Agree with the lacing-up bit, here are the last pair I bought.
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That’s cheating!
Get a hammer and a punch to them.
The nails or the toenails? Very ouch!
Those who wouldn’t wear a pair of slippers worn by someone else but usually washed, what do you do in hotels, insist on new everything?
Aren’t they usually ‘disposable’ but if they’re any good, you keep them …
Although quite for what I don’t know, though I do have a spare, still unused Air France First Class toiletry bag that’s intended for unexpected overnight guests.
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I do as I like in hotels it’s my room. Always handy to put shoes out at night to find them polished in the morning.
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not a chance… these are iron nails… 
Use a heavy hammer 
Shoes on, in winter anyway, because I wear lace up boots and in any case I have myriad aides coming in and out and also a dog. The aides pestered me to put a mat on the terrasse despite my protestations that the concrete surface was far more effective to clean soles. I caved in anyway with a spare one no longer in use but still think the concrete is best.
In summer, except when walking in the woods (uneven ground needs secure, ankle supporting footwear) I wear slip on rubber sabots and swap them for rubber slippers inside. No carpets only tiles, easily cleaned if necessary. I have tried teaching Jules to wipe his feet but he resists my efforts. 
@Wozza were those zip up boots with no laces? If so, are they a good enough fit to walk in without the foot sliding about inside? I always have to lace my boots really tightly to make sure they don’t rub.
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Isn’t that a bit contradictory?
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Found that with lego in the children’s rooms when they were small and never put it away - ouch, that really does hurt especially the little two hole bits.
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As this hazard doesn’t move around… we’ve developed an unconscious roadmap to avoid it… but if distractions send one off-piste… and one is bare-foot… ouch…
Why is it?
We don’t ask people to take off their shoes when they visit: Some people might lack stability (esp. if they’re older) and could slip and fall; some people struggle with taking off their shoes and putting them back on again; floors are cold. I’ll take my shoes off in someone else’s house, but I don’t like it. I also find it a little ironic that my hosts have dogs or cats who put their dirty little paws and butts everywhere, and I’m in bare feet. I need to clean up anyways after guests leave, so it’s no big deal to whip out the vacuum cleaner.
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I’ve never been asked to and wouldn’t dream of asking anyone else. Anal.
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But do you wear outdoor shoes in your own house?
Yes, we do.
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I have shoes woth soles that retain a bit of mud compaired to other pairs.
Would that effect your decision if you knew you have muddy soles?
In my own home I would leave muddy shoes by the front door and find a new pair. With guests I might ask them to wipe their feet again or just tolerate the mud and clean up later, depending on how well I knew them and how relaxed they were.
My antipathy to shoe removal comes partly from experience with an older couple we knew a long time ago, who used to require all visitors to remove their shoes and would attempt to make one feel dirty and ashamed that you did not automatically do so. However I still stand by my initial comments and reasons regardless.
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