The viral article written by Kris Frieswick in the Wall Street Journal entitled “Here’s why I will not take my shoes home without your shoes” has sparked a wave of reactions on social media. The issue seems to be particularly sensitive, especially as after the outbreak of the pandemic, many homes are closed to shoes, even for visitors.
The WSJ columnist explained that she would take off her shoes before entering a house for religious or cultural reasons, but if someone asked her to take off her shoes to keep their floors clean, then she was not going to do so.
“I understand that there are people who do not wear their shoes at home for cultural or religious reasons. “If I enter the home of someone whose culture considers wearing shoes a sign of disrespect, then of course I will take them off,” Frieswick wrote.
“I will also take them off if my shoes are covered with snow, mud, blood, particles of any kind, lava, feces, cement dust or hazardous biomedical waste. “But banning shoes altogether, just to keep your floors clean, is like bringing a gun to a pillow fight.”
Frieswick refuted research showing that shoe soles carry various bacteria into the home and pointed out how hypocritical it is for some people to force their guests to take off their shoes while allowing their pets to walk inside the house after they have left. outside.
“The policy of shoes for our home is this: Unless there is something clearly stuck to the sole of your shoes, you can keep them on your feet, unless you personally want to take them off,” he continued.
In 2008, researchers at the University of Arizona found that the outside of a shoe had an average of 421,000 bacteria compared to 2,887 inside. 96% of the shoes worn outside have fecal bacteria, according to microbiologist Charles Gerba.
But the reason the internet got angry with the WSJ columnist’s post had less to do with bacteria and more with disrespect for the host.
In a tweet that has about 2,000 likes, the user @ErmBDesign said that he does not ask for the shoes to be taken out of his house, but whoever does not follow the rules of the house, will never be invited again.
A thread on Reddit, r / mildlyinfuriating, has garnered nearly 70,000 votes and 9,000 comments, with thousands of Redditors saying about the same thing, stressing that anyone who does not follow the rules of the house to which they have been invited is showing disrespect.
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