Etiquette of Small Rebellions

0.9 mm: the knife keeps its edge by refusing to butter.

7 items: socks returned to the basket with their names folded inward.

1.5 cm: a key turned twice, politely, then left in the door.

receipt, 3 cm strip: folded into a paper boat and set on the dryer.

elevator: pauses on the basement floor to rearrange the buttons.