Do you like to leave a place on your own terms? You can get evicted and banned from places by breaking written and unwritten rules. I would like to teach you things you should not do at public places and people’s homes.

Do not spend more than fifteen or twenty minutes in a public restroom. I spent about an hour in a fast-food restaurant restroom nearly fifteen years ago. A manager threatened to call the police.

If you eat out, leave the restaurant after you finish eating. One time I stayed at a fast-food restaurant watching the lobby television after I finished eating. The restaurant manager told me that I could not stick around after eating. The next time I ate there, he told me, “You are welcome to come in and order whatever you like, but if you sit down to eat, I will call the police and have you arrested for trespassing.”

I was evicted from a mall on a Sunday nine years ago. My intention was to buy a pair of gym shoes and leave to go to my school library. An unfortunate event resulted in a plan change. I lost my wallet and the ninety dollars that were in it as a result of the wallet slipping out of my shallow back pocket while I rode the bus to the mall. I decided to spend the whole day at the mall because I did not want to walk the long distance to school before walking all the way home. I was evicted for a day because I spent too much time in the restroom and too much time in the food court without eating. If you must spend hours at a mall, you should browse the mall or use most of the time to do something constructive such as reading or studying at the mall’s bus stop shelter.

If you attend a movie, do not sit in a row where others are talking. While I saw a movie, a lot of people sitting in a row in front of me talked. A lady came back with a police officer and said, “This entire row has been talking.” He ejected the entire row.

Do not throw anything at buildings. When I was sixteen, I threw a pebble at the wall of a school while walking on the parking lot. The principal asked me, “Are you trying to break something?” I replied, “No.” Her response was, “There has been vandalism around here. Please leave before I call the police.” She walked away. I stayed on the premises, not understanding that she was calling the police. The police came and let me go with a warning.

Do not discuss hate with children. Around twenty years ago, I played with a neighborhood girl at her house. I told her that the boy across the street hated me. Her father told me, “I don’t teach my daughter to hate anyone. You must leave.”

Do not ask for directions to a restroom at an unfamiliar place. Three years ago, I asked an employee at an unfamiliar building where the men’s restroom was. He took me to a restroom that was behind a gate that he opened. Someone else who worked there ordered me to leave.