Status Deviance Theory

The story that I will be sharing to better understand the Status Deviance Theory is a story when my co-worker Rick was hired as a personal trainer at the World gym in Wantagh, New York, where I work. For the past four years Rick had been a personal trainer at two other gyms around the area of Wantagh as well as World gym’s main competitor Equinox gym. The head personal trainer, Martin was the manager of all World gym’s personal trainers and with this position came the duty of hiring new trainers. Rick came in for numerous interviews as well as performed a demonstration of a training session before Martin officially hired him. Rick stood out to Martin because of his previous experience, outgoing and friendly personality as well as his great