Unwritten rules (until now)...let's talk about 'em

[AlwaysSAI]

The bottom of the cupcake must always be eaten first.

[DrPhil]

[HQWest]

Do not do something at someone else's house that you would not do at your own. For example, leave wet towels on the antique chair.

[BraveMaroon]

I appreciate that you want to be "green", hotel chain. I'll let sheets slide, but I am always going to want fresh towels every day.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

The bottom of the cupcake must always be eaten first.

This is all I could think of when reading your post…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z9NyQnDdz4

[GammaGirl1908]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Scrambled eggs must be cooked until they are entirely immobile.

OMG, so much this, squared. I had a horrifying experience with a soft-boiled egg in 2nd grade, and ever since my eggs must be RUBBERY. No liquid eggs allowed.

If I'm eating in someplace like a diner, and someone else orders runny eggs and does something horrifying-to-me like let the yolk run all over their plate and sop it up with their pancake? I'm so grossed out I have to excuse myself from the table.

Gaaaccckkk, I'm icked out just thinking about it.

[NinjaPoodle]

Originally Posted by TonyB06

Don't talk during "Jeopardy."

Originally Posted by ADPiEE

Always call before dropping by.
(Even I'f you're family...wait, scratch that. ...especially if you're family lol)

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Scrambled eggs must be cooked until they are entirely immobile.

1. Don't EVER touch a photographers equipment unless the photog offers.
2. In the BIIIIG CITY, when traveling on whatever subway system (we have 2 in San Francisco) using the escalators, ESPECIALLY during commute hours, STAND on the RIGHT, WALK on the LEFT. And for the LOVE OF GOD, DON"T put the kiddies that are in the stroller on the escalator. Either take the kid out and fold up the stroller or take the ELEVATOR.

3. DON'T EVER ASSUME it's ok to touch a pregnant womans belly. Just don't.

4. Just because I'm African American and in a historically Af-Am sorority, don't assume I can "step". ( I can but I don't)

5.Don't kiss on the first date. Ewww.

[GammaGirl1908]

That said, perhaps I should have added a should-be-written rule.

Chew with your mouth SO BLEEPING CLOSED. Once your food -- or gum -- enters your mouth, the rest of us should never see or hear from it again.

I sit next to a loud gum-chomper at my job; I'm actually moving offices to get away from him.

I also have dumped perfectly nice men for chewing too loud.

[Tulip86]

Originally Posted by GammaGirl1908

OMG, so much this, squared. I had a horrifying experience with a soft-boiled egg in 2nd grade, and ever since my eggs must be RUBBERY. No liquid eggs allowed.

If I'm eating in someplace like a diner, and someone else orders runny eggs and does something horrifying-to-me like let the yolk run all over their plate and sop it up with their pancake? I'm so grossed out I have to excuse myself from the table.

Gaaaccckkk, I'm icked out just thinking about it.

Have to disagree, I think rubbery eggs are nasty. Eggwhites should always be cooked though.

Never bend the spines of books backwards, especially when you're borrowing them from someone else.

Never assume you know the whole story when it's not about you.

Riding a bike in the dark? Use lights!!!

Don't suddenly stop walking when you're in the middle of a busy sidewalk

Don't double dip your chip

[pinksequins]

Toilet paper rolls must unfurl in a clockwise manner (paper end at the back).

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

And for the penultimate -- you are driving a $100K Mercedes and you have a handicap parking permit.
What's your handicap??? You're RICH??? (Sorry, I live in LA and this is overly-abused.)

My rule: Never use words like "penultimate" unless you know what they mean.

(Sorry, I couldn't help myself. I used to have a co-worker who used that word incorrectly all the time.)

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

The bottom of the cupcake must always be eaten first.

My favorite place to get cupcakes doesn't cook them in the paper cups, and after baking they turn the cupcakes out of the pans and ice the bottom and sides, where the paper would be. Wonderful!

[SydneyK]

So many of these rules should be common courtesy. It's a shame enough people disregard them that others have to point them out.

A few of them, though, make me go ...

Originally Posted by Kevin

1) Never drive lower than the posted speed limit unless there is a valid safety reason why not.

So, the speed limit isn't so much a limit as it is a starting point?

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Donuts must be eaten in a circular manner around the hole. Then you can eat the remaining ring.

I can't imagine doing this, nor can I imagine seeing an adult eat their donut this way.

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

The bottom of the cupcake must always be eaten first.

Wha? Really? Again, never heard of this technique.

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Toilet paper rolls must unfurl in a clockwise manner (paper end at the back).

This is one of those topics which people feel strongly about - one way or the other - yet no one seems to have an explanation for why they prefer the method they prefer other than personal preference. I'm an over-the-top TP kind of girl, myself. Perhaps because I grew up with parents who were fans of the over-the-top method? Who knows.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Toilet paper rolls must unfurl in a clockwise manner (paper end at the back).

Survey says... BZZZZZT! The paper end must be in the front.

[Sciencewoman]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Survey says... BZZZZZT! The paper end must be in the front.

Absolutely. I also like it when hotels fold the end piece into a point.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Donuts must be eaten in a circular manner around the hole. Then you can eat the remaining ring.

When you do this, are you wearing it like a ring on your finger? I can't imagine why this would be a thing except for my daughter, who thinks it's funny to wear food as jewelry.

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Scrambled eggs must be cooked until they are entirely immobile.

So you can play ball with them? Yuck.

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

The bottom of the cupcake must always be eaten first.

I can not imagine a messier way to eat a cupcake. You eat the part that doesn't have icing on it first so that you lose the convenient place to hold it? Unless you're eating a cupcake with a fork, and then you lose the whole point of cupcake and it's just miniature cake.

I honestly don't care about the direction of toilet paper, although I know that people have definitive opinions about it. I'm just happy when the person who uses all of the prior roll actually goes and puts a new roll on the holder. That's my unwritten rule.