In my house we don't have a rule about taking our shoes off. But when I go to a friends house I usually take off my shoes when I enter to show respect. I know there is so many germs on our shoes because we walk around all day and go into public restrooms and so many other places. Thinking about how much bacteria is on my shoes and walking around my house spreading it everywhere is disgusting. Tracking dirt around your house or anyones house isn't courteous. I think that taking your shoes off before you enter someones house is respectful.
In my home we do not have a strict rule about taking our shoes off, however, we usually do take them off for both comfort and not to track dirt into the house. I also take my shoes off when I enter someone else’s home but it also depends on if their shoes are on or off. I have wondered about the germs that shoes bring in and I was relieved to find out that it is insignificant as long as you practice health safety like washing your hands. I am someone that is concerned about germs. Thinking about how many million bacteria per square inch of a public restroom floor and tracking that into my home definitely makes me want to keep taking my shoes off and never giving in to the “five second” rule if I drop food on the floor of my kitchen no matter how tempting the food is. But I know I won’t obsess over the germs on the floor of my house as much as the sponge by the kitchen sink!
I think taking off your shoes should be a given when entering a house. Naturally, it alleviates the problem of nasty shoes tracking the house. Streets and sidewalks can be very dirty. It also is helpful for people with allergies, people like myself. By taking off your shoes, it helps keep it separate from the rest of the house.
I think that taking off your shoes is in a way, a courtesy to the house. Less cleaning is required and in a way, to me, its an act of respect. Whenever I see someone walking in a house with shoes on, I feel like it was a waste to clean the floors because it's just going to get dirty again.
Places like Japan often have a built-in area to take off shoes at the entrance of a house. Its called a genkan. If japan finds it to be important and goes as far as implementing it into most houses, then I think it is pretty important to the same.
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It doesn’t matter if you are a health freak or not. You should always take off your shoes in a house. People have dirty shoes, we step in mud, dirt, pollen, etc. My family always takes off our shoes when we get home, both to relax and to keep the dirt off of everything. I don’t like seeing people with their shoes on in the house. Wearing them inside is rude, it’s like snapping in someone’s face. You don’t really realize that you are doing it but the other people do.
I feel that there are lots of good points why you wouldn’t take your shoes off, like how it’s just shoes being tracked around and that we all have crossed worst conditions than dirty floors. Except I feel that culture and beliefs have a part to play in this as well as what we have been told since we were a child. In japanese culture and really any asain culture, you take off your shoes before entering the house because they believe it will leave the house very dirty and unclean. Although being the hispanic I am, I was told from a young age to never walk around the house without shoes because it will get you sick and of course if it is true or not it’s what I've been told to do and what I’ve been raised to do. There are lots of exceptions to this though, let's say if your shoes are caked in dirt, I wouldn’t even bring them inside. I’ve also been told that it is a sign of respect, like that you don’t want to cause more work than is needed. I just think you could do either depending on whose house you are entering and how important it is to the family.
Link for the Topic I feel that you should take off your shoes when you enter your house because If you don't you could bring diseases and bacteria that you don't want into your house like E.Coli and other bad diseases that could make you extremely sick. You could bring in the bad diseases if you where running in the grass or running on the playground you could drag the bacteria along and everywhere in your house if you don't take your shoes off and if you walk around in your house with your shoes on when you walk around barefoot you could get the bacteria on your foot and you could get sick. Whenever I go to my friend's house I automatically take off my shoes because I have to at my house to keep my house clean and I want to keep my friend's house clean too even if they tell me I can keep my shoes on I take them off anyway so I don't get them sick and whenever I wear my shoes in my house I make sure to mop and vacuum the floor so I don't get my dogs and my family members sick. Yet if you were to leave your shows on there would be millions of bacteria roaming around in your house on your floor as well as you getting sick your pets can get sick like a dog or cat which walk around on the floor dragging the bacteria to other places in your house leading to everyone and everything getting sick eventually. So that is why you should clean your floors ever so often to get the bacteria out.
Being an only child, a messy house is not a big issue we usually have to deal with. It is just me and the dog. Walking into the house there's no need to take your shoes off. Our home is your home.
I think the fact that I live in the south plays a roll too. They don't call it “southern hospitality” because we all think you are gross and should take off your shoes before we all become extremely ill. Coming into our home, we want you to feel as comfortable as possible, therefore making the entire environment more enjoyable.
When I enter a house, I tend to take off my shoes as a sign of respect. There are two main reasons why I believe this is important. The first reason is that I believe it shows respect and consideration to the homeowner, that you do not want to make the house dirty in any way. Secondly, I think wearing shoes inside tracks in bacteria from the outdoors. Here in the south, I have yet to come in contact with a resident with cultural or religious beliefs that require you to take off your shoes.
Upon entering a residents house for a quick visit, if I’m unsure about removing my shoes, I will ask. Most of the time they say “Don’t worry about it”, but I think they would rather you take them off. If you are ever questioning it, take them off.
I think that it depends where you are/went for if you should take your shoes off. If you were playing outside, you should take them off. If you were just walking on roads and around town, I don´t really think it matters. But it also depends on the person´s opinion from who lives there. If I am at my friend's house that I know well, I would know if I should or shouldn´t. At my house it does not really matter so if I am in a rush for something I would just leave them on. It also depends on the type of shoe that I am wearing. If its sneakers or some type like that, I will most likely take them off. But if I am wearing flipflops or crocs I would just leave them on. Or sometimes I am lazy to take them off and just keep them on. So overall it depends on the place/time or my mood.
When you enter a home I think you should take off your shoes if it is not your house, because you never know if they just cleaned the floors, and you may be tracking mud or poop or anything else that nobody wants in their house. But, if everyone else has there shoes on, then it is ok to keep your shoes on when you enter s house. On the other hand, if it is your house, you could do anything, you could take them off or keep them on. But, if your shoes are muddy or dirty then you should take them off, so your floors don't get dirty or smell really bad.
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I also think you should not wear them inside you own home because you want your house to be as clean as the other person's house or even better. you can track mud into the house. you should alway take them off to keep the carpet floor clean and keep the germs out from your house. you never know what you stepped on so its better to be safe than sorry.
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When I get home, I usually do take off my shoes in my house. My mom doesn't want dirt and school germs to get into the house and all over our stuff. So, when I get to a friends house or a relatives house, I take my shoes off automatically. In my house, we don't take our shoes off in the house because of our religion or anything like that. We just do it to keep our house clean because my mom usually cleans right before we go to school and after that, she leaves for work. After I read this article I kind of feel like I don't need to take my shoes off when I get into the house because of germs. But I also want to take them off because if I don't I could track mud into the house. I have to walk in the grass to get home and sometimes I step in mud or the grass is wet.
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When you enter a home should you take your shoes off? I personally decide to take off my shoes because I feel bad if I get the carpet or floor dirty. If I go to a friends house for the first time I will mostly ask if I should take my should off and the answer is normally yes unless we are going to be going outside soon. On the other hand, if I am going into someone's house for the first time after they just moved in I will take my shoes off because they just moved in and it is brand new. If I go to a relatives house I take them off. So I guess normally I take my shoes off. Overall I think if you are going to someone's house you should take your shoes off to be polite unless they tell you you can keep them on.
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According to all of the studies shown that germs can be anywhere, it is mostly on the ground, where you walk on. You walk in your shoes, so the soles of your shoes is basically, germs. Germs spread and create worldwide sicknesses and diseases. When people bring those germs to their house floor, it will have a negative affect on the "health level" in the house. That is why I always take my shoes off before I enter my house. The motto in my household is, "Keep the house clean". When you keep your shoes on, it is doing the opposite of keeping the house clean. It makes it full of germs and possible sicknesses that could get into your food while you are eating dinner. This is why I take off my shoes before I enter the house. Others should do the same thing, unless they don't really care about their health.
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When I enter somebody's home, usually the homeowner is right at the door with me. Because of this, I have the opportunity to ask if I can take off my shoes. Even if this is not the case, I tend to keep my shoes on until told otherwise. I think it is actually good manners to ask somebody if I can take off my shoes and the homeowner/host will appreciate it more when you ask before taking your shoes off.
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Growing up, I've always been told to take off my shoes as a sign of respect. Not because of germs but because it's disrespectful to step on floors with dirty shoes after the person worked so hard to clean them. After reading this article now it makes sense why some people take them off to prevent bacteria from spreading in their home. Some of my friends grew up different than how I was raised and I could tell just by walking through the door depending if they take off their shoes or not. If they tell me I don't have to take off my shoes I still do it because that's what I am used to doing and it feels weird to ignore my customs. As I get older I will continue to have this tradition with my family and teach them to respect peoples hard work they put into cleaning their house and floors.
Growing up I personally would only take off my shoes before I enter my house whenever it is rainy outside, or if the ground is covered with snow. I would only do that because that was the only time my mom would care about getting the floors wet. However, if I were to be visiting someone's house I would usually observe if they have their shoes on to know whether I should take mine off. Growing up as a Nigerian- American, there was this certain church I would go to where it was a custom thing to remove our shoes before entering the main altar. Doing this was a norm for me since everyone else would do it also. I personally do not have a preference as to whether shoes should be taken off before enterings someone's house.
Honestly I never knew that taking off shoes was an Asian custom in the household, I've always just thought it was a universal tendency. I remember entering one of my friends house and them telling me I could leave my shoes on and I didn't understand. I can't lie and say I don't worry about the germs, I just think it's gross to not take off your shoes. The houses are going to be all dirty with dirt on the rugs, wooden floor, and bathrooms. It would be impossible to ever have a clean house which is ideal for me. Thinking about all the things people step on outside, in the bathroom, and in other buildings then bringing that into your house just gives me chills. Some of my friends don't always remember the rules of my house and I'll have to remind them and I just can't believe how not everybody wants to have a clean floor to lay on, play on, sleep on, exercise on and more.
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Growing up I never really thought it was a big deal to take off your shoes when you walk into a house because that’s what I did before entering mine. But I realized it once I would invite people over & they wouldn’t immediately think to take off theirs. Or even when I would go to someone’s and they would walk into their house and have their shoes on with mud and all & so would everyone in their house. But, now it’s becoming a way bigger thing than I was taught. When I was younger, it was about being respectful of a home. It was bad luck to walk in, and still is in my family, with your shoes and all the bad voodoo you caught when you were outside. Now, it’s about germs and bacteria, which actually does make sense. I’ve learned to believe that it is a culture think for Asians & Latinos to do it. I’ve only heard it in those 2 types of households. But, I guess it’s becoming a bigger deal for a lot more families and races now for all these different types of reasons.
It never fully occurred to me as I was growing up that taking off your shoes before entering someone’s home wasn’t something everyone did. I had learned that it was disrespectful or rude, not because we were afraid of mud of the carpets and germs. My mother had many rules that classified us as disrespectful or bad luck if we didn’t follow them. I may be only half Asian but my family was just as strict as ever when it came to such things. I hadn’t come to realize that this wasn’t normal to everyone until I began to visit my friends homes or bring my friends to my house. It was either them telling me I didn’t have to take my shoes off or me warning them they most certainly had to take their shoes off before entering. As unappealing as it seems, a pile of shoes or a shoe rack is always welcoming you when you enter my house.
All of my life I was always told by my mother to take my shoes off before going into the house. However I feel like my mom isn't really doing this because of the germs but more of as a clean home. For example she never wants people to step on her rugs with shoes on. Every time I have friends over, I must remind them to take their shoes off as well. When it was their first time in my home they believed I was joking and laughed about it, and then I would have to say "I'm serious." I believe that in general shoes should be taken off before entering homes because it is less germs, more clean , and most of the time part of ones culture. As I get older I will continue to do so, just because of how I was raised and it being a polite thing to do.
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When You Enter a Home, Should You Take Off Your Shoes?
In my opinion it depends on the type of floor you have. If you have a wooden floor then I believe that it is okay to wear shoes inside the house. Germs wont spread around, Typically wooden floors are cleaned very often. If you have a carpet floor I believe you shouldn't wear shoes inside the house because the floor is made for you to walk on with your feet. It really depends on the owner of the house and it is important that the individual knows their expectations concerning their shoes.
Immediately when seeing this picture, it felt familiar. It has become a routine ever since I was a child to take off my shoes when entering my own home, or someone else's. Growing up in an Asian household, I would never see anyone really walking around with shoes when inside. My Lola always bought my siblings and I slippers for walking around the house. She taught us from a young age to remove our shoes from our feet upon entering her apartment and our house. Thinking about it now, it actually makes a lot of sense to remove your shoes when you are in a house. Why would you want to track in all the dirt and germs from your day inside? I think it is polite to do so and I will continue to do so for the rest of my life.
Growing up I never really thought about why is it that whenever I enter my house my parents would always say "take your shoes off before you come inside." It was not just my house but all of my cousins and aunts and uncles houses I had to do that. That was the number one rule that should have been known. I grew up in a Southeast Asian household and taking my shoes off before I entered a household was just a normal thing for me. I never thought about the germs or the dirt I would be bringing in from being outside. It's funny because whenever I go to one of my friend's house, I always take my shoes off before I go inside and when they say "no it's okay, you can keep your shoes on." I'm genuinely shocked that it's okay for me to keep my shoes on. Sometimes I even ask them if they are sure about me keeping my shoes on. In my culture that is just how we are. We take our shoes off before entering a person's home or the temple. If I were to leave my shoes on in the house I would get called out instantly and made sure I had my shoes off in .5 seconds. It all depends on the culture of the household and to my family it shows respect for the home and the people of the house.
For me, I have had my share of friends and family who will make me take my shoes off before coming into their house. Maybe they were thinking more about the germs than I was at the time. I just always assumed it had to do with one's culture and how they were brought up, most of my life I would just walk with shoes on, still being aware of the germs and bacteria coming in but it never dawned on me until now. I am more of a person who varies, some days i will take them off whether they are dirty, or for comfort and other days i will walk in without even thinking about taking them off. I think it has to do more with preference and the environment or culture they are in.
Although taking off shoes before entering a home might indicate someone's culture, I think everyone should do so no matter their culture. Since we walk everywhere in our shoes, the germs that collect beneath them can get us sick. Tracking into the house is the last thing I would want to do. Not only is it unhygenic, it also gets the floors dirty. Cleaning a house that's been tracked will surely require additional effort compared to cleaning a house that hasn't.
With me, I never thought about the germs of wearing your shoes all over your or someone's house; it was just not getting the floor dirty. For most of my life, I have lived in house that have had mostly carpet. So my parents didn't like for us to wear shoes because it would mean constantly cleaning the carpet. The only time shoes were worn on the carpet was when we were in a hurry and had to run upstairs for something we forgot. Also, it could just be to get more comfortable. I know for me, sometimes my feet hurt and I need to just relax.
When You Enter a Home, Should You Take Off Your Shoes?
In my opinion, if I see that someone put shoes in front of your door, I will thinking that this is a person belongs to another culture, I really do not feel worried about germs that you can get through of it. Perhaps sometimes we are not conscious that we have some habits to prevent get illness. In my case, every week I clean all shoes with at all the objective to remove something like germs. In addition and analyzing this article, I can focus in other practices that really can be more important, for example when you are outside, you have a contact with surfaces in trains, street or even in your work, and as in the article was cite, you could wash your hands, this is the most usual way to get illness.
If we want to conduct a healthy life then we should be concern about germs. From this article I acknowledge that germs can be transmit in various way. They are active in their suitable environment and transmit in different way. For example, some of bacteria or viruses by air, by blood or by contaminated. I usually prefer to take off my shoes before I entering home. Because I don’t want any outside harmful bacteria, dirt things and dust particles which contact my shoes sole getting inside my house. I do that not only for consciousness but also I taught that rules from my family. I also don’t allow the visitor who doesn’t take off their shoes and gets my house dirty. I know, it may be weird for some people to take out of shoes on entrance of house but after several time of visit they may be used to that system. When I go somebody else’s house I take off my shoes for cleanliness. If we try to maintain hygiene properly we can free from illness. If anybody use to wear shoes inside the house they can wear sandal instead of outdoor shoes. They don’t need to walk by barefoot. Outdoor shoes will be hazardous for our life.
I've always been taught to take off my shoes and line them up beside the door when I go inside the house so that dirt or germs won't spread, and that I can stay organized. However, I think that people should do whatever they want with their shoes whether they take it off when they get home or not. The only time you should worry about keeping your shoes on or not is when you are staying at someone's house and they request you to do so. Other than that, I don't see no problem with taking off your shoes or keeping them on, everyone has their own lifestyle.
All the time that I come back home I have to left my shoes at the door because I do not want to contaminate my house, my room whit all of those germs that I take home. Imagine that I come to class every day and I have to take the train and has a lot of germs because a lot of people uses the train for transportation even the homeless persons who are not in proper conditions. I also think that when we go to visit our friends at their house for respect and education, we have to take off our shoes and leave them at the door.
In my Opinion, I always need take off my shoes when I come Home. Because In Russia we have proverb like «Russian floor should be clean as a European table» that’s why we always take off shoes in home. Also, Russians streets are not so clean like European and we cannot afford not to take off our shoes. In my case, my family has a Arabic origin and the issue of hygiene is very acute in our family, because walk in shoes in home it’s very indecently
In my opinion, each religion, culture, country or home are different, what it means that everyone has different rules at home. I think we should take off our shoes after enter at home since we come from outside and they bring many bacteria, but no left them by the door because if we left them at the door it looks nasty.
In my opinion we should take off our shoes when we enter a home, but not left them by the door because they are dirty, have bacteria, and it doesn’t look good. I usually take off my shoes when I arrive at my room where I change them for ones that I can use inside the house and not contaminate it with all the diseases that one brings from outside.
When I was reading the article I learned how this article teach a different topics about health and cleanness reasons. When we are outside our shoes touched with many different kinds of germs such as vomit, garbage, urine, poop, and bacteria. In my culture I learned always take off shoes outside because of germs. You never know how you carry germs with you and spread it out in the house. We should take off our shoes when we entered our house either we go any other person house also. Shoes carrying lots of germs from outside. However if we look back to our childhood that time we were not much concern about to take shoes off outside or how important is cleaning for health. Furthermore we were not familiar with so many cleaning products which has been exciting today. A small habit could be save our life from huge disease. We need to pay attention on our daily life with a small habit which is take our shoes off when we entered the house.
Ok,I live in Russia and we always take off our shoes and I really don’t understand why in so many European countries you don’t need take your shoes off when you’re go into the house .First of all It is not hygienic and also you can stain the floor in your house.Secondly as for me it’s more comfortable Walk around the house without street shoes,let you’re feet some rest;)
I take my shoes out before I enter to the house is good because in the streets ours shoes get in touch with all kind of germs. If we don’t take the shoes out all the germs enter to the house they can to pollute all that house and get sick. In every house they have different rules some people take out their shoes, some people don’t. Remove my shoes is one of the rules that’s my mother teach me in the house because that the way you show the good manners that you have and how your parents educated you.
In my house, we use this rule because I consider that in this country with millions people there is contamination. If you not take out the shoes in your house defiantly, you are contaminating your floor with any bacteria. Normally the children do not like to use shoes inside the house and if you go home and not take out the shoes, your kids could acquire any disease. I consider that is good idea when you apply this rule in your house with all member of your family.
When I enter a home, I always take off my shoes. Since I was a child, my parents have told me to take off my shoes at the door and to leave them on the shoe rack. Even to friends or family that visit our house, my parents offer them a pair of slippers instead. I never really understood why my parents made such a big deal out of taking off my shoes, but I finally understand now. My house is a place for me to relax, and shoes represent something I wear when I go outside. At home, I put on a pair of nice slippers or socks as they represent something welcoming and relaxing. In addition, my parents have passed down the habit of keeping my house clean; my shoes have traveled everywhere and I would not appreciate them getting dirt or marks all over my house. Taking off shoes when entering a house is a practice that my family and I do everyday.
Just imagine: You go over to a friends house after school. You step inside and put down your backpack but you leave your shoes on. As you are walking down the nice carpeted hallways of your friends house, you realize that there are dark footprints following you in your tracks, staining the carpet in wet dirt and your shame. If this isn't a good enough reason to to take off your shoes think about this, you come home after a long day and turn on a movie and snuggle up on a couch. Knees curled up to your chest, and arms wrapped comfortably around you. However, you still have your shoes on. Shoes on the COUCH. The grime from everyday life pressed against the soft fabric of your couch. What animal would leave their shoes on while sitting on the couch. #takeoffyourshoes
I think that you can do whatever you want with your shoes unless you are a guest and they request that you take them off. I personally don't care about my shoes in my own house. However I also have no problem taking them off if someone asks me to.
I am of Asian descent- it is a custom to take your shoes off when entering a house. While is is mainly known as an East Asian custom, this act should become more common. When one goes outside, one steps on the road, dirt, and mud. It would be very unsanitary to be tracking these kinds of germs onto your carpet or bed. Limit your spread of germs and out your shoes in the little corner besides your front door.
I think you have to take your shoes off when you enter a home, because they are dirty and you’re gonna get the floor dirty. I personally like to sit down on the carpet floors in my house and if someone wore shoes in the house they’d get the carpet dirty and I couldn’t sit on it. :(
I’m not very surprised about the New York Times article, because when I grow up I had this small rules included into my family. Whenever we comes from outside we all leaves our shoes outside of the door or room. This is not just for respect but also hygienic and to keep your house clean from outside dirt’s. The U S A is diversity country with blend of different cultures of people, and when you go for work, school, hospital or mall everywhere you have to shear the stairs, elevators, restrooms, food court yard, and all those item that you want try on you before you buy . There is hardly any place you won’t be able to skip about germs or hygienic. However, if we all look back to our childhood we were not that much concern about disease, while we were play on the ground with other kids or friends and shearing our all belonging stuff such as food, toys, shoes, dresses and so on. That time we had great time in our life. Nevertheless , back of those days don’t had so many cleaning product such as glass cleaner, car cleaner, floor cleaner , hand sanitizer and so many cleaning product has been existing but still people are having lot health disease. In my opinion, we need to pay attention on our daily life with care, love, happiness and enjoying our moment.
On my opinion, taking off my shoes I think that it is part of our life but everyone must have responsibility whit and put it away in a shoes stand, because exists many germs that could cause a disease most of them can be found on animals; according to Donald W “Shoes covered with bacteria have a comparatively low rating”, but its possible transmit from your footwear if you touch with your face or mouth. On the other hand everyone has different cultures or education. Each time when they going to enter at home, some people take off the shoes because is part of a culture and some people just because the floor is clean. If I have to put rules in my house will not allow shoes to be removed and left by the door because for me means lack of education and hygiene
Dirty shoes are banks of germs that can affect our health a lot if we do not care. All of us use shoes to step outside of our home, even inside of our house most of us use them when we return from the outside. Taking off shoes is a habit that people have for different reasons (cultural, religious, health and cleanliness). Its makes feel them comfortable with themselves or probably they do for obligation too. Whether or not people use shoes inside of their house is part of their own responsibility to regarding health safety. However, it is a great idea for all take this advice. Furthermore, it is more comfortable and if we only use clean shoes inside, so we could reduce our homework because the house will be clean all the time. I do not want to dirty my floor with germs. Therefore, I will try to always practice this habit in my home not only sometimes, because I learn more about the benefits of don’ t wearing the same shoes that I wear when I step outside.
“When you enter home you should take off your shoes”? This is the message we learned from our childhood to our family and their culture. They teach us the rules how to respect others .It’s not only for respect but also for hygienic. I don’t want any germ or dirt entering my home with footwear. However, I lived in apartment and I saw almost every day that our apartment stairs are dirty, pee in the elevator, and spill in the lobby .unconsciously, we step on it. I have another reason that my 17 month old little girl wants to play with the shoes. I always concern about their health so, whenever I enter my home I always take off my shoes and put it in the closet.
I usually have a rule at home, one of them is to take off the shoes in order to avoid germs. I taught my daughters since they were one year old to do it. I think everyone who has children must teach them to take off their shoes before they enter at home since they are little because later can be late and it will be difficult that they learn about that habit. I have had a little problem when somebody visits my house and they have to take off their shoes. I just suggest to them that they could do the same in their houses. That is for health reasons and also could be for politeness. When we enter in another house we take off our shoes. I think it shows respect for people who live there. Our footwear always has germs, so remember to take off before enter in any house.
The germs are in anywhere except sterile areas not only in the shoes. Take off shoes outside house is a good practice, but not everybody do this. They don’t permit to enter germs or dirt from out, but we can transport germs in other things which enter at home. Depends of us get a disease. Exist other practices to care of disease caused by germs, one important practice is wash our hands several times for example before and after eat or prepare food it’s important, when we arrive to house, when we has a contact with a person who is sick, when we are in contact with animals, and etc.
Taking off shoes outside home can be a good practice, we can reduce the probability to get a disease, but is not an indicative to don't get this. Putting in practice this, also eat healthy for strengthen the immune system, and other cares, we can have a better and healthy life.
I think that we should take off the shoes specially for those sweat a lot, people with these kind of problems are the most ones get bacteria on their feet and every time they have to use some products for control the bad smell. For those parents teach their kids regularly about take off their shoes and they keep doing that when they grow up is a big accomplishment, because when we talk about household jobs nobody wants to do it like do the dishes, do the bed, mopping the house, swiping the floor and as well take off the shoes.They or we for include me we see that as bored thing but the basics things are the important ones for have education and respect for the others.
Everybody have different traditions and it depends in each family. Taking off your shoes when you enter is like a sign of respect. I think that don’t have nothing to do with germs. People take off their shoes because they don’t want to get dirty their house and they feel tired of wearing their shoes all day. Germs is everywhere.
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i agree with what your saying, i think its respect full to take off your shoes when entering someones house. not only because of germs but you could get the floor dirty with mud or anything dirty from outside.
@Karolina-LB I agree with you on the basis that germs are not the main issue but I find that it could be bad manners to take your shoes off without asking.
I do not have the habit of removing my shoes when I step inside my home. I only use to do it in someone else’s, when the house’s owner ask it me. I don't like to see shoes crumpled at the entrance of my house, it seems disgusting because is an ugly and a dirty view. I prefer to put two or three foot cleaning mats between the entrance door and living room for cleaning shoes to avoid dirt and germs inside the house. Another reason is I would not like my visitors to feel uncomfortable having to take off their shoes. I agree with the article about there are many places in the house with more contaminated and dangerous germs, like our own cellphones. A lot of people use them inside the bathroom and touch other surfaces like money before to use their cellphones and they are not washed their hands and almost never clean their devices. But, despite the habits in my house, I respect the rules in other homes, so I do not have problem to take off my shoes where the policy exists.
I think every time you enter a house you should take off your shoes because is a rule in those houses. As my house you have to takeoff your shoes before you goes in because my mother doesn't want the house to be dirty and also she doesn't like people to take bacteria from outside and transported in the house. I can also say taking off your shoes before entering a house is a rule in the Muslim house because they will say that your shoes are dirty and if you walked to the floor where they use to pray ,they will be able to wash it before some body pray there. For them praying in a dirty floor isn't allowed. Another reason of removing your shoes before entering in a house is a sign of respect for the people in there, for example African people said that you must take off shoes because they claim that"entering in someone house with your shoes on your foot is disrespectful. They clean their house and you make it dirty." But i think taking off your shoes before entering in a house is for your own safety and is warning yourself from being sick. My reason of removing my shoes before entering a house
is that i feel more comfortable when i'm walking in the house without wearing shoes.
Taking off Your shoes inside the house is usual for someone custom or culture. Everyone have a different custom and I respect that. In my home the custom is you take off your shoes when you enter on your bed. Sometimes I rarely take off my shoes inside the house when snow falls or rain. I think that left your shoes when you enter in your house looks ugly and dirty.
Every time when we enter our home we have to take off our shoes before entering. When I was child my mother taught me to do this. It’s like part of my culture. Everyone in my country do that. There are so many reason doing that, like we don't want any unwanted dirt or germs in our house. Maintain our personal hygiene we always take off our shoes outside of home. There are also religious point of view. Muslims pray at home, they don't want their home impure or dirty. Most of the people have baby in their home. So they take off before entering home so that the baby can’t touch shoes.
Well according to the article “When You Enter a Home, Should You Take Off Your Shoes?” I agree that it’s good idea to take our shoes when we entering a home because, with that way we can prevent any kind of disease, but normally to get a disease it’s not only depend with that reason. Otherwise there exist many ways how to get any kind of disease, bacteria, germs or other kind of illness. For example if we think about a venereal disease, that kind of disease anyone get it by; food, drinks or sexual intercourse. So I think the best think how to be healthy bits to take care or health with many different ways and is not only with to take our shoes before entering a home.
I only have 4 people in my family but I have a connection,My father HATES when I leave my shoes in the middle of the hallway .
at my house we have to put our shoes in our shoe closet. if we don't we have this one bench to put our shoes on and take off we would then have to put it under that bench.
I think it is a picture of people trying to sell shoes .
They probably found the shoes around the neighborhood near them and they needed to sell them because they were probably poor.
My Inference about the above picture is that
A BIG family is having a BIG family gathering. But the people in the family have a no shoe rule so that people don't track in dirt. So the kids take of their shoes and play
In my opinion they people need to take your shoes off before at home, because is to necessary keep the shoes cleansed because something they you get your shoes dirty. When you buy shoes, you need to be aware because if you put the shoes in the floor I long time it could be sea smell also you something you need cleaner the shoes like maybe like five time, because the shoes probably have some disease and you may have a bad smell in your feet.
Maybe there is a a birthday party and lots of kids came. All the kids might have thrown their shoes in a pile and went upstairs to play. I think it is a birthday party because lots of shoes are small.
i put shoes anywere
I think it could be at a mosk wich is a church basically.
well in my house every time i have to take off the shoes because sometimes i go to play in the creek with my friends and i get my shoes with mud so i have to take my shoes off every time but i really dont care because in the same time im showing respect
In my home it's not as big of a deal. I take off my shoes because it is more comfortable but if i`m running in the house to grab something I will leave them on. Regarding health issues people shouldn't be worried. As the article said there are bigger health factors at risk and that the possibility of you getting sick is unlikely unless you eat off the floor. That doesn't mean that you wont end up tracking in mud and ruining the carpets! Out of respect I leave my shoes at the door when entering other people's homes.
in my house we have a rule where you have to take off your shoes because my mom does not want the floors dirty and track dirt around the house. i think its just respectful to take off your shoes if you go to someones house.
In my home there are rules about leaving shoes at the door or anywhere in the home. In my family we don’t take off our shoes in leave at the door that looks bad, but everyone has different rules in they house, and we has to respect that. When we visit others family members or visit friends we take off ours shoes, but we don’t leave at the front of the door. It is a special close for shoes, because it looks disrespectful. As I said, there are different people and we has to respect that.
I don't consider myself a germophobic person or anything, but I don't like dirt either. Because of this always take off my shoes when I go indoors. I usually keep only socks or slippers indoors, but usually never barefoot. I see no problems focusing on not wear shoes in the house, even that will not solve all the problems with germs, it will already be a help.
I don’t concerned about germs. Because I think germs are not dangerous for us if we wash our hands after arriving home. This article doesn't make me want to change my habits, because I take off shoes when I enter my house in Japan. I surprised some American people take off their shoes in the house. Because I thought all american people don’t take off their shoes in the house. This article does not change anything what I have long believed about germs, because i don’t think about germs in my life.
I usually go into my house with my shoes, and I had not ever thought about it (about the germs that can enter a home in our shoes). In my opinion, we should be worried if we have a sick person at home who cannot have contact with any bad germ, but what I said, I am 17 years old doing the same and I am a healthy person, thanks God. What about dogs, cats and others animals which enter in our home without shoes? These animals also came to our beds, our sofas, etc. and we do not know where they put their pats. If our shoes have fecal or something that we know is very nasty and contaminated, we should not allow that enter a home, but if everything is ok, I think we do not be worried about it. I just say.
In every house I go into I take my shoes off just because I think it is disrespectful not to. The only time that I don’t is when I ask them and there like no man it's cool you're just going to be here a second. I have always been taught to take off my shoes in the house so I assume that every house does that. I think that the reason behind this is because of cleanliness and because it's respectful. I think that it does help with you being cleaner because if you step in a dog turd then walk through the house then there is dog crap all over the house
When someone enters somebody's house, I feel that out of respect you should take your shoes off. When somebody doesn't, I feel that they are very disrespectful. Even if the house is dirty everyone who enters should take their shoes off. If somebody doesn't take their shoes off and gets somebody's house dirty, they should be responsible for it. Some people will have a little spot for people to put their shoes and that's where I think people should set their shoes. If people have carpet, that will get dirty twice as fast.
Should you take off your shoes in someone's house?
I feel like the only answer should be yes, It not a clean thing it's a respect thing. Of course it's nice to take them off so that you don't get the floors dirty encase there is anything on your shoes. Yet the way I was raised its just at the end of the day it's just respect for there home. Which means you should always make sure your wearing socks if the shoe permits it. I definitely am in the habit of always taking off my shoes in someone's home , it's just someone my mom always made me do and something that will stick with me for the rest of my life.
In my house, we don’t have a rule where it is mandatory to take off our shoes when we enter the house. I don’t take off my shoes when I enter my house most times (unless I have something on the bottom of my shoes, like dog poop or grass on my shoes after doing yard work, or if my shoes are wet), but I do take off my shoes when I enter my boyfriend’s house every time. My boyfriend and his family take off their shoes when they enter their house everyday. If I was the one making the rules in my house, I would not make taking off shoes mandatory. I would make it to where taking your shoes off when you enter my house is optional. I get why most families have a rule that members of the family and guests have to remove their shoes when they enter the house: it is respectful and it keeps the floors clean if you have dirt or anything on the bottom of your shoes that can get onto the floors of the house.
When You Enter a Home, Should You Take Your Shoes off?
Personally, I always take my shoes off when I enter a home. It's just a common courtesy, you wouldn’t want a stranger or friend walking into your house with muddy shoes, or boots that have been in the rain. Nor would you want someone to bring inside your house with their, say some shoes they unknowingly stepped in dog poop? Nobody would want that, and because of this, I always take my shoes off in someone else's home because I don’t want to bring the outside, inside.
I always remove my shoes when I enter my house because that’s what I’ve always been told to do. There’s no point in tracking dirt through the house when it takes two seconds to take off your shoes. If I go to someone else's house I take off my shoes every time even if I don’t know the person’s policy. I’ve never had anyone tell me that I have to keep my shoes on in their house so I always take them off just to be safe.
The rule in my house is that we take off our shoes. I like that we do that because it’s hard to clean our house so taking shoes off helps with that. Also in my opinion it’s a respect thing because if you just walk into someone’s with your shoes on, you don’t know if they have cleaned or not. Another reason for taking shoes off at the door so that there aren't any shoes all over the house, you know where they are after the second you walk through the door.
When I enter a home, weather it’s my own or someone else's, I always take off my shoes. There are many reasons to take off your shoes by the door. For starters, if there is dirt on the bottoms of my shoes then I won’t be dragging it through the house, or if my shoes are wet, then I won’t be leaving wet footprints on the hardwood floors of the home. Another reason to take off your shoes when you first enter a house is if you stepped in something sticky, I wouldn’t like to drag it onto the carpet of someones else's house or even my own. In my own home, there are no religious reasons nor health reasons to take your shoes off right away. Taking them off helps with keeping all the shoes in one area, and keeping the house cleaner overall.
I am not very concerned about germs but I do take my shoes off in my house.I didn't know on public restroom floors there is two million bacteria per square inch. I knew there was a lot of bacteria but not that much. This doesn't really add any new information for me though. It is common sense to not eat food off the floor and that there are bigger problems than the bacteria on your shoes.
When I get home I have the habit of always taking my shoes off right when I walk into the door. There are sometimes I will wear my shoes up to my room and take them off up there. Some reasons to the shoe-off policies is because some people don't want to make their house a mess by wearing their shoes inside. Also because you never know what type of germs can be on your shoes, and people don't want that in their household.
When you enter a home, I think you should take your shoes off. At my home it doesn't really matter as much because we have hardwood floors, but when you walk into someone's house, it's best to just take your shoes off so you don't get their house all messy. I'm not concerned at all about germs so that's one reason why shoes on or off is not a big deal to me. I am in the habit of removing my shoes when i enter another home. I feel it's the respectable thing to do. Germs are everywhere, it's not just on shoes. Germs are in houses on walls, tables and chairs. You cant just blame the shoes and only the shoes for germs.
I am pretty concerned about germs but I do feel like how concerned I am is normal not over the top but not too little. It shocked me how there was fifty germs per square inch on a toilet which is really disgusting. This still makes me feel the same about germs. Whenever I get home or go over to someone’s house, I always take off my shoes. The main reason is that I don’t want to get dirt all over the house. The main reason for me with this is I just don’t want to be the reason for a mess. I do think you should always be concerned about health but never to an extreme.
I always take my shoes when I walk into anybody's house. I always do because I don’t want to track dirt into the house. I don’t think about germs and diseases when I take off my shoes, I just do it to be polite. It's not a religious practice, I was always taught by my mom to take off my shoes and not track dirt through the house, and I have just stuck with it. I take off my shoes because I want to be clean and not have dirty floors.
I’m in a habit of taking off my shoes as soon as I walk in the door. That’s just how I was raised. I personally think that wearing your shoes inside the home is dirty. Your shoes aren’t clean, so you are tracking dirt throughout the home. Then, that just makes it that much harder for the person cleaning the home later on. If I had a choice of changing that rule, I wouldn't. I like having a clean home and I think it’s respectful.
When you enter a house should I take off my shoes? I think that you should take off your shoes so you don't take dirt into yours or someone else's home. Taking off your shoe does more than just stop dirt from getting in. When you take off your shoes you give them a break and you can stretch and air them out. Being able to air out your feet will help lower the chances for foot fungus or disease. When you walk through your house with your shoes on you can risk spreading the chances for someone to get sick.
I think that you should always take your shoes off after entering someone's home. Even if your shoes aren't dirty it can still be about showing respect to whoever's house it is. If your shoes are dirty and you walk around someone's house with them on they will more than likely have to clean it up and you won't be coming back anytime. Your shoes could appear to be clean but they also have the residue of whatever things you had walked in and that could spread germs into their house and maybe even bugs. In the end it is just best to always take off your shoes upon entering someone's house.
I am a firm believer that you should remove your shoes before entering someone’s home. Unless you’re entering a crack house you should pay respect by removing your shoes. In many cultures it is customary that you remove your shoes before entering your home or other peoples homes. Also it is rude to have to make someone put in extra effort to vacuum just because you didn’t want to take off your shoes.
I have a habit of just coming home and taking off my shoes, I take my shoes of in my own home and in others houses. I feel like this is a respect thing because what if your shoes are so dirty and you're just getting everything dirty. I also have the habit because my mom worked at the hospital and hated germs so she would always make us take our shoes off because they carry so many germs.
Germs are not very high on my list of worries. The Lions winning the Superbowl would happen before I am scared of germs. How can you be scared of something that comes off when you wash your hands? It’s unreasonable to be scared of germs. I don’t take my shoes off because I’m scared to track in germs, I take my shoes off cause my feet hurt from wearing the shoes all day and I want to be as comfortable as possible. I think that ultimately, if you want to wear shoes in your house that’s your choice. Especially since this is America. Home of the brave and land of the free.