Unoffical Offical Unwritten Rules

[Shy Guy]

so, i have this thing with my dvd's and cd's. i don't like it when people watch\listen to them before i do. this means taking it out of the plastic.

i like to think that it's common knowledge that if it's still in the plastic, and you DIDN'T buy it, then it's off limits.

this is because of last night, when i bought an ROH dvd, left it at a friends house, and just found out that he watched it WITHOUT EVEN ASKING ME.

needless to say, i'm buying a new dvd tonight.

what are your Unoffical Offical Unwritten Rules?

[The Line]

Just because I let someone borrow something of mine once doesn't mean they have free reign to use it when they please. I wish I could get that point across to my sister.

I let her borrow something of mine once with my permission, and now she'll just walk into my room, sometimes I'll be in there just watching a movie or something, or in the living room watching baseball, or in the shower or something, anyway, yeah, she'll just go in there and take it.

The worst instance was I was at a friends house, but we came back to home so that I could specifically grab that one specific thing, and guess what, its gone.

Of course, she didn't see what the big deal was.

[Head Detective Aaron Enigma]

One of mine is don't fix what isn't broken. My father's side of my family loves to fix things that don't need fixing at all. Once a week he will take apart his computer just to check it. Then he will take apart our lawnmower to check that. He ends up taking apart things that don't need to be or are a pain to put back together. He snapped one of his sticks of RAM last week and I just laughed at him.

Why attempt to fix what isn't broken?

[Bang Bang Bart]

Don't have anything productive to say, don't bother sayin' it. That's my rule.

[strykerdarksilence]

I CANNOT be late for anything. I have to be there at least 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be (usually more), and I factor in any potential delays, and I expect the same from others.

[wwerules60]

Jul 25, 2009 17:19:52 GMT -5 @strykerdarksilence said:

I CANNOT be late for anything. I have to be there at least 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be (usually more), and I factor in any potential delays, and I expect the same from others.

This and also people being late in movie theatres, if you're late and the theatre is packed then don't go to the top and ask a bunch of people to move over so you can sit.

[strykerdarksilence]

Mine is a bit of an obsession/compulsion born of always being late because of my Dad as a kid (seriously, I was never on time for ANYTHING because of him). If I'm going to be late, or even on time, I may as well not go, because I'm having a heart attack by the time I get there.

[Psy]

When I'm driving, doesn't f*** with my radio. Don't fiddle with my A/C. Don't touch f***ing anything, especially the mirrors.

When I let you borrow a game and don't give you a specific time I'd like it back, that doesn't mean you can take it to f***ing GameStop and trade it in on a different game. Oh yes, that pissed me off.

If I let you borrow something, you don't let someone else borrow it from you. It is not yours.

If we agree to meet someplace at a certain time, be there at that time. It's one thing to be 5 minutes late because of traffic, it's another to be an hour late because you some shoes in a store on the way that you just had to try on, but they didn't have them in your size you drive across town to another of their outlets to see if they have them there - especially when the agreed-upon time was, "Okay, meet up on the corner here in 15 minutes."

[Ravishing One]

Don't touch my food. I am very weird about this and have made children cry over this. If it is on my plate and you bother it, I will be VERY displeased. I have ended friendships (plural) over this.

[Lupin the Third]

You can only call Shotgun if everyone who's riding in the car is outside and heading towards the car.

[The Line]

Jul 25, 2009 22:00:30 GMT -5 Lupin the Third said:

You can only call Shotgun if everyone who's riding in the car is outside and heading towards the car.

with my friends, the 'shotgun' rules barely count as "unwritten".

[Ultimo Chocula]

Jul 25, 2009 17:19:52 GMT -5 @strykerdarksilence said:

I CANNOT be late for anything. I have to be there at least 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be (usually more), and I factor in any potential delays, and I expect the same from others.

Ding ding! Me too. In fact, I have to show up EXACTLY on time. If I'm early I chill in my car or walk around. But if I'm supposed to be there at 6:00 then 6:00 is when I ring the door bell. If I'm even five minutes late I get very twitchy.

[Pervy Stone Cold]

Jul 25, 2009 17:19:52 GMT -5 @strykerdarksilence said:

I CANNOT be late for anything. I have to be there at least 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be (usually more), and I factor in any potential delays, and I expect the same from others.

Believe me, I'm not saying showing up early is in any way wrong. However, there is actually from what my father told me (depends where you work) a good reason not to show up early to work.

He would argue that if you got hurt at your workplace and are not legally supposed to be there yet, then you could be at fault and the company could fire you (technically) on that basis.

[Deleted]

Don't ask me a bunch of questions.....ever. I can stand only small amounts of inquiry.

[dabossftw]

If you ask to have a puff of one of my cigarettes because you're out or don't want to light a fresh one only to get your one puff fix, DON'T LEAVE YOUR SLOBBER ALL OVER THE BUTT OF MY CIG. This also applies to "Hey, can I have a drink of that?". DON'T PUT YOUR MOUTH ON IT!!!

If you use my toilet, FLUSH IT. The whole "Yellow is mellow, brown flush it down" does NOT apply in my home. You don't save that much water doing that, and your quest to save the world's water supply is ridiculous.

[Samoa Kenny]

While of course I respect your rights to believe whatever you want, some of these seem to be doing you guys more bad then good. My rule is basically when someone owes you money, they should just pay you back, I hate chasing people, especially when I know they just got paid

[bob]

Jul 25, 2009 17:19:52 GMT -5 @strykerdarksilence said:

I CANNOT be late for anything. I have to be there at least 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be (usually more), and I factor in any potential delays, and I expect the same from others.

Jul 25, 2009 21:52:08 GMT -5 Psy said:

When I'm driving, doesn't f*** with my radio. Don't fiddle with my A/C. Don't touch f***ing anything, especially the mirrors.

these

[Bub (BLM)]

Do not call me on the phone and then expect me to be full of things to talk about. You called me, not vice-versa. My sister does this way too much.

[The Line]

Jul 26, 2009 10:43:27 GMT -5 Bub (BLM) said:

Do not call me on the phone and then expect me to be full of things to talk about. You called me, not vice-versa. My sister does this way too much.

oh, I get the same thing from my sis,too. She'll call me, and I really won't have much to say(I'm not a big phone-talker. never have been. I've only had really long convos with a few select people), and she'll accuse me of 'not wanting to talk to her'. I used to try and explain myself, but now I just basically say 'yep, that's about it'.


at least it ends the conversation sooner.

[Gopher Mod]

Jul 25, 2009 17:19:52 GMT -5 @strykerdarksilence said:

I CANNOT be late for anything. I have to be there at least 15 minutes before I'm supposed to be (usually more), and I factor in any potential delays, and I expect the same from others.

I'm right with you. I hate, hate, HATE being late anywhere, whether it is class, a social event, or even getting to a movie.