This. Although I have taken to saying what my mother used to say when people came in and asked 'shoes off?'. She'd reply, somewhat classily, "Only if they're covered in s***."Always start taking off footwear when I see lovely carpets and also if a guest somewhere new, unless they say it doesn't matter. Generally every house. Basic manners imo.
One time the opposite happened with me. I was in Oxford about 15 years ago viewing rooms to let in shared houses with fellow professionals. So with this one place, as soon as I walk through the front door my shoes are sticking to a filthy unhoovered carpet, the whole place stinking of strong cooking smells, then the tennant bloke showing me around the house, occupied by Chinese tennants only, immediately requests that I take my shoes off!! I politely complied, but then after a few steps, said I think I'd already found somewhere best suited and should go ahead with that, and got out before my socks got too filthy.This. Although I have taken to saying what my mother used to say when people came in and asked 'shoes off?'. She'd reply, somewhat classily, "Only if they're covered in s***."
Well, you know what happens when you assumeIf people tell me not to bother taking shoes off I assume it's because their floors are more dirty than outside
Yep, I'm always right. I assume that's what you're getting at?Well, you know what happens when you assume