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Originally Posted by SSJup81
;Growing up in the US, I was pretty much taught not to take off your shoes in other people's houses, as it's rude to do so. The only exception to this is if the owners of said home says it's okay to. I think it's like another person said...you're making yourself too comfortable. The other exception to this is family. If I'm at a family member's home, I'd take off my shoes, but someone's home where I'm not on a personal level with said person, I keep them on because I'd feel awkward otherwise.
That aside, in my own home, we usually took our shoes off at the door (in my case, the front door and the back door). In my case, the exception was whenever we were hauling groceries into the house. Our kitchen is upstairs, so it would be an inconvenience to come in with heavy groceries, take our shoes off, take groceries upstairs, go back down to the front door, put on our shoes, and go back out to the car to bring in the next set of groceries and repeat the process three or four times.
When people would come over, unless it was family, no one would take off their shoes.
Taking your shoes off, though, just makes a heck of a lot more sense to me. It's more comfortable, the floors stay cleaner, and you won't have to worry about tracking anything in.That applies to the teachers too.
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I know. Thank you for putting that in for me.
