Violation Of Social Norms

In our society we go about our days normally and usually do not realize that we are all part of the norm of the society. We all function in ways to structuralize our society and make it run smoothly. We view norms as being “arbitrary rules for behavior that are adopted because they are valued or reinforced by the culture” (Caildini 1998). These are rules that we were taught as children and learned throughout our lives. We observe what people do and we conclude on what is a norm and what a violation in human interactions is. Norms vary throughout the world and what seems to be socially acceptable here might be completely offensive in another country. Folkways on the other hand are norms that are not enforced as strongly as a regular norm. Values
In my case I did my observation at an urgent care waiting room while my little sister was waiting to be called inside. The wait to a see a doctor was about a three hour wait and the waiting room was extremely full with families that all seemed to have the same thing. There was a young man about the age of sixteen or seventeen sitting in on of the corners with his mother and two brothers and he decided instead of listening to his music quietly with earphones or headphones he decided to listen to his music out loud. This young man did not seem to care that many people were sick and was just ignorant about his surroundings. The music he was playing was hip hop and rap music which parents seemed not to like to hear around their children with all the profanity inside each song. This happened for about forty five minutes and people started whispering stuff amongst each other, grunt, or they would actually just stand up and leave that room and sit somewhere else. Although the music was loud and disturbing people in the room no one decided to stand up and tell him turn down the music. After the forty five minutes someone yelled across the room to turn down the music and the young man did for five minutes and continued to play his music. A nurse eventually escorted him outside the room since he wasn’t a patient and was disrupting the
I work mornings at Krispy Kreme where I usually work drive thru and work the register. I decided that everytime I would talk to a guest either in the front or at the window I would yawn so much I could barely keep a conversation going. No one who I worked with knew what I was planning on doing which gave me a great result in total. At first when I would yawn the first time most guests would comment jokingly about lack of sleep the night before and would be understanding. After the first few yawns many people started looking at me differently and would actually comment with “excuse you” or “am I boring you” after a while my coworkers started noticing it and my manager actually asked me to drink a cup of coffee to wake myself up. I continued to do this for the rest of my shift and by the end my manager told me to meet her in the office. It turned out that I had 5 complaints about my yawning and how incredibly rude it was to do that in front of them. Once I told my managers about what I was doing after they completely understood and helped me with my