Kara_Nari
Angel of Life
- 13 May 2005
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Ok, its common in (every?) Asian household to remove your shoes at the door.
This to me was common practice since I was born even though I was bought up in a non-asian household.
I just think that it should be standard procedure, because why would you want to drag dirt, and germs into your house?
Another thing that bothers me is when people put their feet on coffee tables WITH THEIR SHOES ON!!!!!, it doesnt end here... on couches, beds, and basically everywhere.
Do people not think about where they have been walking? Sure the area might look cleanish, but theres nothing to say someone hasn't vomited, or an animal hasn't defecated in that area, spit, rubbish, rotten food the list goes on. Yet some people are still quite happy to put their shoes on the furntiure, and trapse through the house.
Im not perfect all the time, if I enter a house that has animals and the floor is dirty anyway, and nobody has asked me to take my shoes off, then I probably wont, but never in a country that expects me to.
My mother too is pedantic at taking off shoes at the door, but then she is a different species altogether. You wouldnt dare do anything wrong in her house, but I am gratefull that she taught me at a young age to leave my outside shoes, outside.
So regardless of your background etc....
Who takes their shoes off at the door?
This to me was common practice since I was born even though I was bought up in a non-asian household.
I just think that it should be standard procedure, because why would you want to drag dirt, and germs into your house?
Another thing that bothers me is when people put their feet on coffee tables WITH THEIR SHOES ON!!!!!, it doesnt end here... on couches, beds, and basically everywhere.
Do people not think about where they have been walking? Sure the area might look cleanish, but theres nothing to say someone hasn't vomited, or an animal hasn't defecated in that area, spit, rubbish, rotten food the list goes on. Yet some people are still quite happy to put their shoes on the furntiure, and trapse through the house.
Im not perfect all the time, if I enter a house that has animals and the floor is dirty anyway, and nobody has asked me to take my shoes off, then I probably wont, but never in a country that expects me to.
My mother too is pedantic at taking off shoes at the door, but then she is a different species altogether. You wouldnt dare do anything wrong in her house, but I am gratefull that she taught me at a young age to leave my outside shoes, outside.
So regardless of your background etc....
Who takes their shoes off at the door?