What things do you wish were socially acceptable?

[PrawnSalads]

I wish that you could ask random people to bring their dogs(And other animals) round for a playdate.(With me) I see so many new dogs and I wish people would bring them to my door so I could meet them.

Likewise with newborn babies.

I also wish that it was ok to ask everyone's name or to wear name badges. I'm fascinated by first names and I always want to ask baby and children's names and why the parents chose them.

What do you wish was socially acceptable?

Oh, and ‘RTFN. It stands for Read The F-ing Notice. This says Entrance. You go in that way. This says Exit. You go out that way. This says Card Payments Only. These checkouts do not take cash.’

Sometimes I think electric fences would be the only way to train people not to walk the wrong way into an automatically closing exit door. 🙄

My dear departed DF was Polish born but spent most of his life here so was a native English speaker. He encountered a couple of these as a customer and called them both out on it in Polish. Their faces were a picture.

Just existing while fat really.

You're an adult and you suck your thumb?!?! Wtf??????

THIS!!!!!!!

Starting a meeting at work with the acknowledgment from every attendee that nothing at all you are going to discuss in the meeting matters at all. Not in any way. To anyone. It’s just corporate nonsense. And you’re all just trying to get the job done you’re paid to do.

I really think that would set an appropriate tone.

Being excited about random things.

I saw a toddler clap and cheer when his Dad managed to retrieve a toy that had rolled under a shelf.

The world would be a better place if we clapped and cheered achievements like toddlers.

Everyone automatically taking off their shoes when they come into a house. I know it is in some countries but not so much in the UK. I'm sure some people will quietly seethe at being asked and go start a Mumsnet thread about the indignity. Meanwhile, I just don't want the random crap of the pavements being walked into my carpets. I'd rather see their socks with holes in.

Talking about feeling suicidal.

"Be kind" MY. BACKSIDE. Been there a few times in the past and always got screamed at by whoever I turned to for support and was treated like I was scum of the earth.

Many of those children could've had special needs such as Autism. Especially the "meltdown over nothing". Don't be so bloody judgmental ffs

1. Asking random people what they're cooking for tea at the supermarket checkout. Other people's food shopping fascinates me!

1. Scratching wherever whenever.

1. Water cannoning neighbours dog to shut the fecking yappy thing up.

1. Throwing dog shit in neighbours face when the let yappy dog into your garden to crap when they think you aren't looking....thank you CCTV....

1. Saying no to the latest unheard of random charity collection at work is OK despite 'Margaret's' cousins grandchilds hamster having an ingrowing claw caused by a genetic defect no one has heard of. It's important to Margaret but I'll chose my own charities thank you!

Being barefoot

Babies. I work in fashion retail and pre Covid women would often toss me their baby for cuddles on the way in to the fitting room. Now they barely let you look at them. Let alone stuff a tiny fat foot in your mouth

Hmmmm. Maybe that is why

Being able to call someone out for being a dickhead without fear of them attacking you. When their behaviour was the problem in the first place.
Then again, balaclavas have become socially acceptable around here so that's a pipe dream.

The outfit of choice of the numbskulls... North face /Nike identikit grey/black get up and a hand down the front. This should be eradicated and perhaps also the wearer.

I didn't even know half of this was socially unacceptable 😬Why does society care if you wear a bra or not??

I would like to be able to eat my food with my fingers when eating out, and to not have to talk on the phone.

I love day drinking!!

In the supermarket, taking a run and slide on the trolley right up an empty aisle

Telling people not to sniff loudly and repeatedly in public. Telling people not to gob on the street.

But you can get germs and bugs from a cough... never heard of a fart giving someone covid.

Id take a bit of gassing over a week or more with a cold

The be kind brigade only works if it's a socially acceptable dilemma 😂 a functional depression or anxiety that can be romanticised. Any symptoms that make them either feel uncomfortable or impacts them is a big no no.

Yknow like how when you can't cry in public.. if you do it needs to be that silent cry, with a single tear gliding down your cheek 😂 not the choking sobs and snot running down your face. Unfortunately snotty cries for me are a given 😂 no one ever lets me cry into their shoulder just get asked if I want to leave and sort myself out haha

Having to be a “mum”. If I was just a person with a child, without all of the other parenting shite attached. I hate the identity politics of it all. I just want to have a laugh with my kid & bring them up as I see fit.

Same with being “single” before I was married. No such thing. I was just a person in my own right, not associated with another person. Now I’m not in anyone’s “other half” either. Just happen to be married.

I did this once in a moment of exuberance over a field. I hadn't noticed the cow who was incredibly freaked out and started chasing me.

Saying what you actually think. I'm not sure if that would make the world a great place or a horrible one