People who make you take your shoes off should not be allowed to entertain
Summary
A rider with a self-described foot phobia clashes with Kareem over the no-shoes-in-the-house rule. The straphanger insists she'd "rather risk feces on the carpet than see someone's bliss sock tooth or worse, their raw dogs" on her floor. She's terrified of feet. Won't show hers, can't stand seeing others', especially toes poking through holey socks. Kareem fires back that only white people keep shoes on indoors and offers guest slippers as a compromise. She accepts but stands firm on her anti-foot stance, declaring "the foot is the mouth of the leg" and comparing foot exposure to looking inside someone's mouth. It's intimate, uncomfortable, deeply weird. Kareem's never getting that house invite.
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So what's your take? People who make you take your shoes off when you enter their home should not be allowed to entertain. 100% disagree. You're just saying that—I know why you're saying that—because white people don't take their shoes off in the house. You probably wear those chunk boots in the house.
I would personally ra the risk sort of feces on the carpet than see someone's biss sock tooth or worse, they're raw dogs on my carpet. You would rather not have a person's nice foot that's been in a sock all day?
What's the sock though? The sock is just regular. It's white like holy. Or I don't want to see that little toe like sticking out. Yeah, look, I don't like when people come to my house and they—they disrespect me by having their toe finger, the big toe sticking out with a hole. Thank you. That's—that's gross. Yes. If you come to my house, come with a brand new fresh pear. And also like, I don't want to have to take my shoes off in in your home. You can't come in because I don't want you to see my fe.
You're not allowed in my home, bro. But can you provide slippers? Yes, I have slippers for guests.
Fine. I don't make anyone use them because I'm comfortable with feet. I'm not. No, I have a a phobia.
You have a foot phobia? I think so. Yeah. The opposite of a fetish.
Yes? I'm scared of them. I don't want people to see mine and I think it sort of forces a very intimate relationship. My friends, they—we have a personal relationship. I'm not afraid of their feet.
You're not afraid of their feet? I've looked in their mouths. You've looked in their mouths?
How does that relate to the feet? I'm not uncomfortable around my friends 'cause I'm always looking inside their mouths.
Inside of the mouth is different from the foot. The foot is the mouth of the the leg. According to who?
Me. Okay, I don't know. I think that this is crazy. I would never, I would never ever ever ever allow anyone to wear shoes in my house. So when am I coming to your house?
Never.