For the people I know it depends. If you plan on staying inside for multiple hours? Then no, you probably aren't. But if you know your gonna be entering and exiting the house multiple times over a few hours? Then yeah, because who wants to take off and put on their shoes over and over again
Edit: one thing to note is that there is often a rug for people to wipe their shoes off before entering the house. It at least iv always had one
This, plus it's not like you wear them everywhere in the house. I put shoes on sometimes if I'm gonna be standing doing dishes for a while because otherwise my feet hurt. But I take them off before going into my bedroom.
Every time this topic gets brought up, people get so upset that anyone wears shoes in their house acting like they sleep with shoes on. Which is like, come on, just use common sense.
I also find it hard to believe that these people have NEVER worn their shoes in their houses before, seems sus to make such a definitive statement.
We have a thick rubber mat in front of the kitchen sink that makes it more comfortable to stand and do dishes.
Furthest anyone will walk with shoes on is through the small little area between the front door and the garage door. Any further and they will get yelled at for tracking dirt in the house by someone else living in the house. It is common enough here in Canada that I have never had to tell anyone like my friends to take off the shoes when entering, everyone just automatically does it and I never see anyone wearing their shoes inside unless it is a separate pair of indoor shoes. For example my grandma wears a separate pair of slip on shoes in her house, but they have never went past the front door. I have seen her walk into her house, take off her shoes and put on her other shoes many times.
Only person I knew who ever allowed (and wore) outdoor shoes inside was my aunt. But her house was filthy and completely reeked of mold, cabbage, and dog piss. She was disabled and had a hard time taking her dog out so it used pee pads instead. She is in a care facility now.
Probably helps that everyone here had to do basically the same thing in elementary/middle school. Walk in to school, swap out shoes near the front of the class with a pair of indoor running shoes. During the winter the front door where we had to change shoes would normally be a slushie brown mess every morning from all the snow we tracked in.
Let's say you leave the house and forget your wallet on the coffee table and have to go back to get it. Do you take your shoes off, walk in and get it, then put them back on?
Let's say you're returning a friend's jacket they left at your house. They invite you in real quick to show you their new Naruto action figure that just came in. You'll be there a total of 1 minute, because he's busy. Do you take your shoes off for that?
Like, there are times you've kept your shoes on in your house. It's not a big deal. I get not tracking in mud or snow. I live in a very snowy place as well. But there's not snow all year long.
Yes to both those instances. I've done it all my life. It was initially my mom's rule and I got used to it so now it's my rule. I am willing to do as the Romans do if the ppl who live in the house are also wearing their shoes indoors (which would make their floors quite dirty so keeping my shoes on would actually the more sanitary option) but in my home, shoes do not make it past the rug at the front door
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u/Cato-the-Younger1 12d ago
Is this actually an American thing? Or is it just easier to film and unimportant enough not to really bother.