Essay about An Experiment in Breaking The Norms: A Personal Narrative

I am feeling repentant about dining at Chili’s, last week, due to the terrible experience that I had. The semblance of the restaurant from the outside, made it seem like a nice place to dine in, but when I stepped into the place, it had a very unkempt appearance. Not only was the interior appearance untidy but the smell of the place made me feel nauseated. It smelled as if there has been a dead rat in the place for a week. When I took a seat, I hoped that an amiable waiter who reveres their customers would take my order. Instead, a waiter with an impassive look on his face walked up to the table I was sitting at. His way of speaking English was enigmatical. I couldn’t understand a word he was saying. When I finally figured that he was trying

A norm is something that is usual, typical, or standard in a society. It is natural and inevitable for societies to have norms that people live by. In Ain’t No Makin’ It, the Hallway Hangers and the Brothers have very contrasting norms, as evidenced by the way that the two groups of young men live their lives. The Hallway Hangers norms are centered around drugs and alcohol, essentially. They do drugs because they believe that they are stuck in poverty forever and there is no way of getting out. They also have poor hygiene and they dress bad.

The hostess asked the investigator if the table was “okay”? The investigator politely asked, if it was possible to go onto the next two top table in an open less crowded area. The hostess agreed and seated us more comfortably in the next section. The hostess placed the menus (a sushi menu and lunch menu) on the table and said enjoy the lunch. The menus were clean.

For my subfield I picked social for I believe that many of our day to day interactions have effects on us whether we know it or not every day small subliminal messages are planted in brain.Say if you're going to eat dinner you might remember that your mother always told you should wash your hands before you eat. Its the “Social-Norms” we as a society have came to be and how we act from a day to day basis.When your alone your thoughts and ideas could be different than rather when you're in a social situation where you have to make interaction with others. It also goes to show group thinking and different views on leadership based solely from your origin

So we ordered and then went to sit down (we all ordered some kind of burger.)

Sunday, Febuary 26th at 6:00 pm, I entered Ruth Chris Steak-House on Airport Blvd. with a friend of mine who works there. We were greeted by the host and I explained the premise and the project and we were seated quickly and in a prominent position so I would be able to observe customers. After we sat down and ordered our food, I was surprised by how empty the restaurant was. My friend told me that business doesn’t pick up till around 7 or 8 on Sunday’s. We ordered our food and I took note of the time. 16 minutes later our food arrived, steaming hot. Our waiter was very friendly, pleasant and helpful. He showed me where the bathroom was and I found it in excellent condition, toilet seat covers and all. I returned from the bathroom to find a family being seated 3 tables down from us. I recorded their food service times and prepared to leave Ruth Chris.

Oh, to see what I wish I didn’t. To see an image staring back at me that I don’t identify with. To long to be accepted, and wonder if ever such a thing could happen. For now, all I can do is move on and pursue something to challenge the “norm”. I suppose it’s time to go forth and spread ideas that no longer require there to be a fear of ourselves. I guess it’s about time for me to do this on my own, even though I am at the ripe age of 62.

“Great, I will get that out for you in just a moment.” the waiter exclaimed with glee as he advanced into the kitchen to get their food.

"Order for table two. Hurry up, Malina." The chef laughed as I wobbled over to him.

When I entered the restaurant Katherine greeted me with a smile and a friendly hello before she asked how many were in my party. I told her two and our host Mark, came over to show us to our seats.

Our server had a great smile and a beautiful personality. He came over soon after we were seated and asked if we wanted something to drink before he asked if we were ready to order. Once we had placed our drink order he left to get our drinks, when he came back he asked if we were ready to order. We were not quite ready but he told us to take our time and he would be back when we were ready. When the Ephraim came back we were ready to order, my guest ordered baby back ribs with Cole slaw, my other guest ordered the Norms Classic Cheeseburger and I ordered the T Bone steak with baked potato. He took our orders and said that he would be right back with our soup and salads. He arrived with our soup and salads in record time, served us and told

"Thank you." I saw the door to studio 36, I took the drinks from him.

Barnett(2011) defined norms as being principles of the accepted behavior for actors with given identity. Rules and norms are embedded in the society which people live in and comprises of things that one totally know. Moreover, norms tend to have a greater power in constaining behavior. With regards to the general public of a society, rules and norms would have an impact in shaping state behavior. It seems clear that norms are

The restaurant patron were comprise of Asian, White, light skin Black, and myself Hispanic. Attendees were mostly in their 20’s with the exception of couple of older people. All of them seemed people of the working class or recently out of college. There was an equal ratio of females to males as most of the costumers came in pairs. Everybody seemed to be in good health as the patrons were young. Emotional appearance seemed normal, just taking their time to relax and enjoy each other’s company.

We were seated quickly, but our waiter was nowhere to be seen. It seemed unusual because the restaurant was not swamped with customers, with the exception of a few not being served by our waiter. The waiter finally asked us what we wanted to drink. After twenty minutes, he showed up with our drinks and bread sticks which tasted like it was a day old. While he was still there, we decided to order our meals, that way it would not take all day to get our food. Before that day, Devan had never been to an Olive Garden, so he took forever to pick out the type of tomato sauce he would want on his gigantic amount of spaghetti. The waiter then left to take the order for the other workers to make the spaghetti. We received a salad to eat before our actual food came out, but we had to order it with no sauce because of how picky I am when eating a salad. Waiting for our server to bring our food seemed as long as waiting for the bell to ring at school. The waiter was unfriendly, especially when he brought our food and filled our drinks. After finishing our food, we had to wait twenty minutes for the waiter to bring our check to us, since without it we couldn’t pay the very overpriced bill. The baseball game was impeccable compared to Olive Garden.