Life etiquette People are sharing the ‘common rules of social etiquette’ that should be immediately binned off – 21 to go ASAP Poke Reporter . Updated June 17th, 2024 Share Tweet Look, nobody disputes that we need certain social rules to prevent civilisation from descending into outright barbarism . But now and then, people feel the need to push back against commonly accepted rules of social etiquette, as Reddit user AirDesk recently discovered when he asked this.
“What’s a common social etiquette rule you just don’t agree with?” And maybe that’s no bad thing sometimes, as these responses argue. 1. “Not taking the last piece of food on a sharing platter.
The number of times I’ve seen a perfectly good piece of garlic bread go cold and get thrown away...
” -Equivalent-Lemon2742 2. “I have NEVER understood why people are afraid to tell someone else they have food in their teeth or something on their face. I’m going to be more embarrassed if I get home and see the lipstick on my teeth.
AND I’m going to be annoyed with you for not mentioning it!” -weweredreaming316 3. “The rule I’ve heard for this is that if it’s something they can do something about in like 15 seconds, tell them, otherwise ignore it. So like, tell someone that they have food in their teeth or their fly’s down because those are usually easy to fix.
But don’t tell someone they missed a spot straightening their hair or that there’s a stain on their sleeve (that didn’t just .
