Brentwood Observation

Context: This observation took place next to the home corner. The resource available were toys baby, baby dress-ups, baby toys.

Andrew Leonard's "Black Friday: Consumerism Minus Civilization" argues that the Black Friday shopping spree has begun to get out of hand in the previous years. Leonard explains that consumerism is a great thing for America, but showing Americans that it is okay to go crazy when shopping for deals is not the way to approach the buying markets. He mentions a Target advertisement and states that, "The Crazy Target Lady is not a joke. Watch her cannibalize her gingerbread man, or strategize her reverse psychology shopping techniques... she is America. She might be a lunatic, but it's a culturally approved lunacy" (Leonard 166). The author emphasizes how Americans embrace the acts of the target lady as funny and amusing, but during Black Friday shopping, some shoppers will take the night to the extreme like the advertisement does. He does remind us that there is light at the end of the tunnel, by reporting how shoppers are seeing the problems with the night of crazy shopping. I agree with Leonard that there are problems with Black Friday ads, and that consumers are realizing Black Friday shopping is taking away from Thanksgiving.

This report will be looking at the neighbourhood of Abbeyview in Fife along with the determinants of health which often occur within this area. According to Know Fife Dataset Abbeyview’s current population is 7,179, this population is broken-down in to three categories children, working age and pensionable age. Abbeyview population is 20% children, 64.5% working age and 15.5% pensionable age (Know Fife Dataset, n.d. a). Abbeyview is a small area in the east of Dunfermline which in previous years has been notorious for deprivation, Abbeyview North was determined to be one of Fifes poorest areas by the Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation, it was ranked in the top 5 due to one in three of its residents being income deprived (Findlay, 2013).

The restaurant had two drive-thru lanes, both opened. There were seven cars between my car and the point where the order was placed and I placed my order through a speaker box. I spent 12 minutes and 33 seconds in line before I reached the Order Point to place my order. Within 13 seconds of arriving at the speaker box to place my order, I was greeted in an enthusiastic tone. The Order Taker received my order in a friendly and professional manner, repeated my order back, and provided the price. After saying "thank you" she cheerfully responded, "My Pleasure!" The associate at the window and that handed me my order smiled, made good eye contact, and asked, "Welcome to Chick-fil-A! How are you?" After saying "thank you" to the Cashier, he responded

where he attended Kingswood Regional High School. In addition, he was raised as a Catholic. Then he graduated from Marquette University, Jesuit Catholic institution, in 1996, from the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2003, and from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism in

On 3-28-16, at approximately 0156 hours, deputies responded to the intersection of Valley Diary Road and Second Street to investigate a report of suspicious circumstances. According to Santa Barbara Sheriff Dispatch, the reporting party stated an unknown amount of subjects were using a crowbar to destroy mailboxes.

Examines this day and views it as a counter productive and harmful part of the holiday season. The author goes in depth about how people need to realize Black Friday is destroying humanity. The author describes it as, “where consumerism loses its last mooring to civilization, where even seemingly legitimate protest devolves into farce.” With this in mind I believe the author is correct Americans have become insane and ruthless during this time of year. The people are more crazed and out of their minds, the stores force these people to leave their families early ruining Thanksgiving for most, and the only individuals really benefiting from this are the one percent that own or have control over the retail

My friends and I went to the mall. We saw a Nike outlet where there were shoes on sale for 20% off. We went in and each of us selected two pairs of shoes. After we were tried the shoes on and was contempt with our decisions, we went to the cashier to pay for the shoes. After we paid for the shoes we left the store and got something to eat. While we were eating, I was looking at the receipt and noticed that the prices for each pair of shoes were not 20% off as advertised outside the store. In fact, they were $30 more than the original price of the shoes. We walked back to the store frustrated. When we came in we saw the cashier and I asked her "So, you like to use the (bait and switch) technique, huh?" She looked at us puzzled and asked what

Twenty minutes in I decide to change my destination in the mall. I decided to go into stores specifically high end stores without shoes. I went into Armani Exchange. Inside the store, everything was very pricey with high quality. I believed that it would be a perfect place to test out how the employees and customers would react. In Armani Exchange, there were a couple of people that looked like there were in the upper class. One woman looked at me and scoffed whereas her husband was looked at me in curiosity. I felt like they were talking about me. They would casually whisper and look up and down at me while trying to give me direct eye contact. A few minutes later, an employee came up to me asked if I could leave the store. She asked me “Why I wasn’t wearing any shoes?”. But, what surprised me was that she was very kind to me. I assumed that she would be rude and snarky. But, I was wrong. She asked me if “I would like a pair of sandals in the back”. She told me that she had extra shoes. I immediately declined and explained to her that this was an experiment for an assignment. She later on laughed and told me that it was a good one. I proceeded to leave the store. I believe that this folkway worked well because it was something that wasn’t really ordinary in the public eye. I mean that because I went to a mall. Whereas, many people are aware that there are people who do not have shoes most people

I noticed the fluorescent green of the leaves of 16th street mall turned to a vomit yellow as my friends and I shopped. Malls have never really been my place to hangout the the obligation that I usually have to speak to people I don’t know very well. Nevertheless, my friends dragged me along for an adventure into the depths of sales at Kohl 's and Macy 's (because who would want to miss out on that, right?). As we sat at the drinking hole known as “the food court”, I saw something I will never

As a child I was very curious and questioned everything around me. I loved being outside at any time and enjoyed the beauty of nature. I find it interesting the way the earth is and the way animals interact. Being a curious boy growing up, I always tried to find an answer or solution to the questions I would ask. One factor I questioned entering high school was, how I can improve my community and make it cleaner. As you may not know I live in the poorest city in the United States. You may think living in Brownsville is a place where trash is found in streets with light brown roads where there are broken down buildings and moldy homes. Honestly most of these assumptions were true about a few years ago, but Brownsville has grown and industrialized

I am glad you chose Black Friday for the topic of your post. Whenever I think of Black Friday, I cringe. I think using a relativist’s perspective is the easiest way to understand why Black Friday is so popular. Relativism asserts that an act can only be defined as deviant if the person witnessing the behavior believes that it is deviant (Adler & Adler, 2016). Deviance, in this example, is dependent on how you view Black Friday. For me, I see Black Friday as a day where all social norms disappear. For instance, common folkways like opening a door for someone, or waiting patiently in line becomes irrelevant. It is considered more normal to trample the person in front of you, and it is not unheard of to read that someone was shot over a “Tickle

Worse off, the majority of Black Friday retailers have adopted the routine of locking entrances until the exact minute of opening time. Mingled with insufficient staffing and crowd organization, shoppers are primed to uncontrollably charge into stores as soon as the doors open. Once one person begins running, everyone follows. The concept of social proof states, “if somebody else is in a hurry, there must be some urgency, so I should hurry, too,” (McGraw, 2015). Once everyone is running toward the same destination, the situation turns bad quickly. The majority of mob calamities are associated with “crazes,” the occurrence of everyone rushing toward the same thing, that they all

I picked this specific category because I am a well-rounded student who is very involved in her school and her community. I currently have four leadership positions at my school and I also internship at a Mid-City Can and organization that devoted to helping the community of City heights reach its full

Being one in a family of seven means constant trips to the grocery store. Last Sunday my older sister, Julia, and I went to Price Chopper to pick up some lemonade for a super bowl party later that night. As we approached the checkout counter we saw that there lots other people in line before us. It seemed like everyone needed something before the big game started! We got in line and waited a bit in checkout line 5 and then moved to line 6 to see if it was any faster. I think that was my best move all day because the man in front of us in line had a large cart filled (he had really nice hair). He looked at us and then said “You guys only have one item? Here go ahead in front of me.” To which we replied “Oh no are