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Takin' Ur Shoes Off; at someone's house
Topic Started: May 1 2004, 07:33 PM (93 Views)
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i was just wonderin about this small little issue . . . but this is just so annoyin'!!!!!!!!!! esp. b/c i'm the one who vacums the whole friggin' house!!!!!!!!! oki that's it! lemme let it out! ahaha :P

u know how sometimes ppl take off their shoes when they enter someone's house? welps . . . that's what i do outta respect and it's just a habit ((it sometimes varies on the occasion)) . . . but it's reallies gettin' on mah nerves lately that whenever mah little bro's fwens comes over, they don't take their shoes off and it kinda ticks me off b/c their shoes are dirty and i don't know where them shoes have been to . . . so u know what i'm sayin?!?! and i'm the one who VACUMS the whole friggin house and i don't want it to be any dirtier than it is already!!!!!! -____________- +

and besides . . . when u take off ur shoes when enterin' someone's house . . . u can check ur socks later to see how dirty it is . . . that just proves how messy and icky the house reallies is . . . ekekekekeke . . . jk . . . i have so many pairs of socks to laundry now . . . i wonder y? ekeke :P

^___________^ . . . but does anyone else take their shoes off when they visit anyone's house? and tell me how dirty they are!!!!!!!! muahahaha . . . jk!

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all I can say is.. you don't want me to take my shoes off.. if I do.. then you got a smelly house.. but if I don't it's just a little dirty :(

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HI Cina,

This is a cultural thing. Most "Westerners" do not remove their shoes. To prevent (as much as possible) dirt from entering the house, they place mats in front of the door, that you are to wipe your shoes on. It is not intended out of rudeness, simply ignorance. What you might do, is to place a nicely done sign, on your front door, saying: Please remove your shoes, before entering. Thanks!" This is a cultural thing, and with the variety of mixed cultures here in the US, it isn't the ordinary thing to do.
What you will probably find, is that most people will comply out of respect --though many will ask. Some will comply, but will display annoyance, and some will ignore the sign. In this case, expect that they didn't see it, and remind them. If they further resist, add, "Well, the sign's in English, Habla espanol??" Which is a sort of humorous way of saying "FU". (technically, it is Spanish, asking them if that is the language they speak.)

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yup..i take my shoes off..i dunno..i guess its an asian thing cuz filipinos do it too...but when i go to some of my friends houses who are hispanic or white...they look at me all weird when i take em off'...LoL
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i always take off my shoes

doesnt matter where

its all about respect
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Aey DNAngel/Cina,
Takin' off our shoes is an asian thing. Western ppl keep shoes on. Aniwaz, takin' off our shoes is like the unwritten asian law LoL. I'm so use to takin' off my shoe, but if ppl come to our house and are not asian (cuz asians take off shoes) my mom always tell them take off shoes before they could take another step in our house. LoL! :yayaya:
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i take my shoes off... its habit~ i hav to remind allotta ppl to take off their shoes when they enter mine, lol
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well to tell you the truth.. Canada takes their shoes off too. no one walks around the house in shoes... if there is a need to do such we buy slippers for indoor use only. LOL~!

so now you cant say "Westerners" dont take them off~! every home i have been in, in Canada.. you take your shoes off. no one wants shoe tracks all over their carpets. to take them off is common sence here.

i guess its a U.S. thing. i see it on T.V all the time and it really irks me too. i cant stand the thought of somone wearing their shoes on my carpet. *shivers*
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haha someone should make a movie about this.. it will be a Horror movie Asia.. and a Comedy in the US :love:
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well to tell you the truth.. Canada takes their shoes off too. no one walks around the house in shoes... if there is a need to do such we buy slippers for indoor use only. LOL~!

so now you cant say "Westerners" dont take them off~! every home i have been in, in Canada..

yeah but canada doesnt count =p
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hehe. . .aww! *pat pat* cina hehe.
hrms. . i always take my shoes off when i enter someones house. it feels so disrespectful to walk in with your dirty shoes. but sometimes the tiles are like really dirty in the house, so they depending on who it is we're visiting, they tell us to wear our shoes in so we do. =)
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Umm no lol Ion even take my shoes off in my house. I'm familiar with that cultural courtesy tho. My brother's best friend is Laos, and he says he has to do that at his house. But I never knew it was about keepin the house clean.

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ahaha . . . thanks mikkay ((points at cina's title . . . . ekeke))

but yeah . . . it realllies depends . . . ahaha . . . yuprs . . .it's more of an asian thingy tho . . . so sowwies . . . ahaha
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Uh, I guess it depends on the house... my uncle's house I do, my house I don't....
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its definitely a cultural thing....i would expect to take off my shoes when entering a household of asian ethnicity, so as to respect their culture...but i would not assume it, if the household is in the US, i would ask, or observe first...i think
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Vic, you would definitely get the lead role on the comedy. I on the other hand, would get the lead role on the Horror one. lol

I may not take my shoes off, but, when i visit some relatives of mine, not only i cannot take my shoes off, but i can't sit on their sofa either. If i ever did take my shoes off, they be like "Boy put them back!". lol
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ppl here in Europe don't take off their shoes either...
at first when I just got here to Germany I got quite annoyed but after some time I get used to it...
so here I dun take off my shoes...but back in my home country in Indonesia I would take off my shoes...depends on where I am...heheh^^

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