People Explain Which Things Should Be Socially Acceptable But Aren't

You know what would be great?

If society could just stop with arbitrary dress codes. If you're not working with the public, why should you have to dress up so much? If you're a police officer, then it makes sense that you'd wear a uniform that identifies you as a police officer. If you're Ted from IT who sits in the backroom all day, I really don't see why you have to come in every day in a suit and tie.

Let's just toss them out, shall we?

People shared their thoughts with us after Redditor Levels2ThisBrush asked the online community,

"What should be socially acceptable but isn't?"

"Leaving the office..."

"Leaving the office whenever you've finished your tasks for the day."

misringuette

This is why I'm so glad remote work is the new office.

"And yet, I get it!"

"Taking off sick from work, WITHOUT giving an invasive reason. I supervise a small team and so I see all the OOO emails, and for gods sake I want people to PLEASE not feel the need to explain in detail what kind of diarrhea is afflicting them, or how bad their period cramps are, or how much bad sushi they ate the night before. Just say “I’m under the weather, I won’t be online today.”"

"And yet, I get it! I do it too! I feel guilty or like I’ll be looked at with suspicion if my reason for taking off isn’t sufficiently debilitating enough!"

"But… we need to stop this. As a manager I don’t care, I don’t THINK the people above me who are also on these emails care… let’s just all agree to take sick days without any details from now on!"

imnotwallaceshawn

I do not miss my retail days where I had to organise someone to cover me and beg on bended knee.

"Cashiers or workers who don’t need to be standing all day not having a stool or chair."

Lavatories

Another thing I do not miss from my retail days. Having to stand for hours and hours only to come home with my feet killing me was not fun.

"Prices on apartments..."

"Prices on apartments and their respectable reasons for such price directly on their websites or advertising without the need for a tour or any secrecy."

Spiceinvader3124

I always assume if I have to ask the price I probably can’t afford it.

"Being quiet..."

"Being quiet/not wanting to engage in conversation all the time."

[deleted]

In Finland, if somebody tries to talk to you, they are probably a tourist.

"Choosing not to..."

"Choosing not to have toxic family members in your life."

[deleted]

It feels very liberating once you accept that you don't have to put up with it.

"Employees..."

"Employees calling customers out in public for being a**holes."

gameboy1001

Absolutely. Many customers get away with treating employees horribly because they know they can do it without any pushback... most of the time.

"The fact that I sometimes..."

"The fact that I sometimes need to take my insulin in public. No, Karen, I am not doing drugs, I need to live."

blubberwinx

You’re getting that sweet sweet insulin high… the high of being not-dead.

"Afternoon naps."

"Afternoon naps. I’m on team nap. Give me 25 minutes to charge up and I’ll give you back 3 hours of high quality work. Everyone wins. Plus I go home with extra energy instead of dead tired."

Governmentwatchlist

Short naps don't work for me. I can't do a 25 min recharge. When I take a nap it needs to be like a solid 2 hours

"Speak up!"

"Salary transparency. For some reason, in the US, there’s a taboo or stigma around discussing one’s salary. This should be done openly and freely, with zero embarrassment or judgment. The only winners from avoiding these conversations are the corporations that are able to pay people differently for the same roles. Speak up!"

Jumping_Bear

The "for some reason" you're referring to is simply propaganda on behalf of corporations.

It's evident that something's got to change around here, and we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore!

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