I'm rather fond of the slipper sterilizer, actually. For once the penchant for antibacterial/sanitized everything makes sense, because who knows where those slippers at some public facility or company have been?

Makes a lot more sense than, say, the antibacterially coated steering wheel. That's just anti-Dad discrimination.

I think wearing type R would require me to have curlers in my hair, smoke cigarettes from a holder, and refer to myself in the third person.

Ksandness, my shoes always are at the door. That's the house rule at Chez Calcifer, with the exception of workmen. Their shoes are probably the dirtiest of all, but since I'm incapable of fixing anything by myself, I figure I should cut them some slack.