Norms are not always compulsory. It depends on the situation, time and person's own way of accepting or declining norms. Anyways, Norms are of different types also. Main three are informal, formal and folkways. Informal laws are generally understood but not precisely recorded (Schaeffer 2018,61). Formal laws are norms that generally have been written down and specify strict punishments for violators (Schaeffer 2018, 61). Folkways are informal norms or everyday customs that may be violated without serious consequences within a particular culture (Sumner, 1959/1906). The norm I broke was actually a folkway norm which we use for daily life.
Norm varies from society to society, place to place and even from one country to country. The norm which is so valuable to one society …show more content…
Everyone was busy with themselves. To grab some attention I started drinking from saucer along with that annoying slurping sound. Then everyone looked at me and their reaction was pretty funny. All of them started laughing at me. All of them started noticing my way of having tea. Some of them asked why was I having my coffee like those villagers. One of them said the sound was disturbing and I need to stop. My mom got a little bit furious and she said I was embarrassing her in front of everyone. My little sibling said I was being an uncivilized person. So, the reaction I got from breaking the norm of having tea in a civilized way was laughter, disturbance, anger, and