Like the Chinese.....Hmmmmm....
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The friends who we adopted this practice from are from Central America.
I thought it was interesting, at the time...and, made sense.
When we visit family in NYC, we ALWAYS remove our shoes and leave just inside the door, on a special mat they have. They also have the 6’ area taped off, where only bare feet or clean slippers can be worn, past.
Every INCH of NYC sidewalks are covered in filthy germs (poop, etc.). So are the elevators.
Here at home, I spray our ‘hot’ zone, by the door, with 70% alcohol, throughout the day. It gets bleach mopped 1/day.
Hot zone...even though it’s just us (most days) and we don’t go anywhere except our backyard. But....what the heck.
If I took my shoes off, my wife would make me spray my feet with some kind of ozone and uv light.
Wow, Jane. You are a woman after my own heart! Ha ha.
Keeping your outside shoes outside is really a very smart idea, no matter where you live.
I have friends from many different countries and they all seem to do this. Now I do it too.