Almost each and every thing we do in life is judged by a specific arrangement of rules. When we are growing up, we are educated by our parents of what to do and what not to do. Every family lives by a different set of ideals and beliefs. It can be because of religion, nature they live in, and what sort of government they comply with. Although the one that remains constant in all societies and households are norms. There are two types of norms, informal and formal. Norms are rules and expectations by which a society guides the behavior of its members. Particularly in the U.S we tend to focus heavily on the norms of society. If you so happen to break a norm it can be spread rather quickly through social media or word of mouth.
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For almost a year now I have been a Vegan. Where I am from that is extremely rare, so I decided to go eat at wood ranch and order a salad without chicken. Being a steakhouse, it was not absurd that they messed up my order. I thought this was the perfect time to break a norm. I talked very loudly and made a scene when I noticed there was chicken in my salad, I began to say “ no no I am vegan I cant have this” and so on, as I talked to the waiter he tried to calm me down and overed a free meal. Numerous times I was rude, apologized, then was rude again. It was clearly a nightmare for that poor waiter. I noticed the people around me were staring in aw; I even heard a man say “Vegans” in an annoying tone under his breath. My family as well reacted, they were embarrassed and gave facial expressions of “are you really doing this right now?” As shy as I am, I really enjoyed doing …show more content…
Normally people would just asked to take the meal back and the conflict is resovled. Instead I broke the norm for casual interactions, distinguishing what the right thing to do from the wrong. I failed to have social control which led the surrounding people around me and my family to have a negative judgment on myself. I believe people reacted this way because it was not the normal thing to do. It also went against what others belief in. For example, at a young age my family has always been very polite. I grew up knowing to hug my elders first, say please and thank you, and so on. Thus my families reaction was very shocked toward me for the way I acted. To the surrounding people, I could tell they would have hated to be next
Norms are key …show more content…
For almost a year now I have been a Vegan. Where I am from that is extremely rare, so I decided to go eat at wood ranch and order a salad without chicken. Being a steakhouse, it was not absurd that they messed up my order. I thought this was the perfect time to break a norm. I talked very loudly and made a scene when I noticed there was chicken in my salad, I began to say “ no no I am vegan I cant have this” and so on, as I talked to the waiter he tried to calm me down and overed a free meal. Numerous times I was rude, apologized, then was rude again. It was clearly a nightmare for that poor waiter. I noticed the people around me were staring in aw; I even heard a man say “Vegans” in an annoying tone under his breath. My family as well reacted, they were embarrassed and gave facial expressions of “are you really doing this right now?” As shy as I am, I really enjoyed doing …show more content…
Normally people would just asked to take the meal back and the conflict is resovled. Instead I broke the norm for casual interactions, distinguishing what the right thing to do from the wrong. I failed to have social control which led the surrounding people around me and my family to have a negative judgment on myself. I believe people reacted this way because it was not the normal thing to do. It also went against what others belief in. For example, at a young age my family has always been very polite. I grew up knowing to hug my elders first, say please and thank you, and so on. Thus my families reaction was very shocked toward me for the way I acted. To the surrounding people, I could tell they would have hated to be next