Some people like following the rules while others think that they exist for being broken. However, without them, our society would probably collapse, and we need a little bit of control. If we don’t know if something is legal or not, we can consult our country’s law books, but turns out, there are many rules that are unwritten and even not spoken out loud.
You could say that these rules are social norms, things that are accepted culturally and things we think are right based on our personal experiences. Bored Panda has already compiled a few lists on the topic that you can find here, here, here and here.
But people have even more unspoken rules to share and listed them in Reddit threads that you can find here, here and here. The amount of rules people unconsciously follow really is surprising and it can get really awkward if you’re the only one who doesn’t know about a specific one. So let us know the one rule that was not yet mentioned that people need to know.
#1
Your beliefs don’t make you a better person, your behavior does.
Image source: MST3Kimber, Ondřej Vaněček
#2
Married people are off-limits weather they feel like they are or not.
Image source: anon, Jeremy Keith
#3
When dropping a friend off at home late at night make sure to stick around until they enter the house. You might not know if they left their keys and be locked out while you drive away. They may need to stay the night and sort things out in the morning.
Image source: Kezhia, Holly Lay
#4
Replace toilet paper when you’re done with it. Also, don’t stop in the middle of a busy sidewalk.
#5
Have some common f*****g courtesy and end your goddamn call before coming to cashier. This includes you pretentious f***s who use a hands free device.
Image source: [deleted], Mike Mozart
#6
Do not put your bag on a seat next to you on the bus/train if there are no seats left.
Image source: tupungato, Frederick Dennstedt
#7
If I am walking my dog(s) and specifically trying to avoid you walking with your dogs. Don’t come over to me and try to chat it up. Also do not let your kids come and pet my (or ANY) dog without asking first!
Image source: NickDWolfwood2, Chris Gladis
#8
pick people up if they fall in a mosh-pit
Image source: 6indy8, Stephan Ridgway
#9
If you’re sitting with a group watching tv and you get a phone call, get the f**k out of the room. If you sit there and talk you are a d**k.
Image source: UsernameTooShort, Aapo Haapanen
#10
When someone says “Don’t look now…but” you must immediately look with the most animated expression you can muster.
Image source: FaroutIGE, kayatheshepherd
#11
Don’t f*****g interrupt people when they are speaking.
Image source: ShinedownBoomLay, Tatiana El-Bakri
#12
if you don’t have anything nice to say, say it in your head and remember it for later when you can tell people who will think it’s funny.
Image source: borumlive, Romain Guy
#13
Never make someone sorry they did something nice for you.
Image source: GhengisKhe, Eric E Castro
#14
“Don’t F**k With Someone Who Handles Your Food”
#15
“Try not to cause an inconvenience to someone else.”
The reasoning behind every legit rule can rely on that.
#16
if you don’t know the other guy, downward nod. If you are friends, upwards nod.
Image source: ThePeskyWabbit, nikkirjakub
#17
If you notice that someone has a visible booger protruding from their nose…quietly let them know so they don’t embarrass themselves for the rest of the night. Same goes for ladies whose makeup may have gone awry.
Image source: amroki96, Dan4th Nicholas
#18
Your phone’s microphone is right next to your mouth during normal use. Using your outdoor voice does not improve call clarity.
Image source: nothreaux, Tim Parkinson
#19
When you’re a talkative person and someone that you’re trying to chat up is only giving 1-word answers, stop talking to that person
Image source: ClassieLady, Kars Alfrink
#20
Never touch buttons when in somebody’s car. If you want to change the song or turn on the heater, ask the driver if it is OK to do so. They know how everything in their car works to ensure that no settings get f****d up.
#21
If you are my roommate, I don’t mind sharing my sh*t with you – but do not use up all of something I bought, and then not tell me. Because when I go to make a sandwich and all my cheese is gone and I had no idea, I’m going to be really annoyed.
Image source: TheEmsleyan, flamingo331
#22
Serious answer: Don’t speak ill of someone’s deceased friends or family.
Not-serious answer: Don’t sit *right* next to me at a movie theatre when there’s a ton of seats open. Go creep somewhere else, Mr.Herman.
EDIT: Americans don’t have assigned seating in movie theaters, which apparently, many Europeans do.
Image source: Ihavenocomments, Thomas Widmann
#23
Phone calls: If the call gets disconnected for ANY reason, the person who originally made the call should be the one to call back.
Image source: mortimer_the_moose, Brave New Films
#24
You’re supposed to hold the door when you walk in after someone. Not just leave them there to hold the door for the stampede of people after you. It’s a pass-off deal.
Image source: [deleted], Aure Séguier
#25
The last piece of gum in a pack is reserved for the owner of the pack.
Image source: SerArysOakheart, Marcus Quigmire
#26
Just open your f*****g can of soda/bag of chips. It will make noise no matter what; make it quick.
Image source: BaconIsAFruit, bobbsled
#27
This is a work related one.
Just because my office is closest to the printer, does not mean I am there to fix it for you or tell you how it works. I figured it out, so can you.
Image source: Astromachine, Tracie Hall
#28
When you know someone is unleashing a torpedo in the same public washroom and you are washing your hands, use the air dryer instead of paper towels.
It helps nervous people.
Image source: FirenMedic, Josh Graciano
#29
Refilling the Brita if you kill it.
Image source: mynameisvance, Tatsuo Yamashita
#30
When in a busy place and walking at a leisurely pace, for f***’s sake, stay to the right. Or at least try to get single-file with the other dawdlers.
Image source: miranders, MelisaTG
#31
* Don’t kill people.
* Don’t eat people.
* Don’t eat poop.
#32
Give firm handshakes, please.
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#33
You cannot call “Shotgun” unless the vehicle is in sight.
Image source: reelbigfishtml, NatalieMaynor
#34
Don’t eat a nature valley bar over my just-vacuumed carpet.
Image source: legaljargonguy, Elliott P.
#35
Nobody ever told me this, but deep in my heart I feel I’m not supposed to lick strangers whom I like.
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