I personally really enjoy facing the back of an elevator especially if it's crowded. And then I start talking to everybody and asking them various sorts of questions. Often asking them to give a speech during the meeting that I impromptly called. It's wonderful to see how nervous people get.
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cool I don't do any of that stuff on account of im retarded
Showing respect to or emulating rich people.
feel the need to say 'ope' when we almost bump into someone
Found the midwesterner?
Order of Adjectives. You do this unconsciously and don't even know you're doing it.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/grammar/british-grammar/adjectives-order
"The big black house up on the hill."
Never "The black big up on the hill house."
1 - opinion - unusual, lovely, beautiful
2 - size - big, small, tall
3 - physical quality - thin, rough, untidy
4 - shape - round, square, rectangular
5 - age - young, old, youthful
6 - colour - blue, red, pink
7 - origin - Dutch, Japanese, Turkish
8 - material - metal, wood, plastic
9 - type - general-purpose, four-sided, U-shaped
10 - purpose - cleaning, hammering, cooking
My favorite one of these unconscious linguistic rules is expletive infixation. We say "fan-fucking-tastic" but "fanta-fucking-stic" sounds completely wrong.
That's a language rule, tho
One could argue language rules are social rules tho
Yup, if you mix up the adjective order, people will look at you like you're an alien.
"Your leader, to him take me!"
No one alive today agreed to Daylight Saving Time.
In BC Canada we are now on permanent Daylight Savings time woohoo!
It has been introduced in my country during the early 80s, so I have to disagree on that one.
That's just about 40 years ago, so pretty sure there are still people left who agreed to it.
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Not discussing pay rate with coworkers/colleagues. I mean, talk about complicity via fear.
Might be true for non-union gigs, but from my experience in union shops nobody cares because everyone can see what the pay rates are. Same with retirement plans.
Not discussing pay rate with coworkers/colleagues. I
My day job is Union. Everyone's rates are well-published. We have less boring things to talk about.
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‘How are you today?”
“Good, you?”
“Good, thanks.”
Aw hell no. I trauma dump on everyone who asks me "How are you?"
Okay everyone avoid Jenna.
UK version (male)- any deviation, even with your best friend/dad is a capital offence.
-Alright?
-Not bad, you?
-Yeah not bad.
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I usually give an "eh I'm doing okay" since that gives a chance if they actually wanted to know what's up.
"great!"
Hands clasped behind the back means, "just looking". Seems pretty universal. People do this in stores all the time.
It helps you balance when you're leaning forward to look at something.
This is my typical art museum pose, so I can get close without touching or falling into the paintings
Honestly I do this because I like to fidget and I'm afraid I'll reach out to grab something I'm not supposed to.
I did this during the entire training day of one of my first jobs, and at the end my boss asked me if I'd ever been in the ROTC. I said no, having no clue what it was, until I looked it up later at home.
The job was BOH at a pizza joint 🫠
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Socrates would say, and I would agree, that by following the rule we have already agreed to it.
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Yes.
The elevator one seems pretty universal, but "ope" is regional.
These kinds of social norms aren't universal.
One that I wish were more universal would be standing on the right when using an escalator, and leaving the left side for walking.
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