Yup! That's exactly what my relatives do! They rush her, or stop their conversation completely, and go "Weh, why you don't say hello!?!? SHY ISSIT??"
I used to be more polite with our first home, and then quietly grumbled when I had to steam clean the carpet. Again.
Now with our second home, I have the shoe rack outside our door, and a sign that says "Abandon all SHOES ye who enter", and I open the door only a shoulder's width and stand in it with a big smile. This stops them from just walking straight in (when they see the host blocking the door) and that normally gives them a second to look to the shoe rack and the sign, and generally they realize they're supposed to take off their shoes before entering.
Of course, now that I have Erika, I just brainwash teach her that we always remove shoes before entering our home, and other should similarly do so. And since Erika is such a stickler for the rules, if I let her near the front door, she'll generally put up her hand (police-style HALT) and say "you forgot to take off your shoes!!" :) Works like a charm! Use Téa!
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I used to be more polite with our first home, and then quietly grumbled when I had to steam clean the carpet. Again.
Now with our second home, I have the shoe rack outside our door, and a sign that says "Abandon all SHOES ye who enter", and I open the door only a shoulder's width and stand in it with a big smile. This stops them from just walking straight in (when they see the host blocking the door) and that normally gives them a second to look to the shoe rack and the sign, and generally they realize they're supposed to take off their shoes before entering.
Of course, now that I have Erika, I just
brainwashteach her that we always remove shoes before entering our home, and other should similarly do so. And since Erika is such a stickler for the rules, if I let her near the front door, she'll generally put up her hand (police-style HALT) and say "you forgot to take off your shoes!!" :) Works like a charm! Use Téa!