Folkway Violation In Line

I had my share of moments where the cashier puts my money on the counter instead of in my hand when I clearly have my hand out ready to receive my change. I use to feed into that negativity and push the money to the cashier and rudely inform them that I wanted my return the same way I gave it to them. Now I just pick up my money, look at their name tag and the line number that they are working, ask for the manager and inform them of the disrespect that I just received. I am not in the business of getting anyone fired, but that behavior makes me feel as if I am not good enough or clean enough for them to kindly place my change in my hand. I understand some people may not see that as a form of rudeness, but I received that behavior as a low intensity of social norm and the intent to do harm is

I didn’t want the man to feel embarrassed or uncomfortable so I tried to make the situation as low key as possible. Although the experience between us was positive when I held the door and smiled at him, overall I believe it was a negative situation for this gentleman. This scenario taught me that in todays society not all establishments are accessible. I would use this lesson in the future when encountering similar situations by doing the same thing (helping as much as I can without creating a scene). Next time I would bring to the manager or owners attention that they need to make their store accessible for everyone. I value equality and respect, therefore, don’t think anyone should be put in an uncomfortable or embarrassing situation like that when doing something an everyday task such as

In society people are expected to follow many unwritten rules that are thought to be the “norm”. When one decides to break one of societies unwritten rules it puts not only the rule breaker but everyone around in positions where they are forced out of their comfort zones and must adjust to the abnormal. For this assignment the task was to choose multiple norms to break in front of various audiences then analyze the experience both as the norm breaker and reactions of the unknowing audience. This paper will discuss breaking of an interpersonal behavior norm by standing too close to others while browsing various stores in a mall. Also a social etiquette norm will be evaluated by choosing to sit on the floor at a food service establishment to

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

I entered your store this evening to rent a Redbox movie at around 7:30pm. When I walked into the store, I saw a young female slouched over on the customer's side of the counter eating what appeared to be her dinner. I found this to be somewhat unprofessional and made me feel uncomfortable. I continued to mind my own business and looked for a movie at the Redbox kiosk. I then heard a female talking amongst her other coworkers and very loudly say "suck my dick" and make other comments that were very inappropriate to her coworkers. I turned around to look at the workers to make sure I was hearing this correctly. I was in disbelief that this behavior would occur in a restaurant full of customers. Upon exit of the restaurant the young female and

This is Linus’ cadence: Linus is making some money, hawking cigarettes up and down the line of folks waiting for a table. We are in one of the longest lines in town—two blocks long, longer than the line for sushi at the No-nayami on Church Street, longer than the kosher line for the Marrakesh on O’Farrell. St. Anthony’s doesn’t take reservations. Instead, you take a number from the man with the blond beard around the corner. He gives the little red ticket to you in silence: no questions, no words—all you do is reach out your hand.

Our prime example of such a clerk was the girl behind the counter at the café outside Gate Two, where delectable Double Decker Ice Cream Cones were sold every afternoon. […] ‘Whaddayawant?’ she snarled out of the edges of her mouth to the people ahead of us who naturally wanted Double Decker Ice Cream Cones too. ‘Shut up and wait your turn. I’ll get to you when I’m good and ready!’ (Bowman Reid, 68)

Afterwards a worker comes up to me and says in a rude tone “may I help you” and “I said no thank you I’m just looking” and so the worker left then I picked up my stuff and walked to another part of the store and then the same worker came back and said “can I help you look for something” and I said “no thank you I’m just looking”. At this point I looked for my friend and we both started looking around the store and the worker started to follow us. Finally we both left the store because our movie was about to start and as we were leaving the security guard followed us out of the store and I thought he was going to follow us to the movie theatre but thank God he didn’t. Finally I called my mom and I told her what happened and she told me to go to the movie and to try calm down and to enjoy

In private practices, it may be ok to charge for faster services, but in large corporations and public services this is due to the lack of resources. In an ideal world, the privilege of cutting in line would be reserved for people in a hurry, parents juggling a handful of children, and people with disabilities. Money seams to make things unfair. If a person has a higher income they are better able to afford certain luxuries and if a person has little money they are considered part of the masses. Having money seams to make a person think they are better than other people. People are in general equal save for people in great positions such as the president. Individuals have a way of using money to define themselves, and therefore using money

Roller skating rinks and bowling alleys are two places that people visit for recreational purposes. Although I have gone bowling a couple of times, I have never gone roller skating at a rink. Some people do go by themselves, while others take along a friend or family member(s). I visited both of these facilities in order to conduct field research and do a micro-level analysis so as to gather primary data from the natural environment about society and patterns of social behavior. While in public, there are certain rules of behavior that are generally followed, which are considered acceptable by the members of society (McLeod, 2008). Individuals who do not follow these norms may be shunned or suffer some type of ramification (McLeod, 2008).

But here I was in the café because Samantha wanted something before the layout meeting. She was such a bitch. I had a college degree and she was still making me her errand girl. At least the line wasn’t too long. He was in line ahead of me, but the way the store was set up he was actually on my left.

A. Attention getter: What do you feel like when you have to wait in long lines. Do you enjoy waiting in long lines at the movies or dmv. I knew two classmates that had to be in a line. They were put on the waitlist for organ and tissue. Both of them had to be turned down a few times. They would get a call only to find out the transplant was a bad match. Eventually, they ended up

Some individuals gazed away and let out a loud sigh, while others would just gaze at the person invading their space to hopefully make them realize that they were getting too close for comfort. Individuals would also try and avoid the person invading their space while moving forward, but to the side to also avoid the person in front of them. Some people would just avoid the line all together and go sit back down in their seat, while others would verbally say “excuse me” to make the person realize that they were causing uncomfortable feelings.

In this particular scenario, the latter solution (B) is the morally correct action, even though it may agitate the people in the line, you are doing the right thing and being honest. Once again, most adolescents would act out the morally incorrect solution and see it as just a little bonus cash on behalf of the colour-blind checkout girl (even though most adolescents don’t do any shopping).

When the consumer is waiting alone and have nothing to do, especially in an unfamiliar facility, the feeling of boring, uncertain about waiting time, stress and anxiety will be increasingly enlarged with time passing. Queuing also seems more burdensome if people feel physically uncomfortable. Moreover, because of a fear of “been forgotten”, the senses of “get started” of customers are fervent. It is claimed that the anxiety level is much higher while waiting to be served than it is while being served, even though the latter queuing will be longer (Lovelock & Wirtz, 2011, p.267; Maister, 1985).