Fieldwork Excursion #2
Activity #1: Impression Management in Action
The first situation I chose to observe myself in was at a volleyball practice, and the second situation I chose to observe myself in was in physics class. At volleyball practice the type of “front” I encounter is an athletic front for I am a starting middle blocker on a college volleyball team. The type of “front” I encounter in physics class is an academic front for this class is in my major. The settings of each definitely play a role in my presentation of self for example volleyball practice is in the gym therefore I wear workout clothes. In addition physics class I come prepared to learn with my textbooks and notebooks that I carry in my backpack. At volleyball practice …show more content…
I went later in the evening with my teammates for our post game meal. I noticed that the employees paid close attention to what we each wanted and made sure we all were getting what we ordered. You could see there was clear communication between the cashiers and the cooks on the different orders. The employees also showed some stress seeing my whole team in line waiting to get our food but they went about it in a quick and efficient manner. As I was observing the customers I noticed that even if they already new what the wanted to order they still took time looking at the menu. I also observed that most of the customers when they received their food said thank you. These were the similar patterns that emerged for the customers. I noticed that a similar pattern that emerged between the employees were they all greeted and thanked the customers when they came in and left. Some norms that were at work for the employees were their uniforms. The norms that were at work for the customers were that everyone cleared their tray and threw away their garbage. Another norm is that the customers all waited for their number to be called before they went and picked up their food. I agree with the following statement, “Sociologists warn us that habitual use of McDonald’s systems are destructive to our physical and psychological well-being as well as to society as a whole.” I agree with this because as a society, McDonaldization focuses on efficiency, calculability, and standardization, which, are mostly measured by profit. They’re not taking into account our well-being and environmental health. This is destructive to a society as a whole because when systems are not McDonaldized we still expect things to be just as fast, when that is not
Activity #1: Impression Management in Action
The first situation I chose to observe myself in was at a volleyball practice, and the second situation I chose to observe myself in was in physics class. At volleyball practice the type of “front” I encounter is an athletic front for I am a starting middle blocker on a college volleyball team. The type of “front” I encounter in physics class is an academic front for this class is in my major. The settings of each definitely play a role in my presentation of self for example volleyball practice is in the gym therefore I wear workout clothes. In addition physics class I come prepared to learn with my textbooks and notebooks that I carry in my backpack. At volleyball practice …show more content…
I went later in the evening with my teammates for our post game meal. I noticed that the employees paid close attention to what we each wanted and made sure we all were getting what we ordered. You could see there was clear communication between the cashiers and the cooks on the different orders. The employees also showed some stress seeing my whole team in line waiting to get our food but they went about it in a quick and efficient manner. As I was observing the customers I noticed that even if they already new what the wanted to order they still took time looking at the menu. I also observed that most of the customers when they received their food said thank you. These were the similar patterns that emerged for the customers. I noticed that a similar pattern that emerged between the employees were they all greeted and thanked the customers when they came in and left. Some norms that were at work for the employees were their uniforms. The norms that were at work for the customers were that everyone cleared their tray and threw away their garbage. Another norm is that the customers all waited for their number to be called before they went and picked up their food. I agree with the following statement, “Sociologists warn us that habitual use of McDonald’s systems are destructive to our physical and psychological well-being as well as to society as a whole.” I agree with this because as a society, McDonaldization focuses on efficiency, calculability, and standardization, which, are mostly measured by profit. They’re not taking into account our well-being and environmental health. This is destructive to a society as a whole because when systems are not McDonaldized we still expect things to be just as fast, when that is not