Chapter 25 Unwritten rules

Verse 1

We encounter them everywhere and all the time, they influence our lives in more ways than we can imagine. I am talking about the "Unwritten rules" those implied and inferred rules and conventions that control and regulate social interaction between people. The whole idea that there exists a set of rules that are understood and known by people that never have meet is quite astonishing to me.
The exact wording and phrasing of the rules is of course different for us all but very often the meaning and code of conduct that the rules are meant to encourage is the same.
As the "Unwritten rules" are an abstract thing that only can be said to exist in the minds of people they are varied in the extreme and usually only share one thing, they deal with common sense and aim to make people behave civilized.

Verse 2

Of course there is another side to all this. As we are dealing with something can be called rules and those are used to govern behavior we will always have those that wont abide by them. You run into them all the time, at the pub, in the supermarket or you will meet them where i usually do, at work.
Their aberrant ways can manifest themselves differently. Sometimes they don't understand the use of words like "Thank you" or "Excuse me" Queues and such are alien to them whereas sharp elbows and loud voices are much in use.
On the freeways the aberrants are more dangerous, setting aside actual laws as well as "Unwritten rules" like the "zippermethod" used for letting cars get in front of you they will actually cause accidents as well as aggravate others.
We will not discuss those that go further beyond the pale than that.

Verse 3

Above i have only mentioned the "Unwritten rules as they apply to people in general. There are of course more specialized rules that cover more specific groups like the military, clergy, couples or devoted roleplayers.
We might go into those at a later date but for now i will only say that they infinitely more complex.