Quickie: Should I Take My Shoes Off?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 5 minutes

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to my morning monologue.
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0:28.4	All right, I want to open this because we do quickies here.
0:33.7	A quickie, you send to Quickey at Dr. Laura.com.
0:38.0	Q-U-I-C-I-E, Quickey at Dr. Laura.com.
0:41.9	So I got feedback from the quickie that I handled on air, so I wanted to tell you this can work.
0:49.9	So the original was my quickie question. A dear friend of mine wants me to take my shoes off
0:57.7	in her house, but to wear socks, no bare feet, or to wear shoe covers.
1:06.3	I am a type one diabetic, and my doctor recommends I keep shoes on at all times, even in my own
1:12.5	house, which leaves me the shoe covers. I broke my foot a couple of years ago and I'm afraid
1:18.5	I will slip on the floor if I wear shoe covers. Background. She is OCD, obsessive-comp compulsive and if i do walk on her kitchen floor with no shoes on
1:33.7	she has to mop when i leave or she feels exposed to germs okay i have walked with socks on her carpet
1:41.0	but i am nervous i will step on a dog toy or a baby toy. I am nervous. I have had
1:47.3	foot injuries that have gotten infected before the shoes on policy was in place. Beasting,
1:53.4	pedicure, wooden floor, splinter. It's scary. involves medication and doctor appointments and money.
2:03.3	My friend knows this. Point me in the right direction, please. Am I being reasonably cautious or baddy? Careful or paranoid? I think your friend is
2:11.1	the one who's paranoid. Okay. Should I tell her I can't come over or put the booties on and trust that I
2:16.8	won't slip.
2:19.8	Many thanks.
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