Is it reasonable to ask people to remove their shoes before entering your home?
You won't believe what a microbiologist found under people's dirty shoes.
A Twitter user has sparked a debate about whether the shoes you wear outside should be allowed to be worn inside. The topic came up after a woman revealed the weird things men do that turn her off.
"Weird s**t turn me off. Like why [do] you follow Steve Harvey on IG?" the woman wrote.
One man responded with: "A girl one time told me I had to take my shoes off when entering her apartment and my 'don’t-tell me what to do' attitude made me never speak to her again."
But it seemed like he was mostly on his own with this one.
"What’s wrong with that? People's shoes are dirty AF. Why would someone let a guest walk around their house with bacteria/germ bottom shoes on a [clean] floor?" one tweep asked.
Another user added: "Why y’all don’t respect [people's] boundaries? It’s not your house, she wasn’t asking you for much but to just respect her floors in her house and take off ur shoes bro."
Some Twitter users said their feet stink or are too ugly for them to take off their shoes.
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What’s wrong with that ? Peoples shoes are dirty af why would someone let a guest walk around their house with bacteria/germ bottom shoes on a clear floor ?
— ronythegoat (@ronythegoat) March 2, 2022
Why y’all don’t respect people boundaries ??😭 it’s not your house , she wasn’t asking you for much but to just respect her floors in her house and take off ur shoes bro .
— Ïyss (@keeptheiceon) March 2, 2022
According to a USA Today report, your shoes are dirtier than your toilet seat!
A study conducted by Arizona microbiologist, Charles Gerba, found that a third of shoes tested had E. coli, which means they likely came into contact with fecal matter at some point.
Gerba's study also found that it takes just two weeks for a pair of brand new shoes to accumulate 421,000 units of bacteria. The report also revealed that "the transfer rate [of] bacteria from shoes to clean tiles was 90% to 99%".
Still not convinced? This video shared by Inside Edition will make you think twice about wearing dirty shoes inside.
But can we also talk about the grown men walking around the grocery store with no shoes and zero "skaam" cells?
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