Observation Of Social Interaction Theory

During my time at IHOP I observed some very interesting things about todays society. Before I entered the establishment I noticed a happy family returning to their car. So I made the assumption that these observations would all be the same because of possibly of great service and environment. I was gravely mistaken.
I walked into IHOP and was seated in a great spot to observe people. The situations I observed were; a group of 5 teenager girls, a old man by himself, and it seemed to be two female friends with their newborn babies. The first thing that I could connect perfectly with a theory was the Social-Conflict theory. The friends with the children were set off towards the corner, and hidden away from the rest of the restaurant. Several other families were in that general are also. I didn’t find that equal at all. They were secluded, as if only families with young children had to sit there. The body language of the waiter towards them was impatient; he kept on tapping his pen on his pad and sighing overdramatically. When the parents apologized to …show more content…
The costumers depended on the waiters to take their order, the waiter depended on the cooks to cook the food, the cooks depended on the waiters to give the costumers the food, and so forth. I do not feel that restaurants necessarily produce inequalities in our society but they seem to reinforce inequalities. I stated early segregation was in play when the host separated families with young children from the rest of the costumers. Also the interactions I observed did display hierarchy, the teenage girl felt she was above the waiter and I did notice the older waiter felt that they were above the teenage workers. The older waiters would take over at the register if they felt the teenager worker wasn’t preforming efficiently. Through the data I collected restaurants are great place to see how our society works