10 Unknown Social Rules That Everyone Should Know

1. Don’t call someone more than twice continuously. If they don’t pick up your call that mean they have something more important to attend to.

 

2. When someone drops something on the floor by mistake or drops food from the plate or doesn’t know how to use a knife/fork don’t stare at them. The same goes to people sneezing, coughing or even an uncontrollable fart. It’s an involuntary reaction.

 

3. Always skip using the washroom beside the occupied one. It makes it uneasy for the person in the occupied washroom as well as yourself if you occupy the one right next to theirs.

 

4. If you’re talking to someone and notice any of the following, they’re trying to end the conversation:

Their eyes keep darting away.
They angle their body away from you.
They give you rapid one-word answers.

5. When someone you know has an obvious change in appearance, e.g., weight gain/loss, bald spot, acne. never comment on it until they talk about it to you, they already know what is happened to them.

 

6. If a colleague tells you they have a doctors appointment, don’t ask what it’s for, just say hope you’re ok. If they want to talk about it they will and you don’t put them in the uncomfortable position of having to tell you their personal illness.

 

7. Treat the cleaner with the same respect as the CEO. Nobody is impressed at how rudely you can treat someone below you but people will notice if you treat them with respect.

 

8. Do not make plans in front of those you are not involving.

 

9. When meeting someone after a long time, unless they want to talk about it, don’t ask them their age and salary.

 

10. When a friend/colleague offers you some food, you can politely say No. But, don’t do this after tasting or smelling it. It’s an insult to the one who has offered it to you.