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# If someone is standing in front of a dorm with a sleeping bag and a prospectus, and appears to be under the age of 20, offer to swipe the person in.# If you cook in a kitchen, for God's sake, clean up after yourself. Don't leave your spaghetti sauce on the stove top until spring break. If you cook and "that mess was there when I got here," just take a few minutes and clean it up anyway. Your guests It is probably don't want to eat in filth.# If there's only one omelet left at the dining hall, ask the person behind you if they want half.# Don't throw your old sardines, or any other stinky refuse, into the bathroom trash can. There is a trash room[[pre-frosh]].# Knock the lint out of the lint screen after you use the dryer.# Talk to your janitor.# If possibleWhen [[smoking]], leave space on the sidewalk so others don't have huddle right outside the doors to walk in water, mud, or snow. If you're walking in a group and one person comes in the opposite direction, move behind someone in your group so the person passing can use the sidewalk as wellbuilding.#* And be careful how you maneuver with that umbrella. You almost took my eye out. # If the room is empty, and you're leaving, turn off the lights. Please.# Take off your hat indoors.#* Especially in class.#* Find Nobody wants to walk through a way not cloud of smoke every time they need to be offended by those JERKS who would dare wear HATS indoorsenter or exit. How dare they though, right? Outrageous.#* Find somebody who genuinely doesnThere't understand WHY wearing s been a hat indoors is considered offensive, and explain it to them in rule against smoking within 25 feet of a polite andcampus building since 2003 anyway, 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 personanyone'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 ever gotten in the building with whom they are interacting. When I have a coat/hat on indoors and am talking to my parents, trouble 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 climateit.#** 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.#* How about receding hairlines? Do those warrant keeping the hat on? Or what about just a bad hairday? Nasty scar? Pimple? Scalped by natives?==Around campus==#* Especially if you are at an event at Chapin Hall, Brooks Rogers, Images, the theatre, etc. I can't see the play/concert/speaker/movie through your giant ushanka or that baseball hat jauntily propped so that it adds an additional five inches to your head.

# When in If you're done using a librarypublic computer, kindly turn close all the light windows so people know it's not in use. Log off , unless you want strangers to look through (and potentially modify) the non-public files in your [ftp://achilles.williams.edu Achilles account].#You shall not covet your neighbor's wife, husband, non-monogamous partner, or simply his/her recent random hookup. Also can be stated as, "Thou shall not covet sloppy seconds."#You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but you can't pick your friend's nose. ==In dorms==# When watching a movie when you leave other people are present, don't talk (unless the movie is awful and the group as a carrelwhole wants to).# Have some discretion when [[making out]]. Avoid egregious public displays of affection. #*(Also note If you cook in a [[Kitchens|kitchen]], for God's sake, clean up after yourself, especially if one displays egregious PDA it is apparently innappropriate to create you are using other people's cookware. Don't leave your spaghetti sauce on the stove top until spring break. If you cook and "that mess was there when I got here," just take a wiki about few minutes and clean it--this was news up anyway. Your guests probably don't want to me)eat in filth.#** Don't take other people's ingredients. Don't use other people's cookware to store your food in. In fact, try to avoid using other people's cookware altogether, and, if you really must do so, do it so they aren't aware of the fact that you used their cookware (More like "clean it, and don't do a half-assed job, either).# Don't throw your old sardines, or any other stinky refuse, into the bathroom trash can. There is a trash room.# Talk to your custodian. # Don's common courtesy t destroy or abuse property. Particularly not if it belongs to gossipsomebody else.")# If youyak or see someone yak in a place that're done using s a bit out of the way -- a basement, far-off corner, or anywhere that isn't a public computertoilet, close all the windows so people know itreally -- make your best effort to tell someone responsible that there's not in usea stinky, biohazardous mess on the floor.

#Don't steal. Some stealing is okay though, like <strike>stealing food and </strike> [[free stuff]]. Especially free stuff.# If someone farts * Stealing food is not okay! Don't steal food that's not yours. Other people get hungry sometimes too, especially for the food they have paid for themselves.#*But stealing food from dining halls is perfectly acceptable. We already get ripped off enough by our meal plans and the hours of the dining halls.# Keep in mind that you live with other people. Playing music loudly late at night when people are trying to sleep or study, especially after having been requested to turn it down, is incredibly rude. Be considerate and use common sense.#*Blasting music in the quad, no matter what time of day, is unnecessary and inconsiderate. Not everyone shares your taste in Schowmusic (and even if they do, make believe you didnthey don't necessarily want to hear itthumping through their closed windows).# Socializing in halls is a beautiful thing, but not so much at 3 a.m. during [[reading period]]. (Even though Especially in dorms where doors and walls are thin!) Take those extra five steps and walk into someone's room.# Smoking pot and setting off the fire alarms is not cool, especially at 3 am.# Make sure the toilet actually flushes when you did and itgo. It's gross to have to flush someone else's hilarious)bodily functions for them.# Put seats down on toilets after you use them- not everyone can pee standing up.#* Point of information: humans who are not naturally blessed with cis-masculine plumbing may nonetheless enjoy a squat-free squirt by employing a [http://www.shewee.com/ Shewee], [http://www.whizbiz.com.au/html/whizplus.html Whiz Plus], or [http://www.mylafemme.com/index2.htm LaFemme].# When watching If you should find yourself living in a movie when dorm where walls/doors are thin (i.e., Morgan, other people are presentrecently-renovated dorms), please refrain from flinging your door wide open and letting it SLAM! behind you, doncreating a deafening crash. This is highly annoying no matter what time of day it is. === In laundry rooms === # Knock the lint out of the lint screen after you use the dryer.# Don't talk (unless leave your [[laundry]] in the washer or dryer for hours after it's done. No one wants to touch your wet underwear to move it out of the movie is awful way and other people like having clean clothes too.#* If, by chance, the person before you has left laundry in the group washer (we all do it once in a while) be so nice as a whole wants to)move the clothes into an empty drier, if available. You might as well, and it keeps them clean and away from the spilled bleach that is inevitably everywhere.# Log off computers when ** If youspill bleach in the laundry room, wipe it up. ==In dining halls==# If there're done with them unless s only one omelet left at the dining hall, ask the person behind you if they want strangers to look through (half.#* Likewise, if you are offered a half of an omelet, ask the person behind you if they would like a quarter... and so on.#* If there are "only" 6 chicken tenders left and potentially modify) the non-public files only one person in line behind you, don't take more than half. Especially if you already have a burger on your plate.# When putting up your tray in [ftp://achilles[Driscoll Dining Hall|Driscoll]] or [[Mission Dining Hall]], gently place your silverware into the cloudy blue dishwashing solution, don't throw it in there and splash everyone around you. # Oh yeah, and don't try to compost paper cups, saltine wrappers, etc. -- there's a trash can for that.williams# Compost your napkins and tea bags.edu Achilles account# Thank the cardswiper people in the [[dining hall|dining halls]].#You shall When putting your tray away at any [[dining hall]], have the courtesy not covet to cut other people who are waiting in line to do the same thing, even if you are rushed. If you can't resist the urge to cut people when you are rushed, give yourself enough time to put your neighbortray away before you need to leave for class or whatever else you need to go to after a meal. #*On the subject of busing trays, please do just that. Don't leave random glasses, plates, or even full trays of food at your table, because it's wifedisrespectful (and not to mention degrading) to the people who work hard to feed you.#* In fact, husbanddon't cut people when you aren't rushed; for instance, in the line for [[First Friday]]. Being drunk and not wearing enough clothing on a cold night are not excuses. ==Sustainability==# If the room is empty, non-monogamous partnerand you're leaving, or simply his/her recent random hookupturn off the lights. Please. Also can be stated as# When in a [[library]], "Thou shall not covet sloppy secondskindly turn the light off when you leave a [[carrel]]."# If you go outside to [[smoking|smoke]], for crying out loud, throw away your cigarette butts when you're done. Littering is not cool, ever, and this is no exception.#* AlsoIf you have a plastic/glass/aluminum container to toss, but the nearest public recycling bin is full, donhang onto it until you come to one that isn't huddle right outside full rather than making a pile on top of the doors to the buildingbin. Nobody wants The [[facilities]] staff should not have to walk through a cloud remove dozens of empty bottles sitting on top of smoke every time the container before they need to enter or exitempty it. ==In [[classes]]==

# * If you must fall asleep in any class, try not to snore loudly or jolt awake too hilariously.#You can pick your friends, and you can pick your nose, but * If you can't pick your friend's nose.# When you go into the Language Lab, hand your ID card re likely to the monitorfall asleep in class, don't just throw it into the binskip and sleep.# If you are at a classical music or choir performance, or at the 62 Center or movie theatre, shut up during the performance.#* Do You're not loudly unwrap throat lozenges in the middle likely to get anything useful out of the music or play. If class period in that state, so you have a cough, it's best to unwrap one before the music/play/whatever starts, or during a break may as well catch up for later in the middle.#* Do not clap between movements, or at any point where the conductor asks you not to clap.#* If you are 168 years or older, recall that you've suffered hearing loss. What seems to be an inconspicuous whisper to you is actually quite loud.#* Don't bring small children.#* Take off your hat.#* Turn off or silence your cell phone - do NOT leave it on vibrate.#* Don't send text messagesday.

# Keep When you go into the [[language lab]] in mind [[Weston]], hand your [[ID card]] to the monitor, don't just throw it into the bin.# If you take notes on a laptop, especially in a large, dimly-let lecture (say, ARTH 101), turn the brightness down. It's easier on everyone's eyes--including your own!#* Also, if you're "taking notes" on your laptop, don't make it too obvious that you live 're checking your email or watching video clips on YouTube. Resist the temptation to yell "Haw! Haw! That dog's wearin' a baseball cap!"# Although your time is valuable, please do not start packing your bag/putting on your jacket three minutes before class ends. All that rustling is gosh-darn irritating to your classmates, and mad disrespect to your prof (whose final words are usually the most important). ==Cell phones==# Before entering a classroom, a library, a concert, a lecture, a play, or a movie, put your cell phone on vibrate. PLEASE. (How about just turn it off or silence it completely? You can't answer it, why should you care if it's ringing?)# If you are in the library and feel the need to talk to someone on your cellphone, have your conversation in an area where people aren't studying nearby. Also refrain from having loud, long conversations with other people. Playing music loudly late at night while in the library when people are trying to sleep study around you.# Don't leave your cell phone on a table and then walk away. If it rings or studyvibrates, especially after having been requested to turn it down, is incredibly rude. Be considerate and use common sensewill bother everyone.#*Blasting music If you are in the quada dark space with others, no matter what time of daysuch as a movie, don't text-message. The light from the screen is unnecessary bright and inconsideratevery obnoxious. Not everyone shares your taste in  ==Events==# If you are at a classical music (and even if they door [[choir]] performance, they donor at the [['t necessarily want to hear it thumping through their closed windows)62 Centre]] or movie theater, shut up during the performance.#Do not loudly unwrap throat lozenges in the middle of the music or play. If you have a plasticcough, it's best to unwrap one before the music/glassplay/aluminum container to tosswhatever starts, but or during a break in the nearest public recycling bin is fullmiddle.#*This can be very hard for someone with say, hang onto a cough. Perhaps excusable if you cover your mouth and try to muffle it until .# Do not clap between movements, or at any point where the conductor asks you come not to one clap.# If you are 168 years or older, recall that isnyou't full rather than making ve suffered hearing loss. What seems to be an inconspicuous whisper to you is actually quite loud.#* I'm sure all the senior citizens around [[Williamstown]] read Willipedia...#* Where am I? Is this Yoohoo Tube? Can anyone hear me? Is this a pile virus? I got lost on top of the binWebMD psoriasis page. Is this the Google?# Don't bring small children.# Take off your [[Talk:{{PAGENAME}}#Hats|hat]]. The facilities staff should not have to remove dozens of empty bottles sitting # Turn off or silence your cell phone - do NOT leave it on top vibrate.# Don't send text messages.# Don't harrass your friends and/or strangers into seeing your sub-par performance. (However, if you are the subject of the container before they empty itsuccessful peer pressure, accede gracefully and find something nice to say.)