Topic > An Experiment in Violation of Sociology - 1828

I couldn't hold it any longer because I had never cut a line before; it is rude and not acceptable. At that time, the middle-aged woman in the fourth row suggested that they walk up to me and act as if they didn't see me [she spoke slowly in her low voice]; I was so scared that I believed this would be the case for this experiment, but I still wanted to see more anger introduced into the situation. This reminds me of what Denzin examined in his article “Symbolic Interactionism and Ethnomethodology” that the rules that “every authentic member of a social order is aware of” and assumptions like “people in any situation will talk about many things that are only tacitly acknowledged, if at all,” or “the normal background conditions in any situation are taken for granted and are typically not questioned during an encounter” (127). The first person in line then began blasting his basket; I ran into the second man [Mr. A] offering the same reason I said to the Asian boy: “I can't wait;