1. Table etiquette: slurping soup&cereal milk, chewing w. your mouth open, clinking&scraping utensils against your teeth, coughing, sneezing, blowing your nose at the table, eating meals in 3 minutes and complaining of stomach aches afterward are all NOT OK. I do NOT want to hear what your eating, how your eating it, or even see what's in your mouth.
This is not attractive and those of you w. these eating habits need to seriously look inside yourselves and be a little more conscious of how you appear to others sitting at the table with you.
2. Morning etiquette: waking up at 6:30AM is dope, more power to the early birds catching the worms. (I belong to the school who thinks if I wasn't there early enough to catch the worm it either wasn't meant for me to catch, or I'll just wait a little later for the crickets) However, waking up at 6:30AM, while others in your household, apartment, dorm room, etc., are still sleeping and plan to stay that way for 5-500 minutes, and making a RUCKUS is not OK. In fact, it is extremely inconsiderate and 'effin rude.'
If I set my alarm for 7:45AM and am awoken at 6:30AM because you are hustling and bustling in your bathroom, talking loudly on your cell phone, cooking, or moving furniture around you are liable to be cussed out - no, you SHOULD be cussed out. It makes no sense to be that noisy that early in the morning, and those of you who are that noisy, need to work on 'playing mouse' ASAP. please&thankyou!
3. Noise etiquette: slamming doors, listening to TV's loudly, and disturbing communal peace are all (I'm sure you can guess what comes next) NOT OK. I think everyone should work quite time into their days - a common communal quiet time that cannot be disturbed by loud noises. This can be a time to nap, think, write, read, do homework, or just sit and relax. I try and have this time each day, but somehow it is always interrupted by people and their obnoxiously loud noises - talking, watching TV, slamming doors - without any consideration of what other people nearby may be doing.
4. Privacy etiquette: going into people's rooms, looking at porn on people's computers, taking people's things w.out asking are all NOT OK. Firstly, I will apologize to the world because I am guilty of the latter of these issues, but I am working on it. In any case, these things are not a good look.
Complete lack of respect for people's belongings, personal space, and rooms is a disease affecting people our age around the world. If you find yourself having trouble determining whether your actions are OK or not, think "would I want this person to be doing these things to me or with my stuff?" If the answer is no, you probably shouldn't be doing it. Actually, if the answer is yes, you probably shouldn't be doing it either - because if you have to think for more than 2 secs if what you're doing will be accepted by another individual, it probably won't be.
5. Personal space etiquette: this does not need much explanation - there is a personal space rule that exists, and you should not, at all costs, break it! Unless you are close family or friends, do not come w.in 1 foot of me, do not touch me, do not breathe on me. It's just not OK - I do not feel comfortable with you and things that come from your body being that close to me.
This post is not a personal attack on any one individual - although I do know a few individuals who violate many of these regulations. This is simply my way of reaching out to the poor unfortunate souls of this world and helping to guide them into the direction of proper behavior.
Somewhere along the way, they were not taught or possibly did not digest these key elements of how to live and act, so I feel it is my duty - for my, their, and your sakes - to reiterate them. If you know anyone who suffers from these illnesses, refer them to my blog, PLEASE!
