What things do you expect people to know as "common sense"?

Cover your mouth when you cough/sneeze. Don’t run into traffic. have good hygiene.

Anything that you don’t learn in school, basically. Things you just know. Like, don’t eat with your mouth open, if the stop sign says STOP, you simply stop, green means go, say please & thank you, 2+2=4, etc. All that fun stuff (:

Dont grab strangers butts Dont run over people Dont run in front of cars Dont expect every dog you meet to be nice Guns and ammo in airports is a big nono Don’t joke about bombs in airports Dont take things from anyone unless it is given to you Dont clap when someone gets hurt Funerals are not places to make fart jokes ( I experienced this personally so I use it as an example ) Not everyone likes to be hugged Holy moly I could write for hours so i’ll stop here haha.

There are two sorts of common sense.

Common sense in social behavior is basically all the things you say and do in order to make sure that no one gets hurt. That common sense forbids us to take unneccesary risks for ourselves and for others. That common sense forbids us to intentionally hurt anyone either physically or emotionally.

Common sense in knowledge is the other sort of common sense. Common sense in knowledge are the things that are not to be doubted because they are obvious. Common sense is that part of knowledge that everyone can agree upon, even though their cultural background, and their education may beradically different from yours.

I work as a receptionist in a university gym and the amount of people who have close to no common sense is unbelievable. I have had people read signs that tell them not to do something then do it anyway, attempt to open doors that say no entry, read a leaflet that has the answer they are looking for then ask you that question then hold up the leaflet and say “so the information is all here”?. But the worst is when (we have a two main doors into the gym one revolving door and a disabled access door which can only be opened from the inside) people get stuck in the revolving door and rather than push it they will come out the door and try to open the disabled access from the outside even though there is a very visible sign telling them not to do that. The scary thing is that all the people who do these things are people studying for degrees!!!

That staring at a girls ass, who’s obviously taken, isn’t gonna get you anywhere Have good hygiene Dont overload your face with makeup or do your hair if your going swimming Knock before you come in Open doors for people If you know something and someone else needs to know it, dont have them figure it out for themselves if its something like how to spell a word and whatnot, just tell them. Everyone enjoys compliments so give them freely. If your in a room with 2 other people or more and lets say they are both cold but your hot, turn up the heat none the less. If you took the wrong turn and need to turn around, turn at the first sensible available place, don’t just keep driving forever. People dont like it when you hit them. If it may be cold today, bring a jacket. Cover your mouth before you cough and sneeze Take the plate out of the microwave when your done with it Take the baking sheet out of the oven when your done with it Replace the toilet paper roll if you were the last one who finished it You dont have to eat everything on your plate Wake people up nicely, they were sleeping anyways so what did they do wrong to you so far anyways. Drink water. Turn off the lights if your not in the room, yes, all of them. Put your jeans on before your shoes. Dont lead people on if your not available or interested. Be straight forward in relationships. Say hello to people even if you do not know them, and smile back if they smile. Don’t start fights unless they really deserve it. Dont go around being like “YEAH MAN I SMOKE AND DRINK ALL THE TIME” cause if that’s your rep than obviously your parents are gonna find out. Dont say you like something too just because someone else likes it. If someone is in a bad mood dont ask them for something, wait till later. Dont drink and drive. Dont hurt someone because you find it amusing. If your doing something and someone else finds it irritating, dont keep doing it just because, stop. Even if you dont know why they could find it irritating. Dont bite the hand that feeds you.