Society's unwritten rules.

Originally Posted by Summonmaster

Walking on the sidewalk reminds me of my walking thread from a while back. It always annoys me that people won't walk on the right side of the sidewalk and almost appear to want to intentionally bump you and force you to decide.

Oh man, I hate that. It's even worse when there's a group taking up the whole sidewalk and they refuse to bunch up so you can get by.

Isn't there a rule about impeding traffic, for that matter? In the past month I've encountered way too many people just standing in front of a door or in the middle of hall just chatting it up. Where do people get off doing this?

I'm thinking a lot of these unwritten rules should be written...

Jam it back in, in the dark.

The drinking thing does bother me, actually. I do drink, heavily I might add, but only on vacation. During school I work hard and train harder; there's no room for alcohol. In college it seems like people just get tanked on the weekend, and the kids that don't aren't doing anything interesting. Sure, you can just order a soda, but drunk people really aren't that entertaining when you're tired and dead sober.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by MetheGelfling

I've also gathered that gratuity is very much an American thing. I was in Melbourne a few years back and locals were confused when I tipped at a restaurant. Also, what's with restaurants in Melbourne with no free refills on soft drinks?

For some reason I seem to recall that they factor the tip into the price of the meal in other countries. Or maybe that has something to do with tax, I don't know.


I tip 20% unless the service sucks. It's easy to divide by 5. I don't eat out very often, so I don't mind.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by AliceNWondrland

I have waited on people whose glass is literally impossible to keep refilled. I had other tables, too, and filling someone's drink every five or ten minutes was just impossible.

One time I had a bus boy who seemed to fill my water glass whenever I took a sip. So I took it upon myself to try to finish my glass of water before he could refill it. I think I eventually succeeded, but I had to pee for about five straight minutes by the time I got home.

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