Question for all of you in Americaland

[Ms. Porkchop]

Do americans really wear their shoes inside the house all the time like on sitcoms?

[Ryner]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

No.

[DK]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

Do canadians always......

..**** why don't I watch tv ever?

[Alex]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I keep my shoes on pretty much until I go to bed. I think I'm in the minority.

I can't stand stepping in puddles of water in the bathroom or old food in the kitchen. Or cold linolium. Plus my feet get cold.

[Wavelength]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I'd say most Americans have their shoes on inside homes only a small (20-40%) percentage of the time. But although it's not a ubiquitous phenomenon, it's really not considered unusual or rude (by most) to wear them inside.

[John Mora]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I keep mine on if I'm not going to be sitting indian-style or laying down on the couch or something. I don't have booties that are warm enough to substitute. I do like to wear my coat indoors, though.

[Hrafn]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

No, but a lot of my other family members and friends do. I don't because I prefer to be barefoot when possible, both for the comfort and the fact that when I have socks on for long periods, they make the hair on my feet itch.

I also have a friend who never does it, he immediately takes his shoes off before entering a house, but that's because he lived in Japan for a few years when he was a kid, his whole family's like that. Can't wear shoes in their house, either.

[Shard]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I knew a guy that had everyone take their shoes off at the door (and had plastic pathways laid out, upstairs and down), but he was renting and he may've been trying to keep the carpet from getting messed up. Unless there's a formal gathering, most people I know lose their shoes if they don't intend to go out again.

[Sejon]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

There's a no shoes policy in my apartment. It just seems to make sense with carpeted floors.

Although I ABHOR carpeted floors.

[Smurf Taco]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I often sleep in my shoes if I'm lazy enough. They rarely come off.

[DarkwingChuck]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I don't put them on until I'm planning to go somewhere and I take them off whenever it occurs to me. Usually only takes a few minutes unless I get distracted by something first.

I've gotten all my ideas of Canada from TV (Degrassi, Edgemont) and movies (Fargo, Bowling for Columbine). I wish I lived in Canada. The money's all colorful like and there's people getting gay married everywhere you turn. Not that I'd get married but I'd like to have the option so that my rejection of it could have more meaning.

[Nixon]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I wear boots, so I usually take them off when I'm inside.

[Fruple]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I always take my shoes and socks off indoors, probably because we do that at drumline. The only problem is when you do that at a school, your feet turn black after awhile.

[Kire]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

sometimes, but I wear slippers to keep my feet warm.

[Alex]

Re: Question for all of you in Americaland

I keep mine on if I'm not going to be sitting indian-style or laying down on the couch or something. I don't have booties that are warm enough to substitute. I do like to wear my coat indoors, though.

It's criss-cross applesauce.