Norm violations are common in society today. Norms are defined as being “expectations of ‘right’ behavior” (Henslin, 49). There are two types of norms: folkways and mores. Folkways are a type of norm that are not strongly implemented, meaning that to go against this type of norm is not as severe as going against a more. A more is a type of norm that is forcefully implemented. This is due to the fact that mores are essential to the values of different culture. Norm violations occur when a person thinks or behaves in an abnormal way, a way that differs from the expected behaviors within one’s culture. People from all cultures unconsciously commit norms, whether it be acting out in the wrong manner or acting in an acceptable behavior. This causes people of society to give a reaction also known as sanctions. Sanctions as stated in the book are, “either expressions of approval given to people for upholding norms or expressions of disapproval for violating them” (Henslin, 49). These sanctions can either be positive or negative. A positive sanction is a reaction received by following norms, which can either be expressed by giving an item or even an emotional expression such as a smile. A negative sanction is more of an expression of disappointment for committing a norm violation. These negative sanctions can range anywhere from a frown to a prison sentence. Each culture has a set of values that are unique. Values are the ideas in life that us humans find appealing and each diverse culture has their very own set of values. The first norm violation I witnessed was at Edwards Theater watching “Dead pool” with my girlfriend. There was a lady sitting behind me in the packed theater and throughout the entire movie she laughed excessively loud and mimicked multiple parts of the movie in a loud voice. She would even laugh at the parts of the movie that weren’t that funny. It was safe to say that this lady was ruining the whole movie for me. She continued to do this and overtime it became even more annoying than it already was. All of a sudden, a couple next to us decided that it was time to say something and the guy yelled at the loud lady, shouting out multiple explicit words towards the lady, telling her to be quiet. She really didn’t need to be laughing so loud. The people surrounding me had an obvious look of disgust and annoyance on their faces as the yelling was taking place because it was distracting everyone from the movie. Even after the movie, people were whispering about the loud, annoying lady. The norm violation of this was that the lady was laughing excessively in a theater where it is supposed to be a quite time during the movie. People go to the movies in order to experience the movie in a specific environment, and the laughing lady was ruining that experience. The second norm violation I
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An older man had ordered some waffles, he than waited for at least five minutes stood up and yelled for the waitress to come to his table. The waitress than walked to the man, as the man had a very frustrated face. He started to make a scene by yelling and being rude to the lady because he hadn’t gotten his breakfast with in five minutes. The people surrounding in the dining area looked at the man in disgust and seemed to be embarrassed for him. I can definitely say that the man had disrupted my breakfast. I could tell that the people were upset at the man and wanted to bring to his attention that he was being rude. People were mumbling under their breaths about the older man who had caused the scene inside IHOP. The people sitting directly next to the man asked if they could be moved to a different table because the man had shown himself to be sort of scary. They had a look on there face as if they thought the man was crazy in the head or had something wrong with him. The norm violation of this was the man being impatient and yelling at the waiter for not having his food ready within only a couple minutes, when he wanted it and making a fool out of himself by causing a scene in a dining room in front of 20+
An older man had ordered some waffles, he than waited for at least five minutes stood up and yelled for the waitress to come to his table. The waitress than walked to the man, as the man had a very frustrated face. He started to make a scene by yelling and being rude to the lady because he hadn’t gotten his breakfast with in five minutes. The people surrounding in the dining area looked at the man in disgust and seemed to be embarrassed for him. I can definitely say that the man had disrupted my breakfast. I could tell that the people were upset at the man and wanted to bring to his attention that he was being rude. People were mumbling under their breaths about the older man who had caused the scene inside IHOP. The people sitting directly next to the man asked if they could be moved to a different table because the man had shown himself to be sort of scary. They had a look on there face as if they thought the man was crazy in the head or had something wrong with him. The norm violation of this was the man being impatient and yelling at the waiter for not having his food ready within only a couple minutes, when he wanted it and making a fool out of himself by causing a scene in a dining room in front of 20+