Is it Rude To Ask A Guest To Take Their Shoes Off?

Is it rude to ask people to take off their shoes when entering your apartment? 

Who’s the rude one when a request to leave your shoes at the door is made: The host who asks or the guest who scoffs at the request?

That’s the issue at the centre of a fiery debate on X (formerly known as Twitter) in the wake of The New York Times’ Guide to Partying (Without Regrets), published late last week. 

Two entries in the guide took aim at hosts who ask their guests to take their shoes off before entering their homes.