It so makes sense… a thing I myself never do anyway… sitting on the floor/ pavement. Or keeping my shoes on entering a house.
There are more countries where they take of the shoes to enter a house. Like: Sweden does too.
It keeps the house so much cleaner.
I love customs like this…
I think taking off shoes when coming inside has been gaining all over the world with younger people. It just makes so much more sense.
Taking your shoes off when entering a house is by no means universal in the U.S. but it is pretty common. For me it seems like a bigger deal if you have carpet (harder to clean) than if you have tile/wood/laminate flooring (easier to clean).
Yes, I like the adaptation from it amongst the younger people. It keeps everything much cleaner.
Have a lovely weekend!
I was once watching an American sitcom in a public place somewhere in Asia and in the show someone was on the sofa with their shoes on, putting their shoes on their own sofa and the Asian people that were watching were just aghast. I think back to when I was a kid and this was something that we all did. Nowadays I think that has changed but how absurd was it that this was just really common in the 80's?
Oh I so can imagine their faces…
It is in many cultures now so not done, shoes on the sofa.
Times change quickly especially comparing the 80s to now. It all was so innocent back then.
Have a nice day.