Take off your shoes before you step into my home

Take off your shoes before you step into my home
Q: My sister has beautiful hardwood floors in her home. She paid a lot of money and doesn't want them ruined. She insists her guests take off their shoes at the door, whether they have alternate footwear or not. It is difficult to get shoes off from a standing position unless one is young or there is someplace to sit (which there isn't). Is it OK to ask guests to remove shoes at the door?
A: Recently,[url=http://rogerviviershoesforsale.webstarts.com/][b]roger vivier shoes[/b][/url], I was in a public washroom and my needs were, er, pressing. There were three stalls; two were full,[url=http://woolrichoutletdeutschland.halod.com/][b]http://woolrichoutletdeutschland.halod.com/[/b][/url], while one was blessedly free. But on the door was that dreaded wheelchair symbol,[url=http://duveticaitaliaoutlet.webmium.com/][b]duvetica online store[/b][/url], designating that this was a "handicapped" stall.
I needed a quick translation. What does the "wheelchair" symbol mean? Is it the same as the sign on a parking spot - in other words, "You must be disabled to park here?" Or is it more invitational: "Hey, folks: This stall is big, so anybody can use it,[url=http://duveticaouterwear.blogspot.com/][b]duvetica outlet[/b][/url], even if you're disabled"?
I solved the problem by deciding my need was quickly becoming a disability, and I didn't give a flying fig whether someone else needed the stall. In fact, if someone in a wheelchair had entered the john at that precise moment,[url=http://monclerjackenonlinech.albirank.net/][b]http://monclerjackenonlinech.albirank.net/[/b][/url], I might have rolled him back out the door.
Sometimes, it's hard to know whether a sign,[url=http://woolrichparkaschweiz.albirank.net/][b]http://woolrichparkaschweiz.albirank.net/[/b][/url], a word, a gesture is a prohibition or an invitation. You show up for a fancy meal at a friend's house; you've taken the time to dress nicely and choose just the right shoes to go with your wardrobe. When your host shows up at the door, she's in stocking feet - or (in my case, I confess) bare feet. What does this mean? Is it a prohibition: "Don't you dare tread on my Mexican Cocobolo in your spiky Manolo Blahniks"? Or an invitation: "If you're more comfortable, feel free to take off your shoes?"
This is precisely the kind of problem that keeps people around the world awake at night. In the barrios of Latin America, in the Horn of Africa and in Palestinian communities in Gaza, in the streets of Egypt and the homes of Attawapiskat,[url=http://discountnikesoccershoes.webmium.com/][b]http://discountnikesoccershoes.webmium.com/[/b][/url], this question gnaws at people, depriving them of sleep, driving them to stomach pills to reduce the anxiety-driven acidity.
Dear correspondent, your sister is a fool. Who,[url=http://giuseppezanottichainsandals.olimx.com/][b]discount giuseppe zanotti sandals[/b][/url], frankly, cares what she paid for her floors if you can't walk on them? That's like buying expensive fruit-flavoured condoms, then sleeping alone. And foolishness seems to run in your family. Why are you making a big issue of something that patently doesn't matter? You know how your sister is, so put a pair of slippers in your purse and slip them on. If you need a chair, ask for one. Or set those 10 little piggies free for the evening. Either choice is a good one; whining about it isn't.
The real sin here has nothing to do with taking shoes off. The real sin is wasting money on hardwood (the cutting of which destroys rainforests around the globe) or,[url=http://duveticadoudoune.halod.com/][b]http://duveticadoudoune.halod.com/[/b][/url], I guess,[url=http://rogerviviershoesforsale.webstarts.com/][b]roger vivier shoes for sale[/b][/url], on shoes that interfere with enjoying time with your sister.
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