• ExtraordinaryJoe@lemmy.world
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    Do not start or continue a phone conversation when going to the bathroom - public or private restroom but especially in public bathrooms.

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    If you need to stop while walking on a path, inside or outside, step to the side. I can’t believe how many people just abruptly stop to look at their phone, have a conversation, point out something they find interesting… like my guy, would you do that in a car? Fucking GOOOOOO!!

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    Reading the answers to this questions, I’d say “Not understanding the meaning of most people”.

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    Even if you have a green light at the crossrowds you shouldn’t drive if you can see that you have no way of exiting the crossroads and would block others e.g. there is a traffic jam on the road you want to drive into.

    (at least in Poland)

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      And then you get an angry person behind you honking their horn and the moment they can, they’ll pass you, flip you off, almost cause 2 accidents and break check you.

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      It’s called impeding traffic in the US and it’s illegal. Some places are super strict and even having your bumper in their intersection can get you in trouble. I wish more people took your advice or at least more places enforced the law

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    This is probably just a me thing, but if you have to use the restroom, just say that instead of saying what you specifically have to do. I don’t need to know any details and you don’t need to share them with anyone. The only details worth sharing is if something happens, like a pipe leak/burst or something else serious.

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    Elevator Etiquette: Let people exit before you enter. That way you have more room to enter. This applies to all things, not just elevators.

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    One could write a book on unspoken rules for tipping in the US. Do you tip on takeout? Do you tip baristas? Does it depend on the beverage? Do you tip if you sit down but bus your own table? What’s considered a good tip (and this is situation-dependent)? The only thing I can tell is if you’re worried about something happening to you, then 20% of the price is generally a safe amount.

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      Easy highly controversial fix : dont tip and start demanding that people are paid a living wage

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    “Do unto others…”

    Even those who supposedly devote their lives to such teachings don’t seem to know wtf that means

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            Fair point. Maybe it doesn’t work out so well for that guy, but for the 999/1000 people who don’t want to be murdered/tortured, “do unto others” probably ends up being a net positive versus “do whatever the fuck you want as long as you can get away with it”, which seems to be the direction a lot of “leaders” are going and dragging humanity into Hell alongside them

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      Elevator, all public transport, buildings. There’s more space outside. Stop cramping.

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        Yes! And to those getting out: don’t stop or walk super slow the moment you are out, people are trying to get in, get out of the way!

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          And escalators. I forgot one of the reasons I hated shopping with my ex but this past weekend we had to get some stuff for our kid. Sure enough, STOPPED as she stepped off the escalator. Wtf

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      Or at the top of the stairs/ escalator you just came up. There are people behind you with nowhere to go while you decide which way you want to go.

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        How grown adults can stand around, mouth agape, in apparent wonder that they’ve been transported to the next floor up just escapes me. It’s a conveyer belt behind you, Gladys, fucking MOVE!!! Just one or two steps to the side even if you still need to wrap your head around what just happened to you.

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    Don’t make phone calls on speaker when in public. Not even if you hold it up to your ear.

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    If you’re boarding a train or bus let people exit first instead of squeezing your fat ass past everyone to get a good seat

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    Here’s a weird one:

    Don’t offer advice unless its something you have some experience with.

    Googling someone’s issues and giving them a boilerplate answer from the first thing you find isn’t helpful and can actually be a hinderance more than anything.

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      Something I’ve learned to practice with friends. When people call me I try to make sure I ask “do you want advice or do you just want someone to listen?”

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      I have to disagree honestly. So many times someone tells me about some question they’re pondering, and when I offer some suggestion about what may be going on or how to fix it, they’re like “Why are you talking about something you know nothing about? You don’t have to have an opinion.”

      But am I allowed to? I’m a curious person. If something interesting or strange or problematic is happening in your life, the first thing my brain is going to do is start trying to explain it. So I could keep it to myself, but then since my mind is on something I’m not allowed to talk about, I’m going to sit there and be silent and then they’ll be like “What? Do you have any reaction at all or are you going to just sit there in silence?”

      And then I pull out my beretta…

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        I think it’s fine to have an opinion, just qualify it with “I’ve not been in that situation before, but … I think bla … because bla.”

        It’s just about being honest.

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      Absolutely. And be open that you don’t have experience with it!!

      I feel like boomers are the worst about this (as a young business owner I get tons of random dumb business advice from that age group) but that could just be bias

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        That is partially what inspired me to post this. A lot of business advice I have gotten has been staggeringly bad.

        I realize most people have worked at a business and should know a thing or two about how it works, but I don’t think many consider the huge differences between their workplace and how a small business operates.

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      I also hate when people get angry you didn’t follow their advice. Sometimes their advice was horse shit to begin with anyway. Just because someone seeks advice doesn’t mean they’re obligated to follow it. At least in my case, thank God I didn’t.

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        I had a friend who’s latest and greatest dating advice was to go back and hangout at the college I graduated from (at the time already) several years ago.

        I thought it was an incredibly disingenuous and creepy suggestion.

        Him and his partner were like “it’s totally fine…”

        Not a single female friend disagreed with me that, that would be very creepy and I absolutely should not do that.

        He got mad that I would never listen to his (terrible) dating advice.

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          I do remember from college there were women who were into this. It may be a successful strategy if you have no shame or morals