kinda like if there are a few cars stopped at a red light, obviously going straight but blocking my entrance into the right hand turn lane, i don’t mind passing one (or maaaybe two) before the official space to do so. however, if there’s a long line up of cars, i don’t pass on the right and i get pissed when assholes (usually in german cars…go figure) zip by a dozen cars as if there better than everyone else.

i do, however, always return my shopping cart, and usually a few others. i especially like returning the carts of other people when they are still getting into their car. so they can see that i — with my toddler and four year old in tow — don’t see it as an inconvenience at all to return the cart they couldn’t be bothered to deal with.

rules are meant to serve people and i don’t mind breaking some if it’s done wisely and with consideration of how breaking that rule might effect those around you. immature is breaking rules just for the sake of breaking them, but i think it can be wise to not let rules alone govern your life.