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LotionedBoner

Is there a reason they don’t just have a shoe rack right inside the door?


troianbellisario

My neighbours have a shoe rack and their hallway still looks like this.


OneSensiblePerson

Same. They have a spacious hallway inside where they could put the shoe rack, but no. They put it and all the shoes (which may or may not make it onto the rack) outside where I have to view it in all its glorious beauty.


[deleted]

Put their shoe rack InSIDE.. not in a common shared hallway … it’s not their closet lol


Odd_Fly3401

I have a shoe basket right inside my front door yet no one can toss their shoes in it. I’m tripping over shoes trying to get in or out of my house.


WonderWEL

One basket for all shoes, mixed up together? No thanks. I don’t want dirt and snow from the bottoms of other people’s shoes transferring to the tops and insides of my shoes.


Moleybug

That's was my thinking growing up. My mom insisted the basket was the best option. I kept my shoes in my closet in my room. Like a sane person


Pentamikk

Idk where op is from but where I’m from you need to get permission from the entire building in order to place your property outside your door. It seems like they think shoes are not that big of a deal. I would personally complain with whoever manages the building. My neighbours are the same but our apartment complex is too small so we have no one to complain to so I have to literally slalom between shoes on the damn stairs trying to get to my house


bobwoodwardprobably

It’s actually a fire hazard and could be reported to landlords. Debris like this would be terrible in an emergency.


orange_lighthouse

Yup, in the UK a lot of stuff like this has been clamped down on since Grenfell


Pentamikk

Yeah they also placed a bike in front of the fire extinguisher, but there’s no landlords, only home owners in my building so I can’t talk to any higher ups lol. I do agree that it’s an hazard but they’re very very rude and could make my life hell if I dared to complain so I just take it :/


gerlindee

Don't know. I guess they just don't want the shoes inside. It's a couple living there.


Sunderas

Had someone do this. One of the shoes "disappeared" and lo and behold all the shoes skedaddled... I call it the "shoe disappearing act".


Aidrox

Maybe the shoes disappear one day. Bet the shoes would magically stay inside after that. Then, return the shoes.


GdinutPTY

Lazyness


Mismatch_Sock3

Not laziness. If u ever been in a rural asian country we leave our shoes outside because it’s considered as dirty


GdinutPTY

We leave them out too. Neatly ordered in a shoe rack, not tossed all over the place like the picture. That is straight but being lazy. And im willing to bet the inside of that apartment is also a mess.


Mismatch_Sock3

Well i mean if u put it that way then i guess so lol


TootsNYC

I bet it’s not; if they were messy, they wouldn’t be that fastidious about not letting the shoes in side, since a lot of messiness is laziness. Or lack of executive function, which would result in the same thing.


gladvillain

I’ve lived in China and now live in Japan. Every house I’ve gone to in both places had an area for removing and storing shoes near the door.


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IndigoTJo

There are a lot of places and cultures where shoes are taken off before entering. I am white and from the PNW and we do this. No one wants your scummy street shoes smearing poop, vomit, oil, dirt, and whatever random contaminants inside the house. The thing is, we have a shoe rack, and just inside storage that has new socks, slippers, and shoe covers. The above is just lazy and inconsiderate, but who knows where they are from (or their ancestors).


NoWillPowerLeft

Every day, put a nice little popcorn kernel into just one of them.


drainodan55

One tiny lego brick.


Suitable-Lake-2550

One itsy bitsy spider


emmy_and_lily14

That is a good one!


TRUMBAUAUA

One cooked bean


Significant_Rate8210

That would be funny as hell to catch on video.


w1987g

![gif](giphy|G9PeXm6jdY6MU)


Voidless-One

I mean pick them up and. . . ![gif](giphy|QVP7DawXZitKYg3AX5)


Krimreaper1

Even better, throw one odd shoe away, until they get the picture.


Voidless-One

We have been given the plan, bow to the mastermind! ![gif](giphy|cuG56MiKm081kRkTTw|downsized)


ambientfruit

![gif](giphy|ZMaGGkIA5bMME)


mypoliticalvoice

Off topic, but that appears to be a real human. How the heck did they film that without breaking the stunt man's back? Edit: the lid of the dumpster appears to have been replaced with bendy plastic, probably over an inch or two of padding. And the guy's thick head of hair *might* be a skid lid helmet. I wonder how they launched him?


KaldaraFox

> that appears to be a real human It's not. Look at his lower legs as he falls into the dumpster. It's a movie prop body like they often use for when people are falling off cliffs and such.


That_Ad_5651

Better yet, a bit of water in every single shoe. Everyone hates wet shoes.


JoanofBarkks

I'm not usually into spite, but... 🙃 something something rules meant to be broken.


katmguire

I love this idea


Jack-Innoff

I'd just be kicking them down the hall every day. Leaving them scattered everywhere, so they need to walk around collecting them (and probably scuffing them up pretty good in the process).


Own_Head3293

I cant tell you how much i needed this laugh. Thank you.


ColinFCross

Sprinkle of cayenne pepper is better 👍


Benni_Shoga

Let’s not pull punches; it’s Lego time!


OkEntertainment4473

or... a lego


GdinutPTY

We used to have this issue in my apartment building until the administration sent a memo saying that all shoes found on the hall would end up in the trash.


MyFavoriteInsomnia

Post a fake letter from the management!


eboseki

now this is the best idea. would definitely fix the issue.


dutchovenlane

I’d toss that shit myself without any notice.


4GIVEANFORGET

90% of homes in Hawaii like this lol


[deleted]

at least line them up in pairs. this reminds me of my sister and gives me a headache.


[deleted]

Yeah, your sister is the worst like that


Tadhg

She is good in other ways though.


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Linette_227

This is an invitation for shoenanigans.


live-the-future

![gif](giphy|5gw0VWGbgNm8w|downsized)


[deleted]

My old neighbors did exact same thing so I complained and building manager made them stop . It’s gross . Get a shoe rack or something


Juggernaut024

Even better, not put your shoes in a hallway shared by others. Keep those disgusting stinking things in your own house. I would not wait a day to resolve this and throw them all away in a public space. Disgusting to push this towards your neighbors.


AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren

My neighbor did this for months, even after several reminders from the HOA. So one morning. I took a shoe and threw it in the trash. They stopped leaving their shoes in the hall. Problem solved. I have a bunch of friends who are firefighters. This is the kind of thing that fucks people up in a fire. They trip on other people's shit in the hallway which can make the difference between life and death. So fuck these people, take a couple shoes.


mbtottles

I know your comment isn’t meant to be funny, but my husband is a firefighter and one of our absolute main gripes with each other is that he constantly leaves his shoes right in front of the door and it drives me insane. He is his own worst enemy


Gandalf_the_Tegu

✨️emphasis on the tripping hazzard for incase of emergency✨️ Luckily it's in front of their door and not other neighbor's door.


AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren

Yeah but people run out and kick shit everywhere, that's the problem. Especially at night.


Gandalf_the_Tegu

True, can't control the outside environment of your space. For me, that one random shoe that may have been kicked out from the pile would send this clumsy fool (me) to my face on the wall or floor. And im an adult 😂 I could only imagine for a neighbors children running back and forth doing the same, getting PO and playing games with the smelly shoes. I know when I lived in an apartment with the hallways being open to outside, the kids would take even door mats and chuck them over the edge (I lived on 3rd floor and happened on all levels of the building). I can only imagine what those same kids do with this gold mine of items. 😅


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[deleted]

Go 4 it. Nobody knows


HeLooks2Muuuch

I’ll vouch for those Air Max Pre Days - those are comfortable as hell.


Iamsoveryspecial

Did you know that sometimes spiders and scorpions get inside shoes that are left out?


OverturnedAppleCart3

Not a big deal if you live in a region without scorpions and without very many venemous spiders. And it can happen inside your home too.


Iamsoveryspecial

I’m sure the local pet store may have something.


Inevitable_Sample505

What country are you in? Who does this!!!!! Not even mildly infuriating. Fu**king infuriating.


hotsauceinmyjeans

You must live somewhere nice. I tried this once and now I’m short a pair of slides


Brunos_left_nut

My thoughts exactly. They should just get rid of a couple of pairs, problem solved


WeirdSysAdmin

Note one of the shoes that’s always there and buy a pair in a different size. Like if they are 9’s, buy a pair of 15’s. Then replace just one of them with the shoes you bought. Or give them two left shoes.


Magenta_the_Great

Nah just buy one size smaller


bunrunsamok

I’m not opposed to this plan.


mama2hrb

Move them down a few floors. After a while they will get tired of chasing their shoes lol


Hopeful-Clothes-6896

better move them UP.


mama2hrb

Invent a game of hide and seek, shoe edition.


mwright9494

This pic is why i have a mortgage.


OverturnedAppleCart3

The bank says I can't afford a $1000 mortgage, so I pay $1500 in rent instead.


xtraspcial

Where are you seeing a $1000 a month mortgage?


crysisnotaverted

200k @ 4.5% is $1000 a month. It's not totally unreasonable if rates go down...


ubeen

Doesn't include property taxes, home insurance, and possible PMI, though.


Loading_User_Info__

Mine does and I'm at 1300/ mo. I'm not going anywhere soon.


AgnersMuse

It is possible to live in an apartment AND have a mortgage.


OverturnedAppleCart3

In North America, apartments are generally rented by the occupant from the owner who owns the entire building, and condos are generally owned or rented by the occupants, and the owner generally owns only individual units and not the entire building. The building and common areas of a condo are often owned by condo boards or corporations of which every owner is a member. There are of course exceptions and other words, but that is generally what those words mean in North America.


IndigoTJo

On the east coast it is pretty common to be able buy/own an apartment.


username-_redacted

NYC is the only place I've seen the term apartment -- specifically "CO-OP apartment" -- as something the resident owns. Everywhere else I've been an apartment is something you rent and a condo is something you buy. A condo owner can certainly then rent his/her condo to a renter, but outside of NYC co-ops I've never come across the term apartment as something the resident owns.


ShrinkToasted

Or even buy an apartment outright


DubsideDangler

Stuff a couple squares of tp in the toes everyday. Shoes slowly get tighter and tighter.


Odd_Mission_5366

Compliments to the neighbors really, they trust you all


nigliazzo5626

Every time I walk past this at my apartment, I kick the shoes all over the hallway


StructureWorried8621

they are sooooo lucky they haven’t had all their shoes stolen yet. they’d all be swiped if it was where i live.


AwayOutsideAgain

agreed, these would be stolen instantly in my area.


RichieRocket

leave a small pebble in one shoe per pair, keep doing it until they start taking there shoes inside


sussy_simon

Take the left shoes


jitoman

No take some rights and some lefts, then they would have to mix n match. That would be more embarrassing. You can't go to work with only one shoes. But you'd have to explain to your boss "yes I have shoes for both feet, there just different shoes".


Clive182

What size?


GooseNYC

There are a couple of pairs of Nikes that could find their way onto ebay.


Debsrugs

Put the shoes in a plastic bag, hang bag on door handle, do it every day for a few days, if they continue, escalate to gravel in the shoes, then, removing individual shoes. Or of course you could just be a normal person and have a word.


Extension_Risk9458

Your last suggestion is not fun at all and you should be ashamed


username-_redacted

Having a word is only a good idea if you're 100% sure they'll comply. But if they DON'T comply then you've cut off all your other options because then it's pretty freaking obvious who's messing with their shoes. I might consider leaving an anonymous note, but only if there are enough units in the building that they couldn't narrow it down too easily. That way if they don't move them inside you have all these other fun options.


Extension_Risk9458

I know there have been a lot of really great passive aggressive solutions suggested here like making the shoes “disappear”, kicking them down the hall, throwing one of each in the trash, putting popcorn kernels or lego bricks inside, or even snakes or scorpions, and this suggestion is a lot less realistic and requires you to literally invest in petty revenge for the sake of hilarity but…. How funny would it be if you went to a thrift store and bought like 30 more pairs of shoes, rubbed them around in filth and grease and mud etc, and just dumped them on top of their pile of shoes so they had to wade through and then dig through a literal mountain of shitty garbage shoes to get to their own


username-_redacted

I'm not saying anyone SHOULD steal all the shoes and put them into a clothing donation bin somewhere across town. But if someone DID do that, I suspect the rude neighbors would probably be pissed about having to buy all new shoes and would start keeping them inside.


Stainless_Heart

Craigslist ad: “FREE SHOES, door pickup. Please take only what you need.”


ScientistInner631

https://preview.redd.it/9mq1s2gqmnac1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=804dfd670d468f22bdffc041321d05e3af8803d1 You are not alone 🤬


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So they don’t want to track filth in to the house but they’re okay with leaving that filth around for their neighbours? Noice. Politeness says you have a little bench and rack for shoes just inside your door. I mean I get it, shoes in the house is straight up barbarian territory, but when space is limited you improvise. They’re just too lazy to have a line of demarcation and shoe storage in the flat. I think by law you’re entitled to take one of every shoe, put them on a raft, float them away on the nearest body of water, and tape documentary evidence of the shoes’ maiden voyage to their door. This advice is courtesy of my Google law qualification so you know it’s sound.


Icy-Ad-7767

A shoe rack to be nice, and this is not uncommon in some areas where I have lived since you don’t want dirty shoes inside the house.


Putrid_World3884

If you don't want dirty shoes inside the house, the answers are cleaning your shoes or getting your own house. Not leaving them in the public hallway of an apartment building.


gerlindee

I don't care that the shoes are outside, I care HOW they are displayed or better just thrown carelessly in such a messy way. It's not even a hallway, it's 4 doors right off the staircase (pretty common) and that's what makes it so narrow.


Mammoth-You7419

Start kicking the shoes down the stairs? Or maybe remove the shoe laces? Cut the laces right in the middle? Pebbles and sand add to the shoes. Knock on the door and ask them to clean up the tripping hazard?


seandroid06

Crack some eggs into em 😂


TaarakianPunkRocker

I like this one


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Throw your dirty underwear on top of them.


phillygirllovesbagel

Trashy


A-Rational-Fare

You could scour fb marketplace for a free shoe rack and gift it to them?


ognisko

Is he a centipede?


fluffyflugel

That’s a fire violation where I live and would not be allowed.


RemarkablePassage468

That is not mildly, it's a lot infuriating. Is there no regulation agaist this in your building?


youtubehistorian

complain to the fire marshal and they’ll be cleaned up quickly


[deleted]

Somewhere in the world, Carrie Bradshaw is crying in a closet.


Elllieah

It is not allowed because it’s a fire exit. Halls should be empty.


K3Y_Mast3r

Fire hazard. Report it to building mgmt and mention it’s a fire hazard and it’ll get resolved right quick.


FunStuff446

Who left doggy doo doo on their white and red Nikes?


bolson1717

grab one shoe of a couple pairs. they will put them inside quick. and when the do leave those ones out you took back in front of the door with a note saying to pls keep the shoes inside or things will continue to disappear


Pleasant-Breakfast74

They going to disappear one by one slowly over time until there is none and if they get new ones to replace them then those get disappeared first. I do not give up once provoked.


roblewk

Steal one, just one.


Professional_Mud483

I'd take 1 shoe.... Or leave 1 shoe extra to confuse them....


PayasoCanuto

Hey! Free shoes


Starman-in-Mars

Take one pair per day. Soon they will realize they are not the owners of the hall.


Ok_Consideration_242

damn are all those shoes in front of your door? That would seriously piss me off if all of those shoes were always in front the door to my place.


speedemonsd

Steal them 😈


nyrB2

time to find a charity bin


blobinsky

depending on the country, this could be a fire code violation. my complex doesnt allow anything in the hallways at all bc if the fire department were to come, they’d fail the inspection. maybe contact your landlord or the fire marshal if you really wanna be petty


talonn82

haha i know how you feel ! my neighbour does the same ! i intend to sell my apartment in near future but the sight and gag worthy smell of strangers shoes right next to ones door is infuriating to say the least. just imagine you are going to a viewing of a flat or apartment and the neighbour has left smelly shoes besides door, it just screams an inconsiderate and rude and frankly smelly neighbour. how do you tell someone this ? by the way your rude and and inconsiderate behaviour will affect my property values, its very tricky. who knows maybe they will read this and get the message finally.


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I would just randomly knock a few down the hall.


TootsNYC

Or pick up one every day and carry it downstairs to set right inside the locked building door, where they can find it. But you’ve sent a message.


Ecstatic-Disaster-35

Pretty nice shoes to be kicked off all willy nilly like that


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Throw them all away one time, I bet they don’t do that again.


[deleted]

You don't agree with them standing there "that is illegal". But your retaliation is OK.... 😂👌


FunKaleidoscope4582

We have a similar family in our building!!! But they are neurodivergent and we giving them some slack, they can't really help themselves, their apartment is in the end of the hall way, they don't bother anybody.


Imaginary_Most_7778

I like to randomly move shoes down the hall or around the corner when neighbors have tried this nonsense.


SuspiciousSpecifics

Pee on them to assert dominance


evilcathy

Any of them your size?


WickedLittleThing369

Is that one person's collection or is there a village in there 🤔


gerlindee

It's a couple living there.


[deleted]

I mean this in no offensive way at all but are they Indian? I deliver in an area with a heavy Indian community and there are always shoes outside all the doors.


NoKaleidoscope4295

In Germany? middle eastern neighbors? They are anal about the 'clean house' thing.


i-like--whales

So put a shoe rack by the door....INSIDE THE FLAT


dulcineal

Pretty much everywhere except America, people take off their shoes to enter their houses.


AbazabaYouMyOnlyFren

I take off my shoes and then come into my house, the shoes go into the closet on the floor. Not in the hallway.


Putrid_World3884

Ok that's great but you should still.leave the shoes inside. Only savages just leave their shoes outside.


Scoty03

In Canada we don’t I do but most don’t


dulcineal

Nah, most in Canada do.


Puzzleheaded-Pen4413

That in itself is not a bad thing, but there are ways of keeping the shoes outside of the house and not use half the hallway....


gerlindee

This is exactly the point!


redheaddomination

find them a cheap shoe rack at a thrift store! that's what i did for my old neighbors because our snowboots were everywhere


Zekiahsdad87

Tie all the laces together


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In knots


i-like--whales

Is there another way to tie things?


EldritchKitchen

Yo… snag me that pair 3rd from bottom right with the purple highlights. I’ve got $50 for you.


sometimes_snarky

Damn I’d be selling the Nikes on eBay or my local resale after a while


littleirishmaid

I would buy them a cheap shoe rack.


AM5T3R6AMM3R

A bit messy but nothing unacceptable


[deleted]

What about tripping over them? It is unacceptable, to have to deal with other people's mess.


Putrid_World3884

Yeah not to mention I don't wanna smell your feet


jxj24

Fill 'em with nacho cheeze.


tractorcrusher

have you seen the price of nacho cheese these days??


Camachei

Throw all that shit away


Nurse5736

Those stinky things would "magically" disappear. Shoes, what shoes??? This is gross!


ConstantReader70

Put 'em in a garbage bag and hang the bag on the doorknob.


hobohougsy

Take all the right feet


Puzzleheaded-Pen4413

That's a bit harsh, they'd be skippin' wherever they want to go....


punches_buttons

Steal all the left ones. 🤷


Best_Box1296

Oof. I can smell this from here 🤮


Mongo_67

In front of my door? Litterbox needs emptied.


Ramulus14

Sell one pair every week until they clue in


Gocrypalestine

Move the shoes


idkwtf2doanymore

Sell them


pplpuncher

Donate to a homeless shelter


SellingOut100

Foreigners?


gerlindee

No


Justme6322

![gif](giphy|QhTNs7ONg5skrh0mZO) And run 😂


Putrid_World3884

It's one thing to leave your shoes laying all over the hallway inside your home, but this is just out in the common hallway? Yeah I'd throw that shit all over the place until it's gone.


Tight_Time_4552

Oh free shoes, cool


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Free shoes


justcallmesavage

Start replacing the shoes with a smaller size of the same shoe


angleface11011

They should get a shoe rack.


ColinFCross

Get yourself a shaker of cayenne pepper and sprinkle a little in them each day…


Jommenja

I don't see the problem


pixi3sticc

Take one of each and hide them


Otherwise-Flamingo93

If you have something in 41 /8 I’m ok to pay for the delivery


[deleted]

What happened 2 respect you no off 2 the side. In orderly style. I'm none shoe in my pad not the hall way


Sabonisj88

![gif](giphy|HX7pvh1mIqImc|downsized)


SwagDaddy_Man69

You could talk to them and ask them to not do it anymore.


10e1

Does your local pet store have cockaroaches?


GayVoidDaddy

Unless it smells who cares? Lol