# People Who Don't Take Off Their Shoes Upon Entering My Home **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 2, 2004, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174 "2004-03-02T22:07:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174/161 "2004-03-24T01:10:14Z")
While I was reading _The Globe and Mail_ (Canada’s National Newspaper®) over breakfast this morning, I felt a little bit guilty for thinking about this thread while reading [a story about a young woman in Ontario who was followed home from a club and killed Friday night](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040323/TREINHART23/TPNational/Canada). > [@](#): > > Aside from the holes in the screen door, there is little to distinguish Jairam Singh’s house in Brampton from those of his neighbours, at least from the outside. > […] > Inside, the front hall looked equally unremarkable yesterday, except for all the shoes. But that’s what happens when there’s an unexpected death in a close-knit family: the visitors come in droves. ---
**Author:** ![chrisn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ec9cab/32.png) [@chrisn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chrisn)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2004, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174/162 "2004-03-24T06:59:15Z")
This _is_ an interesting thread. I’m Canadian and if I were ever told “Oh, don’t bother removing your shoes,” as I started to take them off, I’d honestly assume we were doing some version of the “Politeness Dance” and slip 'em off anyway with an “Oh, don’t worry, I don’t mind.” I had absolutely no idea that I could be offending my host. I’m glad I read this thread – next time I’m down south I’ll remember to ask first. > [@](#): > > School. Probably the most complex of all places. In the winter, a lot of students have 3 pair of shoes. The “outdoor” shoe is, as the name suggests, worn outside. When you enter the school, you stamp your feet and walk to your locker. You then take out your more comfortable pair of shoes, the “indoor” shoes and put them on. Isn’t this done in the northern States? Having indoor shoes in schools seems like it would be a necessity in any cold climate because of safety concerns. Students coming in from the snow leave behind huuuge puddles of water in the corridors, and the janitors have to run the floor cleaners after lunch and recess or else risk having the kids slipping and falling. I never really thought about it before, but one of the children I work with uses a walker because of her CP and she also changes her shoes before she goes in the classroom even though it takes her a little longer to do so. If it were too difficult for her to manage on her own, I imagine that her EA would be asked either to help her change her shoes or to dry off her treads. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174/164 "2019-07-15T18:55:54Z")
I prefer zombies keep their shoes on, I don’t need their feet decomposing all over my carpet and hardwood floors. It’s bad enough having a five-year-old already. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-take-off-their-shoes-upon-entering-my-home/232174.md?page=8)