The reason is ridiculously simple, but it is very difficult for a Russian to believe in it.
The hero enters an apartment or hotel room, slams the door and goes to the kitchen. No pauses for “took off my shoes, put on slippers”. Or even walks into the bedroom and flops down on the bed with a bang – just like that, in street shoes. From such scenes in the cinema, the Russian person cringes every time. It’s a crime to walk a meter away from the door without taking off your shoes. Why is it different for them?
A Russian girl who lives in New York tried to answer this question very clearly. In social networks, she calls herself a “Russian princess”. She is known primarily for filming a series about life in America in “Tik-Tok” – the girl already has more than a million subscribers. “Russian Princess” compares prices in New York and ours – it turns out that cosmetics there are cheaper than bread; tells how to dress in second-hand to look like a million; and that in America it is worse than in Russia.
One of the most popular videos on the channel is about why, why Americans walk at home in street shoes. The answer is mind-bogglingly simple.
“You may not believe me, but I’ll show you now. Shoes in America are never dirty – except for days when it rains or snows, ”- with these words, the girl takes off her pretty pink sneakers and turns their soles into the camera. The sole is also pink – only slightly dusty.
“I wear these sneakers every day. And I almost never wash or clean my shoes here, although I live in one of the dirtiest cities in America, ”the blogger continues.
The short video has almost 2,5 million views. For two thousand comments. And not all of them are positive. It turns out that our Russian people are much more anxious about the issues of hygiene and sterility.
“In any case, germs are everywhere. It is disgusting to walk around the house in street shoes. “
“My opinion is that there is dirt. This dirt from the street rushes into the house, in the house we go barefoot, and then to bed. “
“If a ton of dirt doesn’t drain from the sole, it doesn’t mean that it is clean. Do you wash your hands not only when they are already black? “
By the way, it is possible that it is in this intuitive disgust, even the fear of microbes, that the secret is hidden why the coronavirus is not as widespread in Russia as in America. We’re just cleaner.
Interview
Would you be able to walk around the house in shoes, even if the sole looks clean?
When I go to Europe, I do just that.
Well I do not know. If I was born there, probably yes.
I will never do this at home in my life, it is unsanitary conditions.
Shoes there really stay clean longer, but I can’t step over myself – I always take off my shoes.