this. Your "clean" shoes are COVERED with fecal matter.

Jan 20, 2020
11:16:19am

runnincoug All-American

Leave your shoes at the door: Science says they're covered in poop and could make you sick

Studies suggest the soft bottoms of shoes bring legions of disease-carrying bacteria and fecal germs deep into your home — E. Coli included.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2019/07/03/my-shoes-dirty-studies-suggest-theyre-covered-fecal-bacteria/1637780001/

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Time

POLL: Do you expect guests to take their shoes off in their house?

Joe Banks

1/20/20 10:54am

I expect them to do whatever they want to do in their house.

Eddie

1/20/20 10:55am

TNT can't wait for the day when he can afford carpet!

TNT

1/20/20 10:55am

I have remnants. How big is your box?

CopperLix

1/20/20 10:56am

27'x27'

TNT

1/20/20 10:57am

That was a big refrigerator

jdub

1/20/20 10:58am

Hmmm, that's a big box. 2 Nephi 9:34

CopperLix

1/20/20 10:59am

Is that the stain-resistant option?

TNT

1/20/20 10:59am

Where's the make them wear booties option?

svenot

1/20/20 10:56am

This pole should vary by region.

Zaphod

1/20/20 11:00am

Exactly. In PNW, everyone takes off shoes. You don’t have to ask. It’s known.

Jay Rick

1/20/20 11:35am

Well there's a blanket statement that's not true

Schultz is back

1/20/20 12:20pm

Portland general area. Truly, everyone where I live takes off shoes (at least

Jay Rick

1/20/20 1:40pm

People taking off wet and dirty shoes isn’t what we are talking about.

Joe Banks

1/20/20 2:08pm

Yes, that’s different. Where I live, wet shoes are so normal that everyone I

Jay Rick

1/20/20 4:11pm

That wasn’t my experience in the PNW.

Joe Banks

1/20/20 1:24pm

Ditto

IGlowInTheDark

1/20/20 4:53pm

Everyone takes them off in Norway, where I served my mission. When I got

squidmark

1/20/20 11:00am

Woah. TNT thought this was a Japan only thing

TNT

1/20/20 11:02am

Seinfeld taught us it is true in Korea.

JuicyJam

1/20/20 11:04am

Oh yeah

TNT

1/20/20 11:04am

You're officially off my Seinfeld trivia team.

JuicyJam

1/20/20 11:42am

*bad word*

TNT

1/20/20 12:15pm

Research shows that bare feet are FAR cleaner and spread less disease than shoes

RUNBYU1

1/20/20 1:12pm

People who expect this are probably weirdos.

garyfan

1/20/20 11:04am

If you are walking where my babies crawl around,

stoils

1/20/20 11:05am

Why are shoes dirtier than socks worn for the fifth day in a row?

ClackamasCoug

1/20/20 11:08am

With whom do you hang out?

stoils

1/20/20 12:15pm

Right now I guess it's just me and you. I'm only two days on these socks though.

ClackamasCoug

1/20/20 1:14pm

Why are stinky nasty socks better than shoes?

Joe Banks

1/20/20 11:09am

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Abe Froman

1/20/20 11:30am

The pee in the sink crowd keeps their shoes on.

CougarThug

1/20/20 11:49am

If it's a concern, you can vacuum after people leave. I think it's weird

garyfan

1/20/20 11:13am

PS - Crawling around on a dirty floor won't kill your child and may actually be

garyfan

1/20/20 11:14am

agreed. Socks are stinky, but shoes bring in everything

HoustonCougar

1/20/20 11:16am

Absolutely. Wearing shoes in the house is disgusting.

Virginia Ute

1/20/20 11:08am

People who wear shoes inside must just have dirty homes and be ok with it. Gross.

TCuz

1/20/20 11:10am

And if you walk into someone’s home and they aren’t wearing shoes, use your

macaroni

1/20/20 11:10am

Yup, this drives me nuts. I’m usually too polite to insist on it, but it’s so

Virginia Ute

1/20/20 11:14am

RE: Absolutely. Wearing shoes in the house is disgusting.

TNT

1/20/20 11:10am

You know what’s even more disgusting

JOPE

1/20/20 11:13am

I agree, but it has its role. We have mostly hard wood, but I like carpet in the bedrooms.

Virginia Ute

1/20/20 11:16am

this. Your "clean" shoes are COVERED with fecal matter.

runnincoug

1/20/20 11:16am

RE: this. Your "clean" shoes are COVERED with fecal matter.

Joe Banks

1/20/20 11:19am

Ha, pets are disgusting too, but that's another thread!

runnincoug

1/20/20 11:21am

Most of us don't live in San Francisco.

Eddie

1/20/20 11:21am

RE: Absolutely. Wearing shoes in the house is disgusting.

Joe Banks

1/20/20 11:18am

But in Japan they usually have some nice clean slippers to put on in the house after taking their shoes off.

lightmann

1/20/20 11:26am

I have indoor shoes that I wear in the house. For me it's because I'm short

runnincoug

1/20/20 12:41pm

Exactly

RUNBYU1

1/20/20 1:14pm

Sounds like a phobia to me. Your body, inside and out is covered with "germs"

frontrowcougar

1/20/20 1:26pm

There's also fecal matter on money. Feel free to send that dirty stuff my way.

Eddie

1/20/20 1:29pm

There's bacteria, and then there's bacteria. The stuff you collect on your shoes

runnincoug

1/20/20 1:56pm

So 39.7% of shoe samples had C. difficile and 33.3% of household floor dust also

frontrowcougar

1/20/20 2:10pm

What researchers believe is that bacterial dust is coming in from your shoes.

runnincoug

1/20/20 2:35pm

Yeah I mean if your house is already trashed then yeah don’t worry about it.

Virginia Ute

1/20/20 4:23pm

I don’t know what you mean, I don’t walk on my sofa.

Joe Banks

1/20/20 4:26pm

I like being able to walk without shoes in my house without my feet turning black.

Virginia Ute

1/20/20 4:30pm

I take my shoes off when I get home, because I like to go without shoes.

Eddie

1/20/20 11:20am

lightmann

1/20/20 11:24am

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Abe Froman

1/20/20 11:30am

I don’t wear shoes in my house but not because I’m particularly concerned about

Lieutenant America

1/20/20 11:46am

I wear shoes as little as possible, but I don't care if people leave theirs on

Mississippi

1/20/20 12:37pm

Mr Rogers taught us to take our shoes off when coming inside

groy

1/20/20 2:42pm

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