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[Brigantium]

Good morning/early afternoon, world!

Asda is a pretty run-of-the-mill supermarket, I've never seen any of the colourful characters photographed at Walmart. Argos, Iceland and TK Maxx do get a few eccentrics around here. I've heard Walmart treats staff pretty appallingly.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Morning, all!

Coffee, me!

 

[The Flash]

I've always wondered why some people don't take their shoes off when they enter houses. It never happens here in Turkey. It's a house, bringing in the streets' dirt just doesn't make sense to me. Is this an international thing? What about you guys?

 

[Perun]

Uh.... define taking their shoes off.

 

[The Flash]

What's there to define? Entering the house with the shoes you've been wearing out on the streets or not.

 

[Ariana]

Flash, this may shock you, but people take off their shoes before entering a house only in our part of the world.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Flash, this may shock you, but people take off their shoes before entering a house only in our part of the world.

Define this term. Taking off your shoes is the norm in Norway as well.

 

[Ariana]

Okay, maybe not everywhere then.

 

[Saapanael]

This did shock me as well when I found out. I guess what Ariana means is the majority of Europe.

 

[The Flash]

Flash, this may shock you, but people take off their shoes before entering a house only in our part of the world.

Why would it shock me, it's the reason why asked the question in the first place.

 

[Perun]

I don't care if people keep on their shoes in my place. I don't have a carpet floor or anything like that. Other than that, it's customary here to take off your shoes in the hallway of a place. I only know very few people who actually expect you to take off your shoes before you enter their flat.

 

[Crimson Idol]

I don't care if people keep on their shoes in my place. I don't have a carpet floor or anything like that. Other than that, it's customary here to take off your shoes in the hallway of a place. I only know very few people who actually expect you to take off your shoes before you enter their flat.

As above, in the hallway, not outside.

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

As above, in the hallway, not outside.

Of course. Taking off your shoes outside is unreasonable.

 

[Night Prowler]

Yesterday and today - best 2 days this year. Passed an oral exam with a maximum grade, got money, bought ticket for IE concert and Milan won a match.

 

[The Flash]

As above, in the hallway, not outside.

Define outside. The door?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Define outside. The door?

Outside the door?

 

[Black Wizard]

Outside your comprehension.

 

[Crimson Idol]

Outside = Outside the door. Doormat or not, if it's not across the threshold, it's outside.

 

[The Flash]

Outside the door?

Well you can't take the shoes off being "on" the door, can you?

Then if that's settled, what's wrong with taking the shoes off outside?

 

[Dr. Eddies Wingman]

Outside it is wet and dirty. You don't want that on your socks? If you take off your shoes there, you'll be dragging the dirt from there inside just as if you kept the shoes on.