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

[DrPhil]

Pardon this vent/

I wish this could become law but then that would be the type of government-run society that we don't want. PEOPLE...PLEASE...PUT...YOUR PHONES AND OTHER ELECTRONIC DEVICES AWAY! I hate seeing people sitting with each other and everyone is messing with an electronic device. Generally speaking and in societies in which this pertains, people are becoming more and more pathetic every day but we're too stupid to notice because we're so impressed with the technology. We have a generation of people in some societies who do not know life before the Internet and they speak and type coursework in text-language. Teachers and college professors (those who care) are having to buffer the effects of this brain attack. All of this is highlighted when I see groups of adults sitting together at restaurants and social events looking at their electronic devices. A quick look is fine if you have something you absolutely have to do right then and there. But a bunch of people not knowing how to talk face-to-face because they are talking to a damn screen all day? Please people...stop that mess. I have a rule with my friends (my family doesn't need it because all of us have low tolerance for technology, hate facebook, etc.) that we have to talk to each other when we are around each other. Put the damn phones away. I don't give a shit about your facebook, your twitter, your Instagram, whatever else, and don't you DARE take photos of yourself, us, or the food and post it on the Internet while we're sitting together at a restaurant or event. I hated and stayed away from photos before the Internet and definitely hate and stay away from photos now that people can't stop sharing their every breath with the Internet.

And speaking of, for the love of all that is holy, except for extenuating circumstances, it is corny as hell to text with someone who is sitting at the table. I was with a group last night and two of them started texting each other from across the table. I called them out because I could tell they were texting each other. Look, go sit beside each other or something. If you want to flirt, it is corny to need a text (a joking "you look sexy" text can be tolerated but a nonstop back and forth is corny). If you are talking negatively about the people at the table, fuck you, say it to our faces. We are RIGHT HERE. LOL.

/vent over

Originally Posted by AZTheta

I told you so. I'm right. Again.

Know it all!

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

You in Big Trouble. Again. it worked temporarily but it didn't last. sigh...

Unwritten rule: don't stare my Belgian Shepherds in the face. Unless you want the response you deserve by that act of agression. AAMOF, don't stare ANY dog in the face. Ever.

I live in Big Trouble.

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by Kevin

4) Not fully comprehending what a yield sign means and treating it as a stop sign.

I tend to see the opposite issue with yield signs. Every morning there a toll area where I DON'T have a yield sign, yet the merging traffic that DOES have a yield sign doesn't even slow down before merging into stopped traffic and blocking my straight path to my exit that is CLEAR. Some mornings I spend 45+ minutes trying to go less than 200 feet because of these fools not considering the yield sign or the rudeness of half pulling into a lane and blocking a lane of traffic that is empty. grrrr.

(Mass Pike and I95/128 interchange for those familiar with the area.)

[sigmagirl2000]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

On the Wal-Mart/grocery bags, it's simple recycling and not spending money unnecessarily.

They make phenomenal cat litter scooping bags.... just make sure to check for holes first. Otherwise you're asking for dirty litter on the floor - or your foot.

[DrPhil]

Yield signs mean to yield therefore:

1. I slow down and stop at yield signs when I cannot see whether there is an oncoming car. If the street is conducive to seeing there isn't an oncoming car as I drive to the yield sign, I keep going.

2. Yield signs mean to yield and stop when there are cars coming. It is unfortunate when people think "yield" means to race in front of the oncoming car rather than stopping for the oncoming car.

[IrishLake]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

^^^ also applies to construction zones with closed lanes. I hate it when someone "special" thinks they get to cut in right before the construction lane closure.

Once I was following a state trooper just as we approached a construction zone. There were about 4 signs that said, "Left Lane Closed in 1 mile, 1/2 mile, etc." and a guy tried to pull this. He zooms up next to me, sees the police car, and slams on the brakes. The trooper waved him in, to merge in front of him. Then he turned on his flashers and pulled the guy over. BEST. TIMING. EVER.

Nice!

Originally Posted by als463

^Wow. Yes to all of this. I also want to throw in that your bags should be small enough to fit over your own seat and people in their seats should not have to go back a few rows with their carry-on luggage because you thought you should bring 8 bags and take up all the space. It's obnoxious and rude!

My thing is somewhat weird (for others) but, it really does get me. I hate when people use Walmart (or other store plastic) bags as garbage bags in their bathroom garbage can. They make small garbage bags you can get at stores--even the dollar store. I don't need to know that your bathroom garbage bag represents that you went to the Dollar Tree. I don't know why but, it really gets under my skin. The funny thing is that all of my family does it but, I don't. It really annoys me.

Ha, you'd hate my house. If find a way to re-use those bags for anything. Bathroom trash bags. Barf bucket liners. Especially nasty diapers get double bagged in them before going into the diaper pail. And so on.

[Cheerio]

Getting back to toilet paper rolls, there must already be an unwritten rule that public toilets using GIANT SIZE WHEELS OF TP (12-18 inches across when sideways) place them in dispensers a mere 18 inches off the ground.

Meaning you'd have to be 14 inches tall to reach up into the dispenser to get some TP.

Or lay down on the floor and reach up into the dispenser.

Or attempt to contort/jam your arm waaaaay up into dispenser, because the roll has been in there for a month and still has 1/3 of a roll left.

Shouldn't the better unwritten rule in a public toilet TP situation be convenience for the user, not a gymnastics event sponsored by the corporation making said GIANT WHEEL OF TP?

[KSUViolet06]

When I hand you my phone to show you a picture on it, you do not proceed to swipe through all my other pics. I said "Look." Not swipe through everything.

[KSUViolet06]

I am small, you do not need to comment on it all the time. (i.e. "wow you're short!")

You do not touch other people's children in public. I was out with my god-daughter, and a woman once pinched her cheeks in public and I almost fell out.

[WhiteRose1912]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

I am small, you do not need to comment on it all the time. (i.e. "wow you're short!")

And you don't need to be picking someone up to show that she's small, either.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by AGDee

I actually prefer the re-usable ones. They are easier to carry, don't break, can hold more- they are just never with me when I shop. They need a place on grocery carts to put them while you're shopping- like a little pouch on the cart so they don't end up UNDER all the groceries. I feel weird when I have bags from one grocery store and I'm at a different one- so I don't use my Kroger re-usable bags at Walmart, for example. Usually, when I get home from shopping, I carry in a few things, grab those bags and then put all the little plastic flimsy bags into them. I know that's a fail, but then I re-use the plastic ones as I mentioned, to reduced my guilt.

Agree about the reusable bags, and if you're not shopping for much, you don't need a cart or basket. The trick is remembering to put them back in my car so I have them at the store.

[DrPhil]

To go with my other long rant:

Unless you are waiting for an emergency call or take service notes using your mobile device (and it better be on silent and that includes none of those annoying alerts), LEAVE YOUR TECHNOLOGY IN THE CAR!!!! There was a woman texting and checking her email beside me in church. The church has made announcements regarding not doing that but people respect a movie theater (when they are repeatedly warned and told that people can see them using their device--it is a relatively rare idiot who still texts, emails, and takes phone calls in a movie theater) more than they respect a religious service.

[ADPiEE]

If your NCAA Conference has a number in its name, it should have that many teams.

[MysticCat]

Can someone please repeal the unwritten rule that it is necessary for the audience to stand during the Hallelujah Chorus?

[tinydancer]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

Can someone please repeal the unwritten rule that it is necessary for the audience to stand during the Hallelujah Chorus?

Thank you! It makes me uneasy as a singer and wears me out as an audience member.