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#* Find a way not to be offended by those JERKS who would dare wear HATS indoors. How dare they though, right? Outrageous.
#* Find somebody who genuinely doesn't understand WHY wearing a hat indoors is considered offensive, and explain it to them in a polite and, above all, well-reasoned manner. Because, seriously, I don't get it.
#**It's not necessarily ''offensive,'' but it is ''courteous''to remove hats. It's something I picked up from military customs and courtesies (and before that, teachers; and before that, parents). Two reasons: First, you can see a person's whole face/head better without a hat, and so personal interactions are more open and expressive without it. Second, leaving a hat and/or jacket on indoors gives the impression that the person is about to leave the building and, presumably, the people in the building with whom they are interacting. When I have a coat/hat on indoors and am talking to my parents, for instance, I'm liable to hear the expression, "hey, take off your coat and stay a while!"
#* Don't begrudge people who leave hats and jackets on indoors given Williamtown's near arctic climate.
#** Hey, presumably it's not subzero ''indoors.'' (Well, in most [some?] buildings.) And baseball caps do very little to keep people warm. Regardless, even the military makes exceptions to this courtesy for temperature, religion, etc.
# Say hello to people you meet. If someone else says hello to you, respond in kind. Bonus points for smiling while saying hello.
# Don't destroy or abuse property. Particularly not if it belongs to somebody else.
# Avoid egregious public displays of affection.
#*(Also note if one displays egregious PDA it is apparently innappropriate to create a wiki about it--this was news to me)
#** (More like "it's common courtesy not to gossip.")
# If you're done using a public computer, close all the windows so people know it's not in use.
# Don't sample random people's shampoo, toothpaste, face wash, etc just because it's in the bathroom.
#Don't steal.
# If someone farts in Schow, make believe you didn't hear it. (Even though you did and it's hilarious)
# When watching a movie when other people are present, don't talk (unless the movie is awful and the group as a whole wants to).