some kick ass shoes that make your whole ensemble, and then you have to take them off?

anyway, i've never been in one home in florida where the people required shoes to be taken off, nor asked. we don't have snow issue, and there really isn't a mud issue either because the ground is very sandy. we do have rain, but that's usually at 3pm when everyone's at work.

ms.peachy

03-08-2007, 06:27 AM

bobby and i were discussing this the other day. he says americans are rude for not automatically doing that, and that all canadians do it. i said it's ridiculous because when you go out, you may be wearing some kick ass shoes that make your whole ensemble, and then you have to take them off?

But surely if you are at someone's house, that's not the same as being 'out' like at a club or a restaurant or event where you're 'dressing to impress'. Presumable if you are in someone's home, most of the time, it is going to be someone with whom you are already familiar and aren't as concerned about impressing with your footwear.

I mean, believe me, I take a lot of joy in shoe shopping, and I have got me some damn nice shoes that I like to show off. But that's what the outside world is for. Homes are more intimate spaces.

Obviously there can be exceptions, for example, when we have parties (which we used to do, back in the pre-baby days...) or something like that, then of course we can relax the 'no shoe' rule because we're likely to be sweeping and washing and vacuuming the floor thoroughly the next day anyway as part of the clean-up. But in an everyday sense, if I am at a friend's house, they know me and likely already know I am the owner of fabulous shoes, and can put together a killer outfit.:)

QueenAdrock

03-08-2007, 09:38 AM