Well, people have been pissing me off lately, because they seem to have forgotten how to not be assholes. Here are three rules I invented for basic human interaction. You'd think they'd be well known since they're pretty common sense rules, but in reality those who follow them are few and far between.

#1) If you tell someone you can do them a favor, ACTUALLY DO IT! If you can't do it for some reason, notify them and apologize. If you're not sure in the first place whether you can actually get it done or not, be sure to qualify your sentences with words like "maybe", "perhaps" and "probably". Don't just make a promise and then not do it and not say anything about it.

#2) If you make a mess, pick it up. Yeah, even in public. Just because somebody else will eventually clean your mess up for you doesn't mean you're not still responsible for the mess. If you knock something on the ground, pick it up and put it back. If you're in a store and you decide you don't want to buy something you've picked up, put it back on the shelf where it belongs. If you break something, apologize and offer to pay for it. Somebody's going to have to deal with your mess, and there's no reason you should force that work on an innocent stranger.

#3) If you're blocking somebody's path, get out of the way. Try to be aware of where people are around you and where they're going. Since the laws of physics (specifically the electromagnetic force) prohibit our two bodies from occupying the same points in space, I can't just walk through you. That means you should move to the side and not just stand there spacing out.

That concludes our basic human decency lesson for today. Coming up next week: saying "you're welcome" instead of "yup".
Oneironaut Reviewed by Oneironaut on . Some general rules for functioning in society Well, people have been pissing me off lately, because they seem to have forgotten how to not be assholes. Here are three rules I invented for basic human interaction. You'd think they'd be well known since they're pretty common sense rules, but in reality those who follow them are few and far between. #1) If you tell someone you can do them a favor, ACTUALLY DO IT! If you can't do it for some reason, notify them and apologize. If you're not sure in the first place whether you can actually Rating: 5