It's your home! If guests/family don't respect the fact that you are also providing them with a clean home to visit, then they should stay at home. Also, people that don't respect your household are ultimately the ones that will gossip about the cleanliness of your home behind your back. It is a person's choice to select light or dark carpeting in their own home. When I enter any home and see that it's neat and clean, basically, I remove my shoes anyway. Wash your feet and it should be not problem. They'll get over it and so do I :)
It is perfectly fine to ask guests to remove their shoe's. It is your house and your rules
You run the risk of embarrassing a few guests; poor socks or foot odor problem.
It is a Japanese tradition to remove your shoes when entering the house.
You have to remove or shoes as a sign of respect
In what context? The answer you may be searching for is that they remove their shoes.
It is polite to always observe the customs of your host. If the host answers the door in socks, or there is a pile of shoes near the door, go ahead and remove your shoes. If you are unsure of the household customs it is polite to offer to remove your shoes, as to not put the host in an awkward position.
Before entering a Japanese house, it is customary to remove your shoes and put on slippers provided at the entrance. This is done to keep the home clean as shoes are considered dirty from outside. It is also polite to greet the hosts with a bow and say "sumimasen" (excuse me) before entering.
Removing shoes before entering a house is usually a cultural rather than a religious tradition. It is common to many Eastern countries, as well as Scandinavia. However, some religions require removing shoes before entering a house of worship or a temple. Muslims remove their shoes before entering a mosque, Hindus remove shoes before entering a temple, and Sikhs remove shoes before entering a gurudwara.
Taking off shoes when one enters their home or a guests house. They also say 'Asalamu Alaikum' or 'Salam' for short to every Muslim they come across
The noun 'shoes' is a common noun, a general word for a type of footwear.A proper noun is the name of a specific person, place, or thing. A proper noun for the common noun 'shoes' is the name of the shoes, for example, Nine Wests or Pumas.
Yes remove his shoes. Tell himself to take them off. Be Stubern.
The usual method is to scrape them outside on the doorstep using a shoe scraper; this removes the thick mud. Next the person wearing the shoes will rub them on the outside mat which will remove most of the debris. Then upon entering the house the shoes will be vigorously wiped on the inside mat to remove all vestiges of dirt. One should never polish the soles of shoes as this could make them slippery and lead to accidents.