Do you often hold doors open for other people? How about parking close to another car in an almost empty parking? These are the things we do almost subconsciously. It turns out that for every unspoken rule there is a simple explanation.
We collected 9 ordinary rules and found out why people follow them.
1
# We turn the volume down or off when we are driving in unfamiliar locations.
Imagine you are driving to an important meeting in an unfamiliar place. It's likely that you will stop talking to the other passengers, turn the volume of the radio down, or turn it off completely and focus on the road so you don't get lost.
2
# We gesticulate while talking.
If our hands are not engaged in some activity during a conversation, then we usually start to actively gesticulate them. And that's pretty normal.
3
# We prefer to park our car near another car in an almost empty parking area.
This behavior is explained by the fact that humans are social beings. We often follow the crowd and that's why in a normal situation, we automatically park our car near the only other car in the parking lot.
4
# Men don't use 2 neighboring urinals.
Public toilets are not a very pleasant place even if they are perfectly clean. The thing is that personal space and confidentiality are important for all of us. However, there are also exceptions to this rule — like shameless and tactless people.
Anyway, the majority wouldn't want to use the toilet under the wandering glance of someone else's eyes.
5
# We don't take the last piece of pizza or the last doughnut.
It is said that the scarcer a product is, the more we want to get it. That's why in sale commercials we often hear that the amount of this product is limited.
However, people in a big company don't take the last piece of pizza, the last doughnut, or the last gum in a pack because they don't feel that they have this right. Specialists called this phenomenon the diffusion of entitlement.
6
# Men prefer not to ask directions.
It was found that on average men travel about 900 extra miles within 50 years of their life because they refuse to ask for directions.
Men don't ask for help when they understand that they got lost because they don't want to feel incompetent, vulnerable, or even humiliated.
7
# We hold doors open for other people.
From our childhood, we are taught to hold doors for other people because it's correct and polite.
In fact, it personifies the "golden rule of morality" - treat people the way you want them to treat you.
8
# We neither buy the most expensive nor the cheapest things.
Basically, we try to spend our money rationally. And that's why we usually choose products with a price and quality that match well. That's the reason why mostly we prefer to buy neither the most expensive nor the cheapest goods.
9
# We place our feet toward a person we are interested in.
It's not just the position of the body itself that matters in conversations, but also the position of feet. If your date's feet aren't turned toward you, but their torso is, it means that the person is not interested in the conversation.
Is that so?
What else rules do you know?
Please tell us about them in the comments!
Source | BrightSide
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