Some rules exist because they had to be implemented. Like the speed limit or legal drinking age. Meanwhile, some rules have backfired big time and made the people who implemented them regret their decision. Check out our previous post about such instances right here.
But there are rules that need no introduction. They’re not documented in books nor authorized by law, and still, they govern our daily lives. This simple “common sense” is also known as “unwritten rules” and they refer to common behavioral constraints we all take for granted.
Things like not swiping sideways if someone shows a picture on their phone, or never making fun of someone else’s laugh. Sounds random, but people swear by it! Scroll down below for more unspoken rules listed by people online.
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Never ever make fun of someone who is overweight at the gym.
If someone comes up to you that you don't know starts loudly talking about being your friend you play along
If you're wrong, admit it.
So much this. This needs to be higher on the list. Being wrong and learning is a part of personal growth. Even if I am in a heated debate with someone and arguing my point and it all of a sudden dawns on me that they are right, I will immediately concede. Always good to be moldable, being rigid doesn't do anyone any good.
You having a bad day doesn't mean that you have to ruin other people's day.
Don't play your music out loud when in public.
For example: While walking down the street or sitting on a bus one should not be blasting music on their personal device. Buy a pair of damn headphones.
The people who do that have, in addition, an unfortunate tendency to have shitty taste in music. Just sayin'
Makes sense...they clearly have poor judgement skills if they think blasting music is an okay thing to do, so naturally they'll have poor judgement skills for what is and isn't good music.
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Same applies to using speaker phone for calls in public. No one's interested in your drama. STFU
Blaring on your car's Bluetooth, assuming no one outside of the car can hear your conversation... the background noise from your engine is louder in than 6 feet away, so you are turning the volume up over the nose to hear your call. I'm 6 feet away, listening to you fight with your wife about your underwear stains in a 7 eleven parking lot (true story, some guy last year did this and then stood behind me in line)
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This applies when you're in your car as well. Don't put that s**t on full volume as you amble down a residential neighborhood. Of when you're f*****g parked on the side of the road.
And they drive with the passenger window down as well...WHY??
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Yes! And do not have your phone on "speaker" when you're in a restaurant, video chatting, etc. This happened recently right next to us. So extremely rude!!!!
I have often had to explain to young people that while I love the fact that they are into music, not everyone shares their taste in it. This is once time that sharing is not caring.
I see this more often with older people. Especially older people in the waiting room at the doctor’s office, watching videos on their phones.
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So much this. I shut that s**t down on my bus. It's distracting to me while I'm driving and that's dangerous
We all have our own taste in music. I'm glad you like what you like. That does not mean I want to listen to it with you
I don't like it when people do this at the beach. I am there to relax, listen to the waves, and enjoy nature - not hear your music.
Idc about on the street, but fs put in your headphones on the bus. It's always rap and hip hop and they act like people should be oh so impressed with their generic choice in music.
No matter the song, it always sounds horrible to passive listeners because the speakers on phones are not good. Get headphones.
I told once some kids on the bus to please turmân the music off. They were listening on the phone, on speaker. So a priest (yes, a priest) thought he should give me a lesson, so he told me it’s too bad that my kind (he was talking about gypsies and I am not one) is not tolerant with the rest of the population. I went MAAADDDD!
Omg this! Was enjoying the peace and quiet of my neighborhood early one morning. Then out of nowhere I hear someone blasting some mumble rap nonsense. Only words I heard were curses and insults being screeched out into the peace of the morning. Get a pair of fücking headphones
How about the "extreme" watersports dorks with the tower mounted cannon speakers to overpower their unmuffled boats? I came to the lake to chill, if I wanted to be annoyed by trash nonmusic, I'd go to a club.
Load More Replies... Or driving thru downtown with your music blaring and the windows down. Not everybody wants to listen to that!
same for people in cars, roll up your windows and listen at a sensible volume. I don't want to miss my new, favourite song, podcast, when you pull up beside me
Every time I get on the bus someone plays their music without headphones
yes and also dont play candy crush with the sound on or let your kids with watch spongebob on high volume while being in public, you selfabsorbed brick.
Yes!!! It’s your choice of music and it should stay that way. It also goes for ppl in cars music so loud make my windows shake.
Oh, and don't play your custom-bade, super-bass car speakers, so that I can hear what you consider music or so that it literally shakes my car, or rattles my apartment.
My pet peeve is people in cars playing music so loud the car is vibrating especially at 11 pm or later. You like your music fine but if I can hear you coming blocks away turn it down.
THIS!!!!! AND DONT BLAST IT IN YOUR CAR WITH THE BASE UP AND THE WINDOWS DOWN!!! or I will yell
Walking with headphones in could also be dangerous.... just saying
Or blaring your car stereo loud enough to hear inside my house over the TV.. RUDE!
This happened constantly when I rode the bus to work, and also in the library I used to go to on my lunch hour. I don't get how people don't realize/care how absolutely obnoxious that is.
Destroy your own hearing instead of everybody elses-- my favorite technique-- start playin the bagpipes to drown out rappers
Sometimes it is important to have situational awareness - like walking your dog and still being able to hear the sounds of oncoming traffic. In this case, there are bone conduction headphones that allow you to listen to your media or talk on the phone while not sharing with everyone else.
I can't stand when people are at restaurants or other indoor activities and let their kid listen to a device without a headphones. I have 3 kids and we either brought the kid headphones with us or they watched the video without sound.
I'm writing a browser filter that removes any sentence with any variation on "people should." It's useless to write it; it's useless to read it.
Heyyyy. If you have a weird thing where bluetooth ear thingies stop charging after a few uses, and you are working with your hands and tools which break/cut/otherwise destroy regular headphones, I think it's acceptable to have music on a speaker just high enough volume for you to hear. Or if you are working on a project and only the occasional person walks through.
Also people seem a little judgey on this one for some reason... my husband who is mostly deaf LOVES music but he has to turn it up a little louder than most people so he himself can hear it
No one is typically being judgey unless someone is playing their music where it is inescapable by others (public transit, waiting rooms, locker rooms, etc.), where it's inappropriate (the library, a nature preserve, near an outdoor public performance), or when the volume is so loud that the noise itself is the entire point (cars with way too little ground clearance and way too much bass).
Load More Replies... I understand for being on the bus and public places but if I am walking on the SIDEWALK and there are cars going down the road ..no one but me can hear the damn music coming from my phone especially when I have to put it up to my ear to hear and plus at the time of me doing this HEADPHONES was more of a luxury for me so I didn't have any as a teenager
Sometimes, people have a shortage of this thing called "money." These people are often in need of an emotional uplift in the form of music. If you're in an enclosed space, like a bus? Sure, I'll agree, that's rude, but... Walking down the street? Put yourself in someone else's shoes.
Umm...just gonna go ahead and say that I'm always going to blast my music in public. Especially around the grocery store for everyone to hear. I've been thanked more than a few times for playing better music than the store does and I LOVE to see the faces of the people who think it's annoying. It's sure to put a smile on my face.
Unless it's summer and you are riding in a convertible. Then blast it, especially when you aren't among a lot of people.
Always let people out before walking in. This applies to elevators, trains, or anything similar.
If someone is giving you a ride, be ready before the person arrives to pick you up.
When driving and someone lets you into the traffic stream, be sure to do the "Thank You Wave."
Don't wear white to a wedding, and don't propose at someone's wedding. I'm sure this sucks to hear, but that is not your day. Don't be a d*ck.
When I show you a singular picture on my phone, don't ever try to swipe left or right.
Dont hit on women when they're at work. They're not flirting, theyre just being nice, it's their job.
If someone holds a door open for you, then please acknowledge them or say thank you. I'm not your servant.
This may may be trivial, but also don’t hold the door open because of gender. Do it to be kind.
Don't [frigging] cheat on your SO. It's not cool. If you wanna f**k someone else, break up with your SO first instead of being a secretive c**t.
Happens way too often.
For the love of God, just return the shopping cart when you’re done with it
If you're walking side by side on a sidewalk and someone comes towards you, f**king make room.
Or if someone comes up behind you, obviously in a hurry, let them pass!!
Don't touch me or stand so close to me that I can feel you breathing if I don't know you!
Seems so simple, but so many people are disrespectful of personal space.
Be patient with the elderly unless they're being [jerks]
If you borrow a friend's car, fill up the tank when returning it as a thank you.
Leave it better than you found it.
Life isn't fair and thank goodness - imagine the horror of knowing that every bad thing that happened to you happened because you deserved it.
Don't bother someone with headphones in unless it's important. They have headphones in for a reason.
For women: always have an extra pad or tampon on you. You never know when another woman might desperately need it. You may not like her, but this is your one exception to be nice. We've all been there.
Always say please and thank you. Good to do it until it becomes second nature. Most people know this, but not everyone does it.
If you're going to ask someone to help you move, please have all the boxes already packed and ready to go.
Always start with the question "how might I be wrong?"
Everyone can figure out a reason to believe they're correct, but if you look for reasons you are wrong first you will make fewer horrific assertions and mistakes.
"How might I be wrong" is the core question of science and the start of all wisdom.
If a bro [passes away] while lifting, put more weight on the bar, then call 911
Common sense ain't that common, so explain things in the simplest manner you possibly can.
We have an ABC mantra at work:
Assume nothing.
Believe nobody.
Check everything.
Should be the rule of life! Just because you read it on social media doesn't mean it's true. How can there be so many legitimate sites to verify facts, but people choose Sally's "Uncle Joe"?
When letting cars into traffic, you let one then you go, just keep alternating.
The first time visiting someone's place you bring something. Anything. Bottle of wine, six-pack, food, origami penguin. Something.
Don’t touch another person’s hair just because you think it’s pretty.
This one right here!! When my son was born, he had bright red hair. Every damn time we went out, people would come up to us and want to touch his hair. Of course I had stupid people accuse me of dying his hair. But they still had to put their "god only knows what is on their fingers" all over my son's head. Even after I asked them nicely. Even after I was rude to them. Even after I threatened bodily harm. They would still try to touch his hair. People are rude!
Especially to your kids, don't make promises you can't keep. Also, don't ever threaten to do something you can't or won't follow up on.
Saw a shirt recently that says “No one is more full of sh*t than a parent who just said “maybe.” Lol
If someone clearly doesn't want to talk to you or needs to be somewhere else, let them be.
Never refuse when someone offers you a breath mint
Because your breath smells like a wet dog after he rolled in his own poop.
Don't touch a disabled person's mobility aids without being specifically asked to do so by the person. Wheelchair, scooter, cane, dog, walker, whatever they are using don't touch it unless they ASK you to. View it as a stranger trying to touch your legs, do you want rando to pick up your leg? Move your leg? Pet your leg? Probably not.
Never say something to someone you love that you can't recover from in the heat of an argument. You love that person for a reason.
and learn to forgive things that was said in the heat of the moment - no use letting them hurt you forever
Ask the person if they are at the back of the line before you join it.
Cover your mouth when you cough with your elbow, not your hands that you will then touch a bunch of stuff with. Applies to sneezes as well. In general, just keep your gross bodily fluid to yourself unless clearly requested to share.
If you're in someone else's home/car/yard- Anything of someone else's, ASK before you do something. No, I don't want you smoking in my car. I don't want you feeding my dog food from the table. Just stop.
Definitely agree with feeding my dog human food. It's my number one rule. He has his own food and treats I paid a lot for. Plus if it's something he is allergic to I'm sure you won't foot the vet fees. Just say no to him and he'll walk away.
If a street performer makes you stop walking, you owe him a buck.
The window seat gets an armrest and a wall, the middle seat gets two arm rests, and the aisle seat gets an arm rest and a little extra leg room. We're not savages, we live in a society.
After applying restraints to objects in the flatbed of a truck, saying "Yep, that's not goin' anywhere" is an absolute necessity.
Make sure you twang the strap when you say it. Otherwise it absolutely will go somewhere.
We don't fight at weddings.
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If you're just teasing someone but they get upset by the remarks, stop. I've been through this kind of thing a lot and people don't seem to care or realize when my feelings have actually been hurt. Maybe it wouldn't offend you, but it could offend other people.
Yes, and never tell people how to feel or not feel.
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Oh yes. "It's a miracle I survived that cancer! God is watching out for me!" Er, how about all the doctors, nurses, therapists, scientists, and friends and family that helped?
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Offer a real apology when you are wrong. "My bad" is not an apology. Any apology that includes "you" after "sorry" is not an apology -- "I'm sorry that you were offended" / "I'm sorry you didn't like that." A real apology includes "I" -- "I'm sorry that I hurt you" / "I'm sorry that I acted like such a jerk".
"Any apology that includes "you" after "sorry" is not an apology." - I'm sorry, you were right.
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A friend used to remind me not to fish from the company pier.
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Best two pieces of advice I got from my Grandfather: There is a world of difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good. And: It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
I smoke (cigarettes) and used to drive my friends around all the time- usually 2-4 friends each time. I had two absolute car rules= 1) everyone wears seat belts and 2) it doesn't matter how many of the passengers smoke, if just one person doesn't smoke, then they're is NO SMOKING in the car
Don't touch my kid unless I invite you to. Or their stroller. Or their toys. Or their food. Unless it's an emergency, stay back 8 feet and keep your appendages to yourself!
I'll sum it up - "Bro bro bro. Bro? Bro bro bro bro!! Bro?? Bro!! Bro... Bro? Broooo... Bro!"
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My goodness, there was some serious male fragility on display up there!
I would like to add, always, if possible, call a person on the phone before dropping by. Better if it's days in advance.Especially if the person you are visiting has small children and/or is taking care of an ill person.
Ss an older lady lady who has to use a cane I can't believe how many people will not hold the door for you. I'm not begging for mercy. It's if someone is cing out & see you're going to go in they just let the door slam shut.
Don't touch random people's babies or kids no matter how cute they are, same with a pregnant woman's belly. My friend had problems with that in public. People wanted to rub her belly or touch her kid's cheeks. She would ask people to please not do that and they would claim she was rude 🙄
Be kind to people on your way up. You never know when you'll meet them again on your way down.
This needs to state the rule of keeping to the right. Walking in a mall? Walk on the right side of the hallways. Going up or down stairs? Keep to the right. Always use the right side. Please. Lol.
Never get in a car driven by someone who is talkative, but can only hold a conversation by making eye-contact. You will eventually die. This should be a part of all driver education courses - talking while looking at the road.
I'm talkative & make eye contact. But when I'm driving, my eyes are on the road.
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If you're just teasing someone but they get upset by the remarks, stop. I've been through this kind of thing a lot and people don't seem to care or realize when my feelings have actually been hurt. Maybe it wouldn't offend you, but it could offend other people.
Yes, and never tell people how to feel or not feel.
Load More Replies... Oh yes. "It's a miracle I survived that cancer! God is watching out for me!" Er, how about all the doctors, nurses, therapists, scientists, and friends and family that helped?
Load More Replies... Offer a real apology when you are wrong. "My bad" is not an apology. Any apology that includes "you" after "sorry" is not an apology -- "I'm sorry that you were offended" / "I'm sorry you didn't like that." A real apology includes "I" -- "I'm sorry that I hurt you" / "I'm sorry that I acted like such a jerk".
"Any apology that includes "you" after "sorry" is not an apology." - I'm sorry, you were right.
Load More Replies... A friend used to remind me not to fish from the company pier.
Load More Replies... some good ones, but some patriarchal b******t at the bottom wihch will hopefully be voted out
Best two pieces of advice I got from my Grandfather: There is a world of difference between good, sound reasons and reasons that sound good. And: It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.
I smoke (cigarettes) and used to drive my friends around all the time- usually 2-4 friends each time. I had two absolute car rules= 1) everyone wears seat belts and 2) it doesn't matter how many of the passengers smoke, if just one person doesn't smoke, then they're is NO SMOKING in the car
Don't touch my kid unless I invite you to. Or their stroller. Or their toys. Or their food. Unless it's an emergency, stay back 8 feet and keep your appendages to yourself!
I'll sum it up - "Bro bro bro. Bro? Bro bro bro bro!! Bro?? Bro!! Bro... Bro? Broooo... Bro!"
Load More Replies... My goodness, there was some serious male fragility on display up there!
I would like to add, always, if possible, call a person on the phone before dropping by. Better if it's days in advance.Especially if the person you are visiting has small children and/or is taking care of an ill person.
Ss an older lady lady who has to use a cane I can't believe how many people will not hold the door for you. I'm not begging for mercy. It's if someone is cing out & see you're going to go in they just let the door slam shut.
Don't touch random people's babies or kids no matter how cute they are, same with a pregnant woman's belly. My friend had problems with that in public. People wanted to rub her belly or touch her kid's cheeks. She would ask people to please not do that and they would claim she was rude 🙄
Be kind to people on your way up. You never know when you'll meet them again on your way down.
This needs to state the rule of keeping to the right. Walking in a mall? Walk on the right side of the hallways. Going up or down stairs? Keep to the right. Always use the right side. Please. Lol.
Never get in a car driven by someone who is talkative, but can only hold a conversation by making eye-contact. You will eventually die. This should be a part of all driver education courses - talking while looking at the road.
I'm talkative & make eye contact. But when I'm driving, my eyes are on the road.
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