I take my shoes off the minute I get inside a place. I never wear shoes when I am at home. I have a pair of slip-on shoes by the front door to put on when I need to go outside while I am at home.

One of my friends when visiting my place in London had stepped in some dog poo and hadn't noticed, she ignored my no shoe, socks only rule, she traipsed it the whole way through the hallway, up the stairs and onto the carpet in the bathroom. This was not nice to clean and the smell was there for a while as it was winter.