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[In-x-s]

My boss annually has all of our staff (about 10 usually) for a Christmas luncheon.  Minus the dog, but shoes off and it is always FREEZING cold in the house.  I use to shiver all the way through lunch - I swear you can almost see your breath in that house!  Now I politely decline, I don't care what anybody thinks!

[shoesrme]

A guest is just that, a person invited into your home. The ONLY time I would consider asking anyone to remove their shoes in my home would be if they had snow or mud. Otherwise, come in and relax!

[kivah]

I used to have a female friend who expected everyone to take off their shoes when entering her house. She's a germ freak, food freak, and control freak. Needless to say, we're not friends anymore. NO - I don't like taking off my shoes - and I didn't like wearing the slippers she gave me. People that enter my house can all wear their shoes. Your boss was disrespectful in having her dogs run around annoying people.

[Catiele]

DH and I went to see a model home. We

were asked to take our shoes off. We didn’t see the house.

[dimin]

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[dimin]

My replies never go under the post I want. 

The question mark was for the poster who said the OP wanted to type those words. I wonder if the words came first, and the story was developed around them? I don't think so. After rereading the OP I have to say it was written very well. 

[Kachina624]

@dimin.  Click on the word "reply" in the post to which you want to comment.  Then if you wish to repeat the person's post to which you're referring, click on "quote".  If you want the author of the pist to know you mentioned her and to whom a notification will be sent, click on @ then click on her name from the list that will pop up.  Then begin your comments or message.

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@50Mickey wrote:

The boss should NEVER have held a business breakfast at her house if she/he requires people to take off thier shoes. Totally unprofessional and rude. And to allow her dogs to roam free and to bother her employees was beyond the pale. What the heck is wrong with people these days?

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Ignorance and lack of manners.

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@Kay Vee wrote:

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@sidsmom wrote:

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@LolaLasagne wrote:

My boss decided to have our weekly staff meeting at her house this morning, because she wanted to cook us breakfast. There are only 10 of us. I thought that was so nice, and several of us brought fresh juice, special jams, etc.

When I arrived, she asked me to take off my shoes. Now, I know a lot of people ask this of their guests, so regardless of what I think of this practice, I get it, and I'm fine with doing it. However, she has two giant Golden Retrievers who were running around the house jumping up on me, digging their snouts into my crotch, and I had to avoid giant tumbleweeds of dog hair everywhere I walked. By the time breakfast was finished, I was covered in dog hair and slobber. Am I crazy, or was it too much for her to ask us to take off our shoes in this particular situation?

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If ‘taking off the shoes’ was the crux of the post, why was....

 “digging their snouts into my crotch, and I had to avoid giant 

tumbleweeds of dog hair everywhere I walked. By the time breakfast 

was finished, I was covered in dog hair and slobber” even mentioned?

I think the OP wanted to type the word ‘crotch’, ‘tumbleweeds’

and ‘slobber’....and created the narrative to support it. 

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You are kidding right.  

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I don't think so, unfortunately. 

[Lindsays Grandma]

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@dimin wrote:

My replies never go under the post I want. 

The question mark was for the poster who said the OP wanted to type those words. I wonder if the words came first, and the story was developed around them? I don't think so. After rereading the OP I have to say it was written very well. 

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@dimin  Believe it or  not I pretty much figured that is what you meant.  It gets confusing sometimes.