Shoes At The Front Door

Ok people. Brace yourselves because today we are discussing the important issue of shoes at the front door.

So when friends come over to our place and I open the front door, the shoes at the front door situation usually goes a little something like this:

Me: “Hi! How are you? Come on in!”

Friend will either a) come on in or b) start to take shoes off. If option b is selected, the following conversation will commence immediately:

Me: “Don’t take your shoes off, honestly. It’s fine.”

Friend: “Are you sure?”

Me: “Of course I’m sure. Come in. I’m hanging for a ~~vodka latte~~ coffee.”

Are You Team On or Off?

Obviously I’m Team Keep Those Shoes On or take them off if that’s what your most comfortable with. Either way, I don’t mind. Just come on in and make yourself at home, you know?

But I know there are plenty of people out there who follow a strict Please Remove Your Shoes Before Entering Policy at their place.

Some even have a sign at the front door indicating that you should do so. Not that I’ve seen that in real life, but I’ve heard about it via social media and seen evidence of it on my go-to source for all things life-hack related (Pinterest) so it MUST be true!

My question is, why?

Is the compulsory removal of shoes before entry a dirt thing? (No you may not bring your festy shoes inside my home. Please bring your bare feet instead. Thank you.)

A fancy floorboard thing? (Oh Darren, please can we have the fancy floorboards that nobody can ever walk on? Pleeeeeaaaasssseeeee?)

A noise thing? (Honestly, have you heard how loud a pair of ballet flats can be? It’s like two hefty wasps are dancing on the floor of my living room every time the neighbour comes over!)

A ‘I quite like the look of having 372 pairs of shoes piled up at my front door’ thing? (Naw, look at all the shoes piled up at the door like that. They look like a pyramid. I need to get that up on Instagram ASAP!)

So tell me, what gets your vote when it comes to shoes at the front door? Do you leave them on or take them off?

Shoes At The Front Door – On or Off?