A norm is what behavior, society deems acceptable in which most people within that society follow (Keirns et al., 2015, p.58). In the South, specifically Texas, it is a common social norm to say “Excuse me” when passing in front of someone. Another everyday norm is to stand in line and not just move in front of people, which can be claimed as rude; also it is acceptable to say “Thank you” when receiving help. The norm, I choose to break is to be disrespectful by not saying “Excuse me” in front of other individuals. I chose to go to my local library as there are various amounts of people that enter and leave in a given day. The observations were made on a Monday around 1:30 p.m. the library has just opened for business. It is a sunny day with
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There are grandmothers and parents, sitting and watching the children and reading to them. On the doors to the entrance of the children’s section, displayed are signs and symbols with book characters and schedules of events. The schedule of events includes a story time at 1:45 p.m. which is about fifteen minutes or so into my observations. All the children and their parents or grandparents enter the main lobby. An employee leads them to a separate room that is in front of the library for the reading. There are children ranging from Caucasian to Asian to Hispanic to African-American with ages ranging from one to approximately seven years old.
After thirty minutes of observation, I continue on to break a social norm. I walk around to the line of customers, and just walk right in front of someone and keep walking towards the bathroom glancing back. This particular patron is an elderly Caucasian woman waiting to return a book, as I walk by I hear her rudely say ‘Rude child’. Other people standing in line also look at me as if something was wrong; I sense that they think I am not well-mannered. The employees are equally distracted by my vulgar behavior. Others around did not seem to notice anything and continue with what they are
There are grandmothers and parents, sitting and watching the children and reading to them. On the doors to the entrance of the children’s section, displayed are signs and symbols with book characters and schedules of events. The schedule of events includes a story time at 1:45 p.m. which is about fifteen minutes or so into my observations. All the children and their parents or grandparents enter the main lobby. An employee leads them to a separate room that is in front of the library for the reading. There are children ranging from Caucasian to Asian to Hispanic to African-American with ages ranging from one to approximately seven years old.
After thirty minutes of observation, I continue on to break a social norm. I walk around to the line of customers, and just walk right in front of someone and keep walking towards the bathroom glancing back. This particular patron is an elderly Caucasian woman waiting to return a book, as I walk by I hear her rudely say ‘Rude child’. Other people standing in line also look at me as if something was wrong; I sense that they think I am not well-mannered. The employees are equally distracted by my vulgar behavior. Others around did not seem to notice anything and continue with what they are