Shoes on the coffee table

xhomelezz

Stihl waters wrote: »

Other countries good, Ireland bad, gotcha. Moronic argument to be fair

Nah, just more civilized.

Purple is a Fruit

bubblypop wrote: »

Or they might feel that dragging crap from the streets around the floors of their home is just gross.

Oh god if there's crap on shoes of course they should be taken off.

Stihl waters

Stihl waters wrote: »

Other countries good, Ireland bad, gotcha. Moronic argument to be fair

So I'm not normal and I am a moron?
Because I don't believe in walking outside crap around inside the house?
Good reasoning there

o1s1n

Purple is a Fruit wrote: »

Oh god if there's crap on shoes of course they should be taken off.

There are all kinds of things on your shoe soles that you're walking all over the house. You could have inadvertently walked through some scumbags spit he coughed up and didn't notice.

I would never ask guests to remove shoes but have gotten into the habit of it myself and yeah, it does seem a little bit mank to be walking on the streets and then walking all over your floors/carpets.

Stihl waters

bubblypop wrote: »

So I'm not normal and I am a moron?
Because I don't believe in walking outside crap around inside the house?
Good reasoning there

Do you change all your outdoor clothes when you go indoors as well, youd never know what you'd have brushed off that could wipe out your entire household

o1s1n

Stihl waters wrote: »

Do you change all your outdoor clothes when you go indoors as well, youd never know what you'd have brushed off that could wipe out your entire household

Do you often roll around on the ground when you go outside?

Leg End Reject

Why the paranoia about germs? Most of us have a functioning immune system.

The power of marketing has a lot of people believing they need to sanitise surfaces in their homes, keep it clean and cut back on the chemicals. Humans would be extinct for millenia if they were necessary.

o1s1n

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Why the paranoia about germs? Most of us have a functioning immune system.

The power of marketing has a lot of people believing they need to sanitise surfaces in their homes, keep it clean and cut back on the chemicals. Humans would be extinct for millenia if they weren necessary.

It's not paranoia about germs, I just am not too fond of the idea of having what's on the street walked all over my house. Simple as that really.

xhomelezz

o1s1n wrote: »

There are all kinds of things on your shoe soles that you're walking all over the house. You could have inadvertently walked through some scumbags spit he coughed up and didn't notice.

I would never ask guests to remove shoes but have gotten into the habit of it myself and yeah, it does seem a little bit mank to be walking on the streets and then walking all over your floors/carpets.

I think it's fine to ask anyone to take off shoes when they walk in. Best scenario is to have clean slippers ready for guests.

Stihl waters

xhomelezz wrote: »

Nah, just more civilized.

Obviously, care to point out which countries are more civilised than our own little country or is your default position the self hating Irish person that's surprisingly common on boards these days

o1s1n

xhomelezz wrote: »

I think it's fine to ask anyone to take off shoes when they walk in. Best scenario is to have clean slippers ready for guests.

That's where We'll disagree I'm afraid!

Its seen as rude in Irish culture, if someone is coming to my house they're doing me a favour by visiting, don't want to be putting them out/making them feel uncomfortable or insulted.

Stihl waters

Stihl waters wrote: »

Do you change all your outdoor clothes when you go indoors as well, youd never know what you'd have brushed off that could wipe out your entire household

Well I don't be rolling around on the streets where someone spat, or pissed or some dog ****.
But tbh, I do wear different clothes inside, shorts, tracksuit bottoms etc
Is that abnormal too?

Leg End Reject

xhomelezz wrote: »

I think it's fine to ask anyone to take off shoes when they walk in. Best scenario is to have clean slippers ready for guests.

And wash them after they leave? A selection of sizes ready and waiting at the front door? What if a guest has Athlete's foot or a verruca? Or smelly shoes left festering at your door to stink out your hall?

Stihl waters

o1s1n wrote: »

Do you often roll around on the ground when you go outside?

Read my post again, if you're going to try to look intelligent try to get the content right, I never mentioned rolling on the ground

xhomelezz

Stihl waters wrote: »

Obviously, care to point out which countries are more civilised than our own little country or is your default position the self hating Irish person that's surprisingly common on boards these days

Just replied to your post

"Other countries good, Ireland bad, gotcha. Moronic argument to be fair."

o1s1n

Stihl waters wrote: »

Read my post again, if you're going to try to look intelligent try to get the content right, I never mentioned rolling on the ground

I just read your post again, yep, still had no bearing on the discussion unless you're doing the same thing with your clothes that you're doing with your shoes.

Hence why I inferred that you must roll around on the ground a lot.

Timberrrrrrrr

bubblypop wrote: »

Well I don't be rolling around on the streets where someone spat, or pissed or some dog ****.
But tbh, I do wear different clothes inside, shorts, tracksuit bottoms etc
Is that abnormal too?

I thought it was just me that did this lol.

EmmetSpiceland

Leg End Reject wrote: »

Why the paranoia about germs? Most of us have a functioning immune system.

The power of marketing has a lot of people believing they need to sanitise surfaces in their homes, keep it clean and cut back on the chemicals. Humans would be extinct for millenia if they were necessary.

Who knows, without walking all this “crap” into the house there could have a negative effect on building up your immune system.

Stihl waters

bubblypop wrote: »

Well I don't be rolling around on the streets where someone spat, or pissed or some dog ****.
But tbh, I do wear different clothes inside, shorts, tracksuit bottoms etc
Is that abnormal too?

Not at all, if they're dirty take them off, do you put your feet on surfaces you regularly touch or lick, it could be a symptom of ineffective cleaning of surfaces or lacking in personal hygiene if what's on the sole of your shoe ends up on your kitchen countertop

o1s1n

EmmetSpiceland wrote: »

Who knows, without walking all this “crap” into the house there could have a negative effect on building up your immune system.

So a major part of a strong immune system is having watery dog ****e and scumbag phlegm on your carpets?

Who knew!

Stihl waters

Stihl waters wrote: »

Not at all, if they're dirty take them off, do you put your feet on surfaces you regularly touch or lick, it could be a symptom of ineffective cleaning of surfaces or lacking in personal hygiene if what's on the sole of your shoe ends up on your kitchen countertop

You're strangely annoyed by people removing their shoes in their own house?
Did someone steal your Manolo Blahniks when you were attending a child's party?

Stihl waters

xhomelezz wrote: »

Just replied to your post

"Other countries good, Ireland bad, gotcha. Moronic argument to be fair."

You still haven't said which countries you think are more civilised, or why you think it, apart from shoes inside the house of course

How far we've come as a nation.


No shoes indoors...

Behave.

Stihl waters

bubblypop wrote: »

You're strangely annoyed by people removing their shoes in their own house?
Did someone steal your Manolo Blahniks when you were attending a child's party?

About as annoyed as you are by wearing them inside, I've no idea what manolos are, a type of wellies maybe?

Stihl waters

Stihl waters wrote: »

About as annoyed as you are by wearing them inside, I've no idea, I've no idea what manolos are, a type of wellies maybe?

I just think it's gross

Leg End Reject

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I'd rather walk whatever invisible things are on my shoes around the house until I change into about-the-house clothes, than have shoes and slippers strewn inside the front door.

That craic is grand if you have a mud room, but not in most houses.

I feel so disadvantaged- we've no mud room

whisky_galore

bubblypop wrote: »

So I'm not normal and I am a moron?
Because I don't believe in walking outside crap around inside the house?
Good reasoning there

I can count on one hand the number of houses in Ireland I've been asked to remove shoes and I'd have fingers left over.

Leg End Reject

o1s1n wrote: »

So a major part of a strong immune system is having watery dog ****e and scumbag phlegm on your carpets?

Who knew!

You'd know if you have dog crap, watery or not. Wipe your feet as you come in, the world is not a sterile place and we shouldn't get obsessed about germs.

Carpets are probably worse than shoes indoors, full of dust mites and their faeces no matter how vigorously you vacuum.

wildwillow

I always take off my shoes at my own door but don't insist guests do the same. However, when I had babies crawling around the floors and a child on chemotherapy I insisted on the no shoes routine and provided washable slippers or plastic overshoes.

I am a firm believer in allowing children play in the garden and mud doesnt bother me but steet dirt is a different matter, especially for vunerable people.

Leg End Reject

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

I feel so disadvantaged- we've no mud room

Very few do, that was my point. I'd hate shoes and slippers cluttering up the hall.