Shoes indoors

virtualworldofhp virtualworldofhp at yahoo.com
Tue Feb 26 21:15:41 UTC 2002


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Aberforth's Goat wrote:
> 
> > In Switzerland it's considered uncouth to walk about inside with
> > one's shoes on. You either wear socks or slipper in your own
> > home, and many families - particulary if they live in chilly
> > apartments like mine - have several pairs of inexpensive slippers
> > for their guests.
> > 
> I think it is in part a generational thing.  
> 
> Forty years ago, houses were less well heated, floors in particular 
> were cold in winter from draughts through ill-fitting windows, and 
> less likely to be carpeted, and people couldn't afford luxuries like 
> slippers for guests.
> 
> Now we have central heating, double glazing, thick pile carpets, and 
> bunny slippers.
> 
> David

But what is it if you don't even wear slippers?  The instant I come
home, the shoes are OFF.  I hate shoes.  I'd walk around other
peoples' houses barefoot if it wasn't considered mildly rude.  Well, I
do take them off if I'm there for an extended period of time--I don't
bother with them in hotel rooms or similar.  I dislike socks or
slippers or I guess foot covering of any kind.  If my feet are cold, I
put a blanket over them.  I don't see what the point of walking around
one's own house with shoes on is--surely you don't need "foot
protection" inside your own home?

-Megan (whose parents, by the way, almost always wear shoes inside)





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