How do you keep your homes clean?
How do you keep your homes clean?
I've just swept and mopped. Once the floor dries, I could easily go sweep again and turn up more dust and dirt. If I were to mop again, I'm almost certain the water in my bucket would be filthy. It feels like it's never actually clean.
Beyond that, there's dusting, cleaning windows, sinks, countertops, bathrooms, and probably things I don't even consider. How do you all stay on top of these things?
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I gave up keeping the floor clean, I'm the only one that cleaned in the house, any complaints about the dirt on the floor was met with "well you should be wearing shoes", any attempt at cleaning the clutter is met with the other household members stressed out because things changed. I take any W I can, but it's defo a learn to get used to it type of situation at least in my case, and dirt isn't going to go away sadly.
I had to start wearing slippers so I didn't feel the dirt and it stopped getting in my sheets, that might help you avoid noticing it as much if you don't already do so
Maybe take the approach used in Asia of taking shoes off at the door to avoid tracking in dirt
Not just Asia. Wearing shoes indoors is mostly an american thing.
Europe here. Taking shoes off at the door is cleanliness 101 in my house. Stops people from spreading all kind of dirt inside the house.
Then well, there is the matter of kids and pets. 1 kid, 1 cat here. This fundamentally changes how you need to clean the house.
Sometimes I try to remember what a great princess once proclaimed: let it go, let it gooo...
The last time this topic came up, someone said..
Of course I wear shoes in the house; I'd rather not walk in cat barf without shoes!
Nah, in the Netherlands I'd say 75% of guests in houses wears shoes indoor.
We don't have much carpets though. With carpets I'd totally get it.
That's why I said mostly. There are exceptions of course. I only tell people to keep their shoes on if the floor is too dirty and it wasn't raining / snowing.
Edit: also, flip flops exist. Lots of people have guest pairs somewhere so you don't walk on the cold floor.
Italy too, pretty much everyone that is know wears shoes indoors.
Australia, it's a bit more normal to ask if shoes should come off when visiting someone, as that might be their thing.
Not just america
I do take my shoes off now, but did not growing up
Sorry links to this reddit.com site don't seem to work here
Wdym it works fine in Sync.
Your link says shoes off is considered rude in all of Central/South America and all of western Europe.
I do, the issue is I'm the ONLY one who does. My mom raised me to take shoes off indoors but I'm not sure where she learned it from because nobody else in the family does.
