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If that is a house rule, yes.
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If they're feet are muddy, that's where I draw the line. BUt I"m not going to inconvenience a guest to satisfy my own whims. I've had people insist I take off my shoes for NO reason. It sucks. +5
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There is nothing wrong with asking guests to remove their shoes if you don't like them worn in your home.
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Sometimes. It depends where they have come from and what the condition of their shoes are.
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You shouldn't have to...people should have enough respect without having to be told.
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Here in Canada we always take our shoes off.
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If they respect your house they will just do it. Only if you were raised in a barn you would not take off your shoes.
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Maybe if it is a house rule, or if their shoes are muddy or covered in poo! :)
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If they're college coeds, at the very least.
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Only if you have a very expensive carpet and no doormats. Sometimes shoes have to be removed by certain religious groups who insist on it.
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I do.
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You can ask, but not demand. Its an insult to some people. After all, this is America.
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A guest should take off their shoes as a show of respected to their host(est).
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Who does that under normal circumstances? Floors are for walking on, especially in main areas.
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Yes, I do anyway, white carpet doesn't look good with mud and tracks all over it. +3
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i always ask people to remove their shoes - we have a new cream carpet that easily marks (not my choice)
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I think it is very rude to ask people to take off their shoes with no fore-warning. People should have mats or runners in their hallways and cream carpets in high traffic areas is just plain stupidity. Asking people to take off their shoes automatically makes people feel unwelcome and unclean.
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I do , only to my good friends though.
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If you want to. I've been to homes where shoes had to come off on the front porch (white carpet). I didn't care -- it's comfortable that way.
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Only if tey sit on my bed other than that, I don't really care.
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In some societies, it is the norm, not the exception. When I visited a girlfriend after she had married a Swiss guy and moved to Switzerland, all guests took their shoes off in a small room at the entrance, and were given soft (clean) house slippers to wear around the house. I didn't mind at all. Thought it was quite nice for housewives/persons not to have to clean up constantly after people -- especially in mud, snow, sludge conditions. But, I suppose if everyone is doing it, it makes it easier.
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