
Of course it matters. Fuck knows how you would notice someone else having them the wrong way round though.
People who have 'pets / children' and think its ok for them to touch you - worse if they want you to eat afterwards'
I don't mind this except for the extremes - I was at a house of my parent's friends and they had a kid about 5-8 years old who literally started clambering all over me. He was using me as a climbing frame and I'd lift him up and put him down but he'd continue doing it. I gave the parents a look of despair and they just smiled and said "oooh looks like you've made a new friend"...
That's the next generation you've just brought in on the sole of your shoe. At least Bearlove takes his off at the door.
My mate used to enforce the "no shoes" rule with military zeal (to protect the carpet). I've not met anyone else so rabid about it (maybe Bearlove now). I used to love winding him up about it "oh I think I might have stood in dog shit!"
Not a chance would I ever tell someone to take their shoes off when coming in to my house.