Thursday, April 03, 2008
Mentor
An acquaintance of mine is planning a housewarming party, and of course he turns to the pro for advice. I made a list for him what to buy and promised to help organize. We have been waiting a long time for this party. First I told him to have the party before the renovation (it's obvious why, isn't it?), but this piece of useful insight he ignored. Therefore his flat is now newly painted and with new carpets (what possessed him to put carpets in?...he should've asked me about this too!).
Anyway. Today he asked me whether it would be rude to ask people to bring their own slippers to his party due to the new carpets. Hahahahaha. Yes, it would indeed be a strange thing to ask I told him. However, as a compromize I could agree to take off my shoes since I usually do that at home anyway. Whether the others would agree I'm not so sure about. What a weird thing to ask!
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gees, is this guy German? sounds like it'll be a real hard core party ;)
actually I went to several parties in Switzerland where the relatively anal hosts expected you to take your shoes off. the trick seems to be to leave a few pairs of shoes outside the door to give guests the message to take theirs off before coming in.
Yes, he's German as a matter of fact...so this is a German thing then.
Aha, that's why I see shoes outside apartments sometimes!
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