Shoes in the house?

[Nabiki]

I rent out rooms to tenants. I'm Japanese, and I make it very clear before they move in that outdoor shoes are not to be worn inside the house. If you didn't like that rule, would you move in? If you did move in, would you follow the rule, ignore the rule or sneak around it? I have had two tenants now who seem to think that this is an optional rule, and I'm trying to understand, hence the poll.

Who voted for what is not viewable, so please be honest.

 

[notabitail]

I rent out rooms to tenants. I'm Japanese, and I make it very clear before they move in that outdoor shoes are not to be worn inside the house. If you didn't like that rule, would you move in? If you did move in, would you follow the rule, ignore the rule or sneak around it? I have had two tenants now who seem to think that this is an optional rule, and I'm trying to understand, hence the poll.

Votes are not viewable publicly, so please be honest.

I would follow that rule. It's not worth sneaking around. Besides, barefeet is better. You don't smell as bad and you don't have that clod of dirt from the park mixed with the gum from the parking lot at the hinky-dinky grocery store down the street smacking around on the floor.

 

[Nabiki]

I would follow that rule. It's not worth sneaking around. Besides, barefeet is better. You don't smell as bad and you don't have that clod of dirt from the park mixed with the gum from the parking lot at the hinky-dinky grocery store down the street smacking around on the floor.

Or dog poop, bird poop, deer poop, or other nasty things that are all over the ground in a semi rural area. I even have a separate pair of shoes that are "garden" shoes that I only wear on my property.

 

[2ndTink]

I have house shoes and slippers for inside, certain boots for chores, and others for wearing to town.

If you think about what you walk through in town, grocery stores, at work, sidewalks (spit, gum, other peoples who knows what from who knows were) then you wear those same shoes in the house and track in all that ick? I get grossed out town ick is different that coop and yard ick, but I don't want either all over in the house.

 

[notabitail]

I have house shoes and slippers for inside, certain boots for chores, and others for wearing to town.

If you think about what you walk through in town, grocery stores, at work, sidewalks (spit, gum, other peoples who knows what from who knows were) then you wear those same shoes in the house and track in all that ick? I get grossed out town ick is different that coop and yard ick, but I don't want either all over in the house.

People who put their shoes on furniture are worse. I'm fine if you put your socked feet or barefeet on a footrest, but your icky shoes shouldn't ever go there.

 

[notabitail]

Or dog poop, bird poop, deer poop, or other nasty things that are all over the ground in a semi rural area. I even have a separate pair of shoes that are "garden" shoes that I only wear on my property.

I do barefeet outside even, but if I step in something I always make sure it's GONE gone before I walk into the house.

 

[2ndTink]

People who put their shoes on furniture are worse. I'm fine if you put your socked feet or barefeet on a footrest, but your icky shoes shouldn't ever go there.

Exactly!!!

 

[Debbie292d]

I always take my shoes off at the door. Just a habit from growing up, maybe, as we couldn't have shoes on in the house.

With free-range chickens, it's a given.

Once a week, in the winter, hubby will trudge into the kitchen with his boots on because the outside water is shut off. He fills jugs to take to the waterers, so he has an excuse. The kitchen floor gets sanitized after he's done.

 

[thecatumbrella]

I already live like this, so it wouldn't be a problem for me. However, if you're renting outside of Japan (like in the US), I can see this being a problem for a lot of tenants. People want some semblance of control over how they live in their homes (even rentals). I've yet to meet another American that takes their shoes off like I do.

Is the problem that they're walking through a shared common area? Or do they have their own entrance?

 

[Nabiki]

I already live like this, so it wouldn't be a problem for me. However, if you're renting outside of Japan (like in the US), I can see this being a problem for a lot of tenants. People want some semblance of control over how they live in their homes (even rentals). I've yet to meet another American that takes their shoes off like I do.

Is the problem that they're walking through a shared common area? Or do they have their own entrance?

I rent out the two upstairs rooms in my house, so they're living with me. I can understand not wanting to live like that, but if you agree to it BEFORE you move in, I don't understand not being willing to keep the agreement. I'm trying to understand why people think that it's okay to agree then try to get around it.

I completely understand that taking shoes off doesn't match everyone's lifestyle, but I am trying to understand why someone would agree to rules, then sneak around them and get upset when I find out and say something.