For example, I concluded that the two men at the bar were colleagues. They sat a bar stool away each other and barely engaged in eye contact as they spoke. Also, I concluded based on the demographics of the Upper Kirby area and the cost of the cars within the parking lot that the majoring of the store’s customers were members of the upper-middle/upper-class. Therefore, the social norm of social exclusion, being stuck-up as the middle/lower class would call, was at play in the store. Displaying emotions and casual, friendly conversation were not acceptable behavior. During my time as the sociologists, I had become accustomed to the stale, quiet, and reserved attitudes of everyone. So much so, that I was utterly shocked when the Mexican American men displayed emotions of happiness and a genuine interest, relative to our nonexistence relationship, of how my day was. Also, the not acceptable behavior was seen when the customer showed no interest in interacting with the happy employee. Regarding my observations, I can interpret with caution a difference between social norms in the upper-middle/upper-class American men versus the upper-middle/upper-class Non-American
For example, I concluded that the two men at the bar were colleagues. They sat a bar stool away each other and barely engaged in eye contact as they spoke. Also, I concluded based on the demographics of the Upper Kirby area and the cost of the cars within the parking lot that the majoring of the store’s customers were members of the upper-middle/upper-class. Therefore, the social norm of social exclusion, being stuck-up as the middle/lower class would call, was at play in the store. Displaying emotions and casual, friendly conversation were not acceptable behavior. During my time as the sociologists, I had become accustomed to the stale, quiet, and reserved attitudes of everyone. So much so, that I was utterly shocked when the Mexican American men displayed emotions of happiness and a genuine interest, relative to our nonexistence relationship, of how my day was. Also, the not acceptable behavior was seen when the customer showed no interest in interacting with the happy employee. Regarding my observations, I can interpret with caution a difference between social norms in the upper-middle/upper-class American men versus the upper-middle/upper-class Non-American