Laundromats... Ick...

[Shelly F - Ohio]

You should be fine.

 

[ronandannette]

Just a warning - this topic gets VERY heated on the DIS!

Not sure what might make it so controversial ...it seems like a regional thing based on the practicality of wearing or not wearing wet, snowy or muddy shoes in the house. Heck, in our neck of the woods we're not even really talking about "shoes"...a good 5 months of the year everybody wears winter boots - of course they get taken off at the door.

 

[Callie]

The idea of visiting one skeeved me out a bit, but I decided to embrace it, and tackle a fear.

Of course I am back to being grossed out, because the one I visited near me was kind of gross. Tons of machines were broken, it smelled wet, there was leaks in the ceiling all over that they just had buckets collecting the water. I feel my clothes came out clean, but I didn't enjoy the experience.

 

[disney1990]

I'm in Minnesota and have never heard of anyone wearing shoes in their house. Especially if I'm a visitor to someone else's house. When I go to someones house I bring my own fuzzy socks or slippers to keep my feet warm.

Must be a regional thing. I am from Maryland and my Mom is from Virginia. In my entire life (62 years) I have only been in 2 houses where people removed their shoes - one family is Japanese and yes, they provide a basket of slippers to choose from when you take your shoes off. The second family is from India and I don't know if that is a cultural thing. My kids (when they were young) crawled on the floors too. I believe in a healthy exposure to germs and we are rarely sick.