What’s an “unwritten rule” of life that absolutely everyone should know by now… but clearly doesn’t?

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What’s an “unwritten rule” of life that absolutely everyone should know by now… but clearly doesn’t?

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  1. MangoDriftwood Avatar

    If you microwave fish in a shared office kitchen, you forfeit your right to complain about anything for 6 months.

  2. Immediate-Fuel5316 Avatar

    Do not use speakerphone in public spaces.

  3. South-Swordfish7891 Avatar

    After you poop, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO WIPE. There are apperently grown men refusing to wipe their asses. Smearing their shit everywhere. Nauseating.

  4. MrP2471 Avatar

    Treat others like you want to be treated by others.

  5. Enough-Department319 Avatar

    THE LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING NOT FOR GOING WHATEVER SPEED YOU FEEL LIKE GOING

  6. celesttial Avatar

    Hurt people hurt people

  7. Educational_Bat6353 Avatar

    You can choose to be anything in this world, so choose to be kind.

  8. JennieLeee Avatar

    Treat people how you wanna be treated, be kind and respectful. It’s the basic but these days, people forget about it

  9. ATXTMN Avatar

    When bowling, if someone in the lane next to you is about to roll, do not step up on the approach 

  10. ATXTMN Avatar

    Do not stop immediately after stepping off an escalator.

  11. Themeloncalling Avatar

    The queue must be enforced. Be prepared to be body checked and knocked to the end of the line if you believe otherwise.

  12. thatanxiousbride Avatar

    There’s these 3 words called “please” and “thank you” that are really lovely to use/hear.

    Also commonly known as Manners.

    Feel like some people could use a refresher on them.

  13. iamtenbears Avatar

    cover your damn mouth when you cough FFS

  14. Ok-Walk-7017 Avatar

    It’s ok to be generous. If you have more than you need, you’ll be amazed at how little you miss giving from it generously. Don’t get me wrong, I think Jesus gave totally the wrong vibe, encouraging a destitute woman to make herself more destitute. That seems wrong to me. I’m talking about, if you have more than you need, and you give some of your excess generously to someone who’ll benefit from it, you might not miss it as much as you think you will.

    Edit: and if you don’t have more than you need then don’t feel obligated to make yourself worse off. Yeah do that if you’re really moved to do it, but don’t feel like it’s your moral duty. Your own suffering counts for something too!

  15. okraspberryok Avatar

    Don’t trust cops. They are not your friends. Asking for a lawyer or exercising other rights does not making you guilty.

    You are allowed to communicate your feelings in a relationship. 90% of askmen/askwomen/whatever relationship sub/whatever amita sub is people not just communicating….

  16. Competitive-Yard-442 Avatar

    Watch where you’re fucking going.

  17. mycologyqueen Avatar

    How the damn zipper rule is supposed to work in traffic.

  18. mycologyqueen Avatar

    If you find a lost pet, you can’t just take it home and keep it. You have to at least notify the shelter you have it bc the owners are probably looking for it

  19. Grub-lord Avatar

    For a lot of people, what’s coming at you is coming from you.

  20. ilbub Avatar

    Use your turn signal when exiting the roundabout. It’s not just to let people behind you know where you’re going, but for the people attempting to enter traffic so they know whether to yield or safely move forward. It’s not difficult. In fact, it’s fucking considerate.

  21. Scaphismus Avatar

    Blinker Before Brakes

  22. tyrdchaos Avatar

    Outside of your rights guaranteed by whatever government whose jurisdiction you are subject to, you are not owed a single thing nor are you entitled to anything just because you exist. If you want anything, you are going to have to sacrifice in order to achieve what you want in life and even then you may still fail. Life is 10% hard work and 90% luck

  23. Rogerdodger1946 Avatar

    Don’t be an A$$HOLE!

  24. Small-Muffin-4002 Avatar

    Wait for everyone to get off the elevator before you get on.

  25. KYlibrarian Avatar

    Don’t “reply all” on an email if only the sender needs your response.

  26. BornACrone Avatar

    Chew with your mouth shut, you g/d barbarian.

  27. gpadarshy Avatar

    If you dish out jokes you gotta take them as well.

  28. smiffy2422 Avatar

    Don’t be a cunt springs to mind. Evidently, a lot of people have a serious problem with that.

  29. theinnerchart Avatar

    The rule no one teaches:
    Silence usually knows the answer before the mind catches up.

    Most people are just too loud inside to hear it.

  30. Puzzleheaded-Cod5608 Avatar

    That you have to work – for yourself or for someone else – if you want to live.
    You have to get food, water, shelter, etc. somehow some where.

  31. meep_42 Avatar

    Most people are doing the best they can. They’ll make mistakes, so give them the grace you’d want when you inevitably make one.

  32. _Jaded_Flower_ Avatar

    Don’t make fun of people for things they’re excited about, even if it’s cringey to you

  33. Stealthychicken85 Avatar

    Never vote republican for anything

  34. lilmissssviolet Avatar

    That you don’t owe anyone access to you just because they “mean well.”

  35. Fuckspez42 Avatar

    Your music is for you, not everyone on the bus/train/other public place with you.

  36. Edolied Avatar

    The only item on the menu at a kebab place is a kebab, even if they have 20 other options. The rest isn’t ordered often enough for them to care about making it good, or keeping fresh ingredients

  37. cyama Avatar

    Wash your hands you nastiessssss

  38. WheresFlatJelly Avatar

    ZERO the microwave out after using it

  39. Sugary_skull Avatar

    If there are empty seats that have no one sitting in the seats beside them, use that before you sit next to a stranger. It’s weird.

  40. ObsydianGinx Avatar

    Let people OFF the train BEFORE entering

  41. ObsydianGinx Avatar

    Driving is a luxury. Don’t look down on people who don’t/can’t drive. And please offer lifts and give favours to them

  42. Slamwize Avatar

    COVER YOUR MOUTH WHEN YOU COUGH OR SNEEZE!! Recently sat in a hospital waiting room near a kid who was just wandering around coughing on everyone and everything..those tounge out, mouth wide open coughs, I wondered why his dad wasn’t telling him to cover his mouth.. and then he started coughing too.. exactly the same as the child! Cover your damn mouth! We’re already in a&e we don’t need your cold too!

  43. BoiIedFrogs Avatar

    If someone is in the seat in front of you on the airplane, or the last stop on a train, let them get out first, it’s probably their stop too

  44. Bonafide36 Avatar

    Love thy neighbor

  45. Sometimes_A_Writer1 Avatar

    Clap on the 2 and the 4!!!

  46. WarmClassroom4997 Avatar

    for example a pen, it is very important for me to give it back in the same or better condition.

  47. RockHardstrong Avatar

    Be Excellent To Each Other

  48. CSIdude Avatar

    Don’t fry bacon naked.

  49. XANDERtheSHEEPDOG Avatar

    Don’t wear pajamas to court.

    Don’t come to court drunk or high.

    Don’t call the judge a moron.

  50. FairyGodmothersUnion Avatar

    Treat everyone as though they matter, because they do.

  51. Warphace Avatar

    No stopping in:
    walkways
    hallways
    doorways
    motorways
    or any area of public movement

  52. savor Avatar

    Possibly America-centric, but if your neighborhood uses street parking, try to park in front of your own house and not have a million cars parked all over the place.

    New neighbors parked in front of another neighbor’s house today to use their shade. I realize it’s public parking. First come, first serve. Still seems shitty to do. 

  53. Fuse1on Avatar

    Dont be a dick.

  54. The_General_Zod Avatar

    Wait a fuxking second before getting on the elevator

  55. VirtuosoApocalypso Avatar

    On an Aeroplane, if 3 seats are together, the middle seat gets to use both of the middle armrests.

  56. ro536ud Avatar

    You don’t lock eyes during a Bonnie blue session

  57. raccoontrash_ Avatar

    99% of the time when you take the escalator in transit / metro etc. everyone usually put themselves to one side : PUT YOURSELF TO THE SIDE TOO! Some people are late, running, or just need to get to their destination quickly, stop standing in the middle of the escalator goddamnit!

  58. Important_Tennis936 Avatar

    No nail clipping in public

  59. CPLCraft Avatar

    Is it too much to ask for people to speed up on the onramp and not got the same speed as the service lane? It’s always safer reaching highway speeds before getting on the highway.

  60. ska0823 Avatar

    Life is not a competition.

  61. Available-Being-3918 Avatar

    Mind your business.

  62. RaylanGivensOtherHat Avatar

    Equality is not equity. Some people need and deserve circumstances designed for their starting point. They aren’t being given more than you – you were already given the benefit they don’t have at some other point or in some other way.

  63. ellariouxx Avatar

    Don’t block walkways, don’t play videos out loud in public, and always return your shopping cart. Basic human decency stuff

  64. pacmanfunky Avatar

    If you want someone to help you, insulting them doesn’t make them more likely to help you.

  65. Bulky_Paper9807 Avatar

    Your computer is just shy and will stop loading if you dont stare at it

  66. xSmittyxCorex Avatar

    Don’t be an ass.

  67. bocachicalounge Avatar

    Situational
    Awareness

  68. johnec4 Avatar

    Put your shopping cart back in the corral thing

  69. The_Wringer Avatar

    Don’t stop in a doorway and have a conversation when people are trying to enter the room

  70. henfeathers Avatar

    Put your empty shopping cart in the corral designed for it when you’re done.

  71. kryppla Avatar

    Be nice to people

  72. aethelberga Avatar

    Life is not fair.

  73. IminLoveWithMyCar3 Avatar

    Treat others the way you would want to be treated.

  74. Gribitz37 Avatar

    Do not step off an escalator or elevator and stop dead. Keep moving and step to the side if you need to stop.
    The same goes for walking into a store. I know you’re overwhelmed by all the shiny trinkets or you need to get your shopping list out, but step to the side. Other people are behind you.

    When you’re waiting for an elevator, when the doors open, let the people inside get off first, before you shove your way on.

  75. dumpsterfireninja Avatar

    don’t be a dick

  76. jmbondy600 Avatar

    Lids on a toilet seat are meant to be used and not left perpetually up.

  77. rvaenboy Avatar

    Be polite to strangers even if you’re having a bad day. As someone who’s worked as a cashier for 2 years, it’s exhausting having people I’ve never met show up angry

  78. SoFloDan Avatar

    Leave it how you found it.

  79. Lur42 Avatar

    Don’t be a dick.

  80. pizza_moonlighte Avatar

    Return the shopping cart to the corral

  81. rocknin Avatar

    Potty training!

    the number of adults who don’t know how to use a public restroom and wash their hands is just sad.

  82. Erik0xff0000 Avatar

    there are no Nigerian princes with lots of money for you if only you pay them a small fee.

  83. Imchangingmylife Avatar

    If you act like an asshole people will treat you Iike an asshole.

  84. 99serpent Avatar

    If you’re going to stop in an aisle at the grocery store, pull your carriage to the side so other people have room to get through.

  85. eishethel Avatar

    If you have insurance and get mental health checked, they will attempt to juice you in a fashion indistinguishable from insurance fraud.

  86. Ruxsti Avatar

    Throw trash in the damn can, not next to it…

    it’s like people are used to living in mound of filth that magically disappears after a nap in the middle of the road.

  87. Ok-Requirement-Goose Avatar

    Don’t be a dick to the people who prepare your food.

  88. SirithilFeanor Avatar

    If you’re walking and someone is walking towards you, pass on the right.

  89. ibecbec Avatar

    Don’t stand in front of the elevator doors waiting to get in. Stand out of the way and let people off first

  90. Neveses Avatar

    The person in the middle row of the airplane gets both arm rests.

    When there is a row of 4 seats. Then the two in the middle fight to the death for the armrest between them.

  91. lizwearsjeans Avatar

    when you leave your house, you are in public. which means that there are OTHER PEOPLE AROUND.

    • use your turn signal
    • don’t stop in the middle of the aisle or doorway
    • just be considerate and aware!!!
  92. Locurilla Avatar

    never redecorate/rearrange someone’s house /furniture 

  93. gothica_obscura Avatar

    Be nice to people who work in customer service.