# What do you remove from your body the minute you walk in the door? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 19, 2018, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475 "2018-05-19T21:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/41 "2018-05-20T12:35:05Z")
[ul] [li]Shoes[/li][li]Socks [/li][li]Hearing aid[/li][/ul] My phone stays with me. ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/42 "2018-05-20T13:25:02Z")
I also take off my shoes and glasses and drop my keys and wallet once I walk in. Next to go is the pants and shirt. I change into shorts or sweatpants depending on the season and I have “wear around the house” shirts that I, well, wear around the house. ---
**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/43 "2018-05-20T13:59:36Z")
Shoes and hat ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/44 "2018-05-20T14:00:57Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > [Just don’t get drunk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=byDiILrNbM4) I never remove it away from home. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/45 "2018-05-20T17:22:28Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Must be rough on your shoes… Oh, Goddamn! This wrecked me! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Wallet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e99b99/32.png) [@Wallet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallet)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/46 "2018-05-20T18:43:56Z")
- Shoes - Watch - Wedding ring (put through watchband so it doesn’t get lost) - necklace ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/47 "2018-05-20T18:58:55Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I suspect I am unusual in the sense that, the moment I enter my home, all extra baggage must immediately be removed from my person: > > … > Eyeglasses Are you sure that taking your glasses off is a good idea? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/48 "2018-05-20T19:30:33Z")
Everything gets emptied from my pockets (phone, wallet, keys, multitool), change gets tossed into the bottle, then the buttoned shirt is removed and hung up. I likely have a few chores to do outside, so the shoes stay on until those are done. ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2018, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/49 "2018-05-20T22:02:43Z")
Just outerware, hat, backpack, and shoes. Wallet, keys, watch, phone, never leave my pocket except for actual use (the watch is on clip hanging on a belt loop). ---
**Author:** ![Ruken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f475e1/32.png) [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/50 "2018-05-21T00:54:00Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > Detachable penis. Same here. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/51 "2018-05-21T01:03:53Z")
Shoes and socks Pants with keys, phone, wallet I had a strictly platonic female friend stay with me several years back and since we were busy having a conversation when we got home, I absentmindedly dropped trou while standing in her room’s doorway despite her protest of “HEY, YOU CAN"T DO THAT! YOU CAN"T DO THAT!” :eek: Pants were completely on the floor before she completed her sentence. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/52 "2018-05-21T01:35:23Z")
[ol] [li]Shoes. Only because girlfriend, I’ve always been comfortable wearing shoes around the house.[/li][li]Phone. This has my credit cards and driver license in it so counts as “wallet” as well. I don’t carry a separate wallet or any cash.[/li][li]Glasses. Until I want to do some PS4 gaming at which time they go back on.[/li][/ol] In the old days my watch would’ve come off if I’d been wearing it but now I have a semi-smart watch that stays on my wrist at all times except for when I’m showering. If I’ve been working and I think my shirt will last another day, I take my tie off, undo the top three buttons and pull the shirt off like a T-shirt and hang it up complete with epaulettes, pen in pocket, name badge, ID card etc. If it’s not going to last another day, all of those things come off. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/53 "2018-05-21T08:16:27Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > I suspect I am unusual in the sense that, the moment I enter my home, all extra baggage must immediately be removed from my person: > > … > Anyone else feel a similar need to unburden themselves once indoors? The Spanish expression for that is _vestirse de casa_ or _vestirse para casa_. Remove all that, plus change to comfortable clothing. Most people whose domestic habits I’m familiar with do it, although the extent to which they change clothing will depend on what they were already wearing and what they plan on doing. One of the things which define the _maruja_ (the female Spaniard version of “people of WalMart”) is that she goes to the store in the same clothes she was wearing around the house, which may range down to jammies, a colorful robe and hair rollers. ---
**Author:** ![Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@Shinna\_Minna\_Ma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shinna_Minna_Ma)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2018, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475/54 "2018-05-21T15:24:40Z")
The manbag comes off, the watch and wedding ring come off, and the phone comes out of my pocket. Then I lay down on the floor and the dog comes over and licks my face. I used to be able to take my glasses off and survive without them. Now, without my glasses, I can basically walk around and not bump into things. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-remove-from-your-body-the-minute-you-walk-in-the-door/814475.md?page=2)