No Stupid Questions

TIL I learned some people wear shoes all the time. What a time to be alive.

People wear shoes indoors? That sounds utterly barbaric to me lol

Just, take your shoes off inside, and put them back on when you go outside. It's like clothes and the shower, lol

When you come in you leave the shoes in the mudroom and when you go out you put those shoes back on. What exactly is the issue here? This is like asking how do you shower without clothes on.

I can't imagine sitting on my couch with shoes on.

So... I keep crocs at the door for those moments where I need to step out for a moment. slip on, slip off. For anything more... extensive than checking the mail or running out the trash; yeah, I put on proper shoes.

You're house will be cleaner if you don't wear shoes inside. If your feet get cold, socks, or slippers that stay inside are useful, but I generally just go barefoot. (or socked,)

How many fucking doors do you have that you're concerned about multiple shoes and multiple baskets brother?

People wear shoes in their house like it’s normal? Wtf?! Fucking savages

Perhaps you're overthinking this? In the house you can go barefoot, keep socks on, and/or wear slippers/loafers.

When you go outside you put on shoes.

So yes most people would have a shoe rack or just keep their shoes placed near the door. If you have multiple doors sure you can consider keeping extra pairs of shoes there or some sort of in between like outdoor slippers/something for when you just need to go check the mail or whatever.

Sandals for a quick trip outside shoes for everything else. No shoes inside.

This is the craziest thing to me...

I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. I put my boots or shoes on at the door before I go out, and I take them off when I get home. If I get cold feet, I may put on slippers.

Inside the house, I'm bare foot or in socks. If I take the trash out and it's nice, I go out barefoot. If it's snowy or frigid cold (I'll leave the Winnipeg weather up to you for a fun google) I put on my boots.

I don't know anyone who wears shoes indoors unless they are elderly and need the support. It's a sign of middle age / senior age living here.

I don’t understand this question. Are there people who wear their filthy, disgusting shoes around their nice, clean house? What animals and monsters do this? And how do you afford to constantly sweep and mop your house five times a day to keep your house clean? Or do you actually not do this and live in a disgusting, filthy, dirt-covered house all the time?

How revolting!

I don’t even wear my outside clothes inside. I change when I get home into comfy pajama clothes to relax in.

I can't imagine wearing shoes indoors (at home), My feet are kept warm by socks.

What? This is like asking people if they wear a coat inside the house.

We have outside clothes and we have inside clothes, and the outside clothes are not worn inside, because they're outside clothes.

say I'm cooking all day on Sunday then need to take the trash out. I'm assuming it's change shoes, then say the grandkids stop by and want to go go for a bike ride? I'm assuming it's change shoes.

Yeah? Why would I want mud and dirt tracked into my carpet?

Um.. I have one pair of shoes by one door. The main door. A second pair by another door you use regularly wouldn't be a stupid idea.

I don't change shoes though, I just wear socks in the house. No slippers.

You come in the house, you take the shoes off. You want to leave the house, you put them on.

It's that simple.

I have a question, do you put on your shoes when you wake up if you're not going anywhere?

I live in Alaska, so... Basically just a pair of Xtratufs by the door. Sandals and running shoes get added during the summer. Big snow boots come out for the heavy snows.

Inside I just wear socks. If I need to pop out, I pop the xtratufs on.

I can't imagine not taking shoes off and just wandering around the house with shoes on, tracking the outside in everywhere. I don't even know anyone who does that.

You COULD invest in an enterprise grade shoe rack unit which can act as the centeralized hub. Essentially, all users would connect with the server each time they need a shoe. As you note, distributed shoe storage technology exists, but there are actually a few different implementation strategies.

One option is to retrofit an area in the personal closet for shoes. This has the advantage of keeping each user's shoes away and out of reach from threat actors who wish to gain access to the shoes. A disadvantage occurs when there are poor weather conditions. The strategy there is to leave the shoes outside to dry.

Another option is to implement the strategy you outlined and practice a door-first shoe storage policy. Slides near the doors, work boots at the back door, and nicer shoes at the front door. In cases where shoe resources are over assigned, you would construct a priority chart to ensure that the shoes (usually slides) are stored at the door where they are most needed.

Another popular option in my region is to forgo shoes outside if you're staying within the household property. Depending on a user's mass, testicular fortitude, and the surrounding terrain, it is actually quite possible to take the rubbish to a wheely bin while walking over perfectly smooth pavement. Just wipe your feet a bit when going inside.

There are also homebrew hybrid solutions which mix and match any of the above, but be warned that a novel approach might have limited community support.

I can't imagine wearing shoes indoors because of how filthy the outdoors is, but good for you for taking the leap!

Wear socks in the house only. Have an indoor doormat near the door where your outdoor shoes sit. Treat your indoor doormat as the "outside" and treat it like lava, not to be touched by anything but outdoor shoes. When you come in from outside, you remove your shoes near the edge of your indoor mat and step your clean socked feet one at a time off of the mat and onto your normal flooring (not on the mat, the mat is dirty).

When going outside, step your clean socks from your flooring into the shoes on your mat.

TL;DR: the outside is lava, your indoor door mat (because your outdoor shoes touch it) is lava. Your shoes are all lava-walking shoes. Your socks will burn up in the lava 🔥

Your floors will be so much cleaner and more sanitary and won't have to be cleaned as often, and you won't have microscopic amounts of dog poop and piss and grime and dirt everywhere.

ITT: a bunch of fragile mfs who never walk barefoot outside.

Quick trips outside - get something that is easy to slip on. Sandals, crocs, or sneakers without laces.

Standing in the kitchen - house shoes

I walk around barefoot in the house. Thr moment I get home I take of my shoes, and when I'm comfortable somewhere I'll then take off my socks. If I need to go outside to take out the trash or something I'll use flip flops and if I need it go somewhere in the car I'll put socks and shoes back on but the shoes never leave the foyer.

I'm sorry, what? 😶

Stay at a friend's house where people don't wear shoes inside and watch them.

You just take your shoes off at the door and put them back on when you leave.

Why do you need shoes to Cook ( well one du, Imight be injured by a falling knife) also use commons sense, if I break glass, I would keep shoes until It's cleaned.

Garbage Day is like once a week, so not sûre why this example. If I go shopping, I take 30 seconds to pass a pair oh shoes. It's net that long

There's so many answers but no one has answered your question.

In our house there are 4 external doors.

Only one of which is used for egress when we intend to leave the property. This is where all our actual shoes are kept on a rack.

We have a "pool" of slip ons which are shared between the household. Slip on like flip flops or sandals. No care is given as to where these are left. If you exit through door 2 and re-enter through door 3 then you leave the slip ons at door 3. Occasionally when you go to exit there's no slip ons at that exit, just go to another exit. It's a minor inconvenience and doesn't happen often.

You could use baskets but it's just a pain. With flip flops there's no "putting on" stage. You just walk over them and they become attached to your feet. Baskets wouldn't get used if they were present at our house.

How does wearing outside shoes inside work? Do you just live with the muddy streak, grass and dirt that gets dragged in on your shoes? Does everyone just own a steam cleaner truck they use once a week?

I've never understood that concept. Maybe I don't live somewhere that they vacuum the outdoors so I don't drag it in.

I grew up in a house where we wore shoes all the time or just didn’t think anything of having shoes on in the house. Obviously, if you had muddy shoes or something else bad you wouldn’t traipse it around the house. It wasn’t until I met my wife that I realized, “Oh, apparently wearing shoes indoors at a house isn’t done everywhere.”

I live in a culture where we 100% do not wear outdoor shoes indoors.

Slip on shoes/sandals! You get really good at kicking off your shoes and stepping into your shoes.

Leave the shoes on the ground, so they are easy to reattach.

For style points you can get a shoe rack/bench for shoe storage and a place to sit. Ikea shoe bench

When you go outside you put on shoes. Inside no shoes, you walk around in socks or bare feet. You can keep a pair of flip flops at the door for quick things .