Re: Removing shoes

I find that people will offer to remove their footwear when the weather is bad, and it is nice of them to do so, but I would never expect my guests to remove their shoes, unless they wanted to.

Re: Removing shoes

I have never asked anyone to remove their shoes when entering my house and I wouldn't expect to be asked in someone else's house either. On my travels as a tradesman, I was sometimes asked to remove my shoes in the more ..... exotic homes shall I say and did out of politeness but in truth would rather have removed them on the way out.

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Well I have a tradesman coming today .
He's a dirty beggar ( employed by the builders who are doing some work on my place )with no respect for other people's property and I will ask him to take off his shoes .
I am fed up with people with no thought or respect for other people s property .
Where in goodness name were they dragged up?

Re: Removing shoes

Ah, that's the difference. People were always commenting on how tidy I was. I would also always put down dust sheets. I always hated making any mess, I suppose because I was the one who had to clean it up. In certain houses though, it was difficult to know where to stop.

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A he is not a tradesman if he disrespects your home.

B he could refuse to work in your home if you require him to remove his footware. H&S take precedence.

Plastic overshoes are available, but dustsheets can be provided by both parties.

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It depends really, if it is raining then yes I automatically take my shoes off when entering someones house. Some friends I know ask for shoes off which I do and have no problem with.

In the past having had cream carpets I always asked no shoes please!

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I don't ask or expect people to remove footwear in my house, I have dark carpets and quite honestly I have more to worry about than a bit of muck on the floor, I have a shampooer for that.

Workmen....if they're mucky then they tend to remove their boots without being asked plus they always put dust sheets down.

At my sister in law's I take my shoes off as she has wooden floors and I'm worried about scratching the floor. But at mother in law's I don't as she has carpets and she's never said anything about shoes off.

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We expect people to remove their shoes when entering our home.

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I would never expect anyone to remove their shoes when entering my house. It is a home, not a palace. It is a place for people to feel welcome and relax.

Many who visit me start to take their shoes off at the door but l tell them there is no need.

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Same here..most visitors arrive in cars anyway so just out of Their cars and up the garden path...If anyone asked Me to remove My shoes before I entered Their Palace,They wouldn't have to bother about Me visiting Them again