Often I've started untying my shoes and the customer will say "Oh you don't need to take them off." So now, if they're clean and dry I ask (unless it looks like my socks will end up filthier than what my shoes might do to the floor/carpet/etc.) If they're at all wet/snowy/etc., I don't ask, I just take them off. Paul Bruesch Stillwater, MN On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 7:36 AM, William Monroe <bill at a440piano.net> wrote: > Really? > > I've always felt that shoe removal is just common courtesy. Some (most) > folks I service prefer to keep their carpets clean and I feel that I owe it > to them to do my part. I'm never asked to remove my shoes - I always have > them off immediately inside the door. Common courtesy. We take our shoes > off at the door, and do so when visiting friends. I don't feel reduced to a > common laborer, just a courteous guest. I've always felt it was simply > respectful - unless I'm in a home where my shoes stand to get more dirty > than the floor........... > > William R. Monroe > > > > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 6:34 AM, James Grebe <jamesgrebe at charter.net>wrote: > >> I do not have a problem with guard gates. My big hangup is having to take >> my shoes off in a home. It is dangerously slippery, makes using the pedals >> painful. What I distaste even more is being handed a set of "footies" to >> put on over my shoes. These things tell me about the snootiness of clients. >> I can understand Asian families. I hate to be considered a lowly laborer >> and treated as such. Just my humble opinion. >> James >> > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://ptg.org/pipermail/pianotech.php/attachments/20091123/56c3f680/attachment.htm>
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