"All these unwritten things that have been put out there, all these different thoughts or ideas or concepts that you can't do this or you can't do that, I don't have any idea who invented that list," Maddon said.
Attacks might verge on the startlingly personal, but some unwritten code keeps things non-physical and largely good natured.
There are so many unwritten rules, you know, things that people just can't do, without there being any reason not to.
Office hierarchies are delicate things governed by unwritten, spiderweb-like rules.
Office hierarchies are delicate things governed by unwritten, spiderweb-like rules, at once fragile and steel-strong, and one of those rules seems to be: there is a direct relationship between the ominous presence of the pile of shit on your desk, and your self-perceived importance to the company.
Pretend you can't follow the rules, written or unwritten, how would you do things different?
Maintaining such contacts is the only way to tap into the constant flow of unwritten information that keeps the whole thing functioning.
"She told me that this chalking thing is some sort of unwritten rule for those who do this pretty often, that you just don't cross those lines," English, 21, said.
The conventions of the book require an obvious organizational structure: words, pages, chapters, with an unwritten agreement between writer and reader that things won't get too confusing.
In some cases, this corruption took the form of requiring bribery in order to receive quality service: " it's not a legitimate thing, but it's kind of unwritten requirement that they must reward or bribe everyone including from doctors, nurses and technicians and pretty much everybody who was part of this surgical operation".
