No, I Won’t Take off My Shoes
A lot of my friends have babies or toddlers. When people visit their home, they request their visitors to take off their shoes. I understand that they don’t want germs in their home, but asking guests to pile up their shoes at your entrance is not acceptable. No, I won’t take off my shoes anymore at ANYONE’S house ANY MORE. Every time I go to someone’s house and walk on their floors or carpets in my bare feet, I come home and my feet look like I have chicken pox. The red blotches stay with me like a party favor for the next two days. Dear friends, it isn’t that your floors aren’t clean, it’s that you use chemicals that I am allergic too.
Years ago, people had more common sense and allowed guests to wear shoes in their home. There are germs everywhere – not just on shoes. When I was younger, there were always people trampling through my house with their shoes on. The germs that come from shoes obviously must not be significant enough to harm people because I had perfect attendance for four years in high school.
Two years ago, when Lee and I went house hunting, the owner of one home requested that we remove our shoes. I looked at him and told him I couldn’t because I had allergies and told him that I wouldn’t go in because he didn’t want people to wear shoes inside. I told Lee to check the place for me. The man politely invited me in with shoes because he said that he knew that I was thedecision maker. LOL.
I you want people to remove their shoes at your home, then you need to provide them a pair of socks or flip flops to protect their feet from your floor chemicals. That will also cover the funky feet of many of your guests.
Hugs,
marlene
Topics: Uncategorized | 4 Comments »
August 4th, 2011 at 4:04 am
OMG this is so funny!!
August 4th, 2011 at 4:07 am
Oh no you didn’t.this is funny.I agree with you and don’t want to take my shoes off either.
August 5th, 2011 at 8:24 pm
Okay okay. we got the message.
My friend actually referred me to your blog because I always make her take her shoes off. Apparently people don’t like it. I don’t know if it keeps away germs or not, but I have to rethink this at my house now.
August 9th, 2011 at 4:39 pm
Good point, never thought of that either. I agree with you, I would not happily discard my shoes either. Keep hearing how I stand in this or that outside however they don’t mind that when I have to use their bathroom i’m standing without shoes in their germs which I then trail back into my shoes.
Shoes off is a tad weird in my opinion tho if like the asians and you eat and sleep of the floor then it is understandable. lol