Question to y’all mericans
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Topic: Question to y’all mericans
Posted By: FROG MAN
Subject: Question to y’all mericans
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:32am
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anyway, I know I shouldn't get my cultural understanding from the television but something me and a few friends noticed these past couple of days. do Americans where there shoes inside? I have seen this in countless sitcoms and cartoons, where ppl need to take there shoes off and its "weird" or being Japanese thanks for the help and clearing this up. ------------- <1 meg sig = bad> |
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Posted By: usafpilot07
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:34am
| Depends really. At least here, it varies from house to house. Obviously, if you have walked through dirt or mud, or water, it's courtesy. But, if you don't know the person, and there isn't anything to indicate you SHOULD take your shoes off, it would be weird to do so. |
Posted By: Susan Storm
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:35am
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So do most Americans, so you are probably just as well informed as the rest of us. ------------- "No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable." |
FROG MAN wrote:Posted By: Cedric
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:35am
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Depends on the situation. It's usually considered rude to walk into someone's house wearing shoes though.
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Posted By: NotDaveEllis
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:35am
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My family does.
My friends family doesn't. It all depends. THESE COLORS DONT RUNNNNN |
Posted By: DGAFmuffinZ
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:35am
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I never take off my shoes.
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Posted By: Darur
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:35am
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I'd imagine it would depend on the region you live in. Here its very disrespectful to wear shoes inside, but thats mostly because the culture here is influenced a lot by Japanese custom. ------------- Real Men play Tuba [IMG]http://img89.imageshack.us/img89/1859/newsmall6xz.jpg"> PH33R TEH 1337 Dwarf! http://www.tippmann.com/forum/wwf77a/log_off_user.asp" rel="nofollow - DONT CLICK ME!!1 |
Posted By: FROG MAN
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:37am
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thats crazy, I never seen ppl where there shoes inside, and I have been all over Canada
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Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:55am
I know this has nothing to do with this convo but I beat Assassins Creed just now. ------------- 
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Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 12:59am
| I think it just depends from family to family. Everyone in my family takes their shoes off in the house. However, I have friends who wear their shoes all the time in their homes. I usually ask if entering someone's house for the first time. |
Posted By: jordanpischke
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:08am
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Ya I think it depends on the family, but I think that at least around me most peple take off their shoes in the porch. Some people have seperate shoes for indoor and out door too so they just switch shoes. ------------- 
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Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:21am
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It depends on how dirty your shoes are, how recently the floor's been cleaned, and if the owner does. If someone invites me in their house and leaves their shoes on, I usually just assume it's cool unless they say something. ------------- 
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Posted By: Man Bites Dog
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:40am
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When coming into someones house for the first time, I always just see what the owner of the house does, and follow suit.
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Posted By: tallen702
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:40am
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I take my shoes off when I come home from work as they're caked in crud from the kitchen floor at my restaurant. My everyday shoes That I wear out, I'll wear in the house. ------------- <Removed overly wide sig. Tsk, you know better.> |
Posted By: Tical2.0
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:19am
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Posted By: Bunkered
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:51am
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Yeah. Shoes go fast when you work in a restaurant. I even got some of the shoes meant for working in a kitchen, and the grease/grime ate them up in about 5 months.
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Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:55am
| I can't think of a single persons house I've been to where we left shoes on inside. |
Posted By: Kristofer
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:53am
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I always ask. Certain houses I do take them off. my friend in the Marines. most of his house has wooden floor. soo i take them off. especially if they are wet or something.
other houses like mine where it tile, or we just dont care, we keep them on. but i always take my shoes off regardless. i cant stand wearing shoes all the time. EDIT: Fixed spelling mistake. stand was stant. |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 6:11am
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i ask a lot of times if im unsure. if my boots are dirty i pop um off (love the zippers down the side) but most of the time im in need of clean laundry and my socks dont always match...so given the option i keep them on. my boots pick up a lot of grease at work so i try and take them off when i get home but sometimes forget and dont take them off untill i sit down at the computer. ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 8:02am
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I normally watch what the owner of the house does, and follow his/her lead. At my place I take off my shoes once I get in my, room, but I wear them whenever I leave my room and go into the kitchen, or down the hall.
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 8:55am
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I just ask the owner of the home what they would prefer. ------------- 
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Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 9:28am
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I think you'll find that it varies primarily with the local climate. Snowy/muddy places (like Canada) tend to encourage shoe removal, whereas warm/sunny places have less reason to do so. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: STOcocker
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 1:51pm
I can see where some of that is coming from. Most people that I know who either grew up in the north/had parent who did(like mine) tend to take their shoes off when they enter a house. However, a lot of families who have never left the south don't really mind it. It is really all about upbringing in this sort of situation. |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:17pm
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Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:27pm
Id still want people to take off their shoes no mater what climate I'm in. For hygienic reasons, say if you have a young child. Since you don't know what the person has stepped in, or they might have used a public restroom and will track urine around the house. ------------- |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:29pm
| And besides, who enjoys vaccuming? No-one. |
Posted By: evillepaintball
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:31pm
http://www.kfor.com/Global/story.asp?S=3738646 - fail ------------- 
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 2:56pm
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I noticed only old people wear shoes in their house, and other houses.
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Posted By: cdacda13
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 3:09pm
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In my house, shoes always come off. In other people's houses, they stay on unless otherwise told or they're dirty. |
Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 3:49pm
My brother worked for people once that had a kid like that. He had pictures of vacuums from catalogs posted all over his wall. |
Posted By: +DreX+
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 3:53pm
vacuum fetish. ------------- Insert Fail Here |
Posted By: choopie911
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 4:25pm
| Ok, no NORMAL person likes to vaccum |
Posted By: Mack
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:00pm
That sucks. ------------- 
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Posted By: Skillet42565
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:02pm
Oh lawd. That pun is killing me. -------------
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:02pm
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Posted By: Brian Fellows
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:26pm
| I generally take my shoes off unless the homeowner says it's OK to keep them on, unless my shoes are muddy, in which case I take them off regardless. |
Posted By: +DreX+
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:30pm
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In Germany it was expected; I pull my shoes off usually after 8 ish, then leave them off.
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Posted By: bravecoward
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 5:31pm
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Posted By: White o Light
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 9:10pm
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Really depends from house to house. In my home we don't have to take our shoes off but at a lot of my friends it is expected. At my Chinese friend's home we take them off in the garage.
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Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 9:25pm
| I almost automatically take my shoes off when I enter my house. When going to a friend's house, it feels awkward keeping my shoes on, but I keep them on anyways unless I start to get more comfortable and find a place to put them. |
Posted By: Dye Playa
Date Posted: 16 January 2008 at 9:37pm
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Depends on the people. I usually do it out of respect no matter what, but there are a few people (old school italians who live in their basement) that insist you wear your shoes in their house.
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Posted By: GI JOES SON
Date Posted: 17 January 2008 at 12:06am
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i wear boots 99% of the time for various reasons, so unless someone specifies, i keep them on. unless i'm comfortable in the house and i know i'll be there a while, like a girlfriends house or a good friends house. |