Pros And Cons Of Breaking Social Norms
Whenever you enter any store, it's second nature to behave appropriately towards customers and workers. People don't come to stores to witness disruptive behavior because its uncivil and impolite. Behaving differently would cause such a scene, people tend to avoid communicating with anyone to avoid it. But what happens when you disrupt this silent rule? How would other workers and customers react to this public behavior? Would there be any repercussions for breaking this norm? How would I feel? The reason why all of us act proper in public is because of store etiquette. This norm is followed because of our fundamental belief “treat others like you want to be treated”. We wouldn't want to be treated poorly in the first place. My experiment broke
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This was on Sunday around 2:00pm and there was a handful of people in the store. I am very familiar to this mall and the culture around it. At times this location can get somewhat shady, so it was a completely different environment than the Target at Dublin. This would be my second round of breaking the social norm, store etiquette. I wasn't as nervous as I was in Dublin because I didn't stand out from the crowd. I confidently walked in there knowing my objectives. When I started criticizing the clothes in a loud manner, and throwing them on the floor I got occasional stares and glances. People seemed to ignore how I was acting in the store, which encouraged me to do it more to try to get some sort of reaction. I was baffled that not one worker was nearby either organizing or putting an item back in its place. After ten minutes, of failing to get anyone's attention I stopped making a mess and tried fixing everything I dropped. I believe people in Bayfair weren't surprised by this disruptive behavior because people having loud outbursts and tantrums is a new social norm. It's common in this environment to stay in your business and for others to stay out which avoids problems. In fact, I was more shocked than that I wasn't getting critiqued for my actions. I believe this norm of store etiquette was created as a way to show mutual respect for those who work in stores and a way for us to show
This was on Sunday around 2:00pm and there was a handful of people in the store. I am very familiar to this mall and the culture around it. At times this location can get somewhat shady, so it was a completely different environment than the Target at Dublin. This would be my second round of breaking the social norm, store etiquette. I wasn't as nervous as I was in Dublin because I didn't stand out from the crowd. I confidently walked in there knowing my objectives. When I started criticizing the clothes in a loud manner, and throwing them on the floor I got occasional stares and glances. People seemed to ignore how I was acting in the store, which encouraged me to do it more to try to get some sort of reaction. I was baffled that not one worker was nearby either organizing or putting an item back in its place. After ten minutes, of failing to get anyone's attention I stopped making a mess and tried fixing everything I dropped. I believe people in Bayfair weren't surprised by this disruptive behavior because people having loud outbursts and tantrums is a new social norm. It's common in this environment to stay in your business and for others to stay out which avoids problems. In fact, I was more shocked than that I wasn't getting critiqued for my actions. I believe this norm of store etiquette was created as a way to show mutual respect for those who work in stores and a way for us to show