Birds and dogs shit all over the street then you people wear your shoes in the house!? 🤢
I treat my shoes like I treat my cutlery - if the pieces of shit are small enough that I don’t see them, I’ll gladly lick them
A lot of people’s dogs are trained to wait inside at the door for their paws to get wiped down before walking into the house/apartment/whatever.
But sure, if the dog did go walk outside with boots/shoes then yeah their owner would obviously take them off once they were back inside.
If it’s wet or snowy out, I throw down a town on my way out, so my dog has no choice but to step on a towel on the way in. Combine that with using a leash and she has no choice but to stop until I’m satisfied with her feet
My sister-in-law does similar with a bucket of clean water, so she even gets dry dirt off, but that’s excessive.
Humans have lived in filth their entire existence and whatever being tracked in, if it’s not visible, it’s cleaner than most of human history and it’s clean enough to not cause harm
Not mine, it’s separated from the toilet by a door and has a uv light. Not perfect, but not straight up doodoo
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
Your keyboard or phone are far more disgusting than any shoe. You’ll live sunshine.
Guess what, everything has poo and bacteria all over it.
I love this ‘why try; give up’ attitude. Getting out of bed must be hard if you’re just going to be back there later.
Its more, theres no harm in wearing your shoes inside. It’s like saying we should all wear gloves inside to not touch germs, just kinda silly y’know. Humans evolved barefoot, a bit of dirt on the floor isnt the be all and end all of existence.
Are you eating off it? Or are you just very concerned about keeping your socks clean?
Everyone’s
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Health/Germs/story?id=4774746&page=1
Shit mines probably cleaner because I change keyboards more often than the average user.
Even worse than that - I wear SHOES in the OFFICE. How disgusting is that??!!??
Growing up, we never thought twice about it, we just wore our shoes inside (or didn’t) and it was whatever, nobody ever said anything. I grew up in northeast US and the only time we really wouldn’t wear shoes in the house would be when it snowed or if we had mud on our shoes, otherwise it helped keep your feet warm. It wasn’t until I met my wife that she was like, “What the fuck?” She grew up in Kenya where it was mandatory to not wear shoes. It’s so dusty out there most of the time that the house would be a mess if you did wear your shoes inside, so it was just an automatic thing to take them off.
I keep my fuzzy slippers at the door. Much nicer than street shoes.
Slippers are great. I used to have an awesome pair of gorilla slippers… until my dog shredded one.
Sadly I can’t find replacements that fit my feet now.
I’ve only ever seen this done by Americans. They also have really car centric cities. I guess it kinda makes sense to just keep your normal shoes on to warm your feet if they can’t get dirty since you mostly only walk indoors.
I’m American and I know people from multiple states and I’ve never heard of anyone doing this. Always surprises me to see it assigned to us online. I’m sure it must happen in some region of the country but I don’t know where.
It’s a reoccurring internet discussion you can google. The rest of the world thinks Americans wear shoes inside, even on their beds, because that’s what we see in US movies/series, and Americans always deny they’d ever do such a thing.
I should wear shoes in bed. My feet got attacked by a cat this morning at Oh God o’clock.
So… do you clean them every time you get home? Or is there just not much rain, snow or even just dirt in your area anyways?
We do have a lot of rain, specially in this time of year, but we have something here that is called a schoonloopmat which cleans/dries your shoes quite good. That together with hard wooden floors throughout the house makes I never take off my shoes at home.
In winter, my feet get cold
Slippers never go outside. If they do its for but a few seconds to avoid picking up a ton of dirt.
What people seem to miss when thinking about how dirty their shoes are are the chemical residues from vehicles. Exhaust pipes drip contaminated water, oil drips from cars, brake dust accumulates in those wet and oily spots on the road, etc… Every time you cross the street or walk in dense public areas your shoes pick that stuff up. If you walk around your house with those same shoes, you invite toxic residues into your living space. The effect might be negligible but the thought makes me wanna gag.
