Originally Posted by sweeper20

I can understand your point, but i guess what perplexes me is that if everyone, on their own, decided what rules they thought were 'important' and therefore apporpriate to follow, society would be a mess. This particular rule isn't important to you - clearly. But what if someone else decided a rule was "silly" that you thought appropriate - would it be ok for them to simply say to you - yeah, its a rule, but I don't like it, so too bad for you? For instance, a front desk clerk overlooks you for an upgrade, even though the procedures (we'll call them 'rules' in this case) state that they should upgrade you...would it be ok for them to say to you "well im my opinion, its a silly rule, so I choose to ignore it" I doubt you'd let that slide.