●GeneralRulesofMannersinPublicPlace
&peoplehavedifferentideasofwhatbehaviorisacceptable,tastefuland“normal”whenwanderingaboutinpublicplaces,that’swhytherehavetobesocialrulesofetiquetteregardingbehaviorinpublicetherearesomaideasofwhatisrightandwrong,guidelineseneralruleshaveevolvedsoastoallaloingpeaamixedworldideas。Butuhedowoguidelinesatherewillalwaysbesomeoneangryorupseteitherbecausetheyaredisturbedbythewordsorasofothers,orbecausetheyfeeltheyshouldhavetherighttosayordoastheywishinpublic。That’swherethefollowinglistoffiverulesofetiquetteonhoubliesin。Therulesbelowfollowonseoothersasyouwouldhavethemdountoyou。Or,perhapsmoreaptly,trynottobotherothersaheywon’tbotheryou。
■General
Wheninpublieral”ruleistrytobehaveinwaysthatmostwouldstrueassympathetictowardsthefeeliysimplereally,butquiteoftenignored。
■Noise
Wheninpubliberthatthehthusiasticasyouarewiththenoiseyeing,suchasarguing,speakingloverexuberantly,playingmusiconyoure。Itistruethatweallhavetherighttodothesethings,butitdoesyoualsohavetherighttoighepeaceofothers。Anyadisturbingtheambienceofaparticularpublicplacewouldgenerallybesideredoutsidewhatisrightthingtodo。So,trytolowerdownyourvoidstopbellylaughimovies。Donotmakeahefrontyard。Theseareomostofusizewhenit。
■Odors
Peopleareseoodors。Odorsgemoodandcausephysicalreaepeople。So,trytokeepyourodorstoyourselfwheninpublidthisincludesbodyodors,perfumesandes。Alsosiderthesmellofcigarettesmokeandhowusomemayfindit。Finally,detthesmellofthefoodyoumaycookoreat。Noteveryohesameprefereerruptingsomeone’speaentofbeinginpublicwithyouradiaphorousaybegdisfort。
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Inotherwords,howdoyoudressordoyourhair,ordisplaycleavageortattoosorotherpartofyourbody。Thesethingsallaffeetimesiiveways。Forinstanepeoplesiderwearingrevealingclothesasoffehedisplayoftattoosvulgar。Thepoiaboutrepressio’sabyourchonothersandperhapsmodifyiio’salljustsomethingtothinkaboutinpublic。
■Behavior
Itisnodoubtthatwhatyoudowhileoutinpublicwillaffectothers。Youwillbebarelynoticedifyoubehaveinapolitemanner,whileyoumightbeeireinthosearoundyouifyouareswearingrostthesidesofbuildings。It’safactthathowyoubehaveoutwhereothersbearwitnessshouldbedifferentfromhowyoubehaveintheprivacyofyourowbehaveinannoyingorscarysmilingatothersinlineorharassespeopleo。Bekianeeded。Inshort,trytobehaveasifyourmotherwerewatg。
Theaboverulesofetiquettedprobablyshouldbefollowedbyprettymudeveryogoesoutintothepublicpartsofourworld。Wehopeyouwillrememberandfollowtherulesasyoureadthem。Doingsowillnotonlyallowthosearoundyoutoincivilizedways,butwilllikelycauseyou,yourselftobehappiertooasitfreesyoufromthethatquiteoftenariseswheadheretothesesimplerules。
■TipsforPublicBehavior
&heGoldenRuleinyourmind:“Dountoothersasyouwouldhavethemdountoyou。”
◇Don’tpoint,laugh,ormakefacesatpediffere,hair,etc。)Ifitissomethingyouwouldn’twaohear,theoyourself。
◇Chhtversationtopics,avoiddirtywordsandtalkingaboutthebodyfundsuch。Asageisnotappropriateforachildrepeat,don’tsayit。
◇Keepyourareadaables,throwawayrubbish,aleevideyouwerethereaspossible。
◇Say“excuseme”ahepersonwhoisbeingdisruptivetotodown。Don’tplainabouthisherbehaviobnoxiouswhenyoudothat。
◇Wheoadults,addressthemby“sir”or“ma’am。”Allease”,“thankyou”and“you’rewele”。
◇Besiderateivepeopletheirpersonalspace。Holdopendoorsforpeople。Allowtheelderly,preghosewithsmallaheadofyouiherestroom。Itisahardfortheelderlyawomentotroltheirbladder,anditisoftehechildsayshesheogotothebathroom。
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◇Everybodymakesmistakes。Doyetthebestofyou。Ifyoumessupandwheed,simplyapologizeandworktyourmistakes。
◇Behaveasifyourmotheristherewatg。
◇Dohesmallthings。Noo,lifeistetupsetthatg。