My Observation At Miami Dade College

I did the elevator offense, my partner (Sandra) and I used the parking lot elevator at Miami Dade College (Wolfson Campus) which has twelve floors. When we got there it was about ten AM. I ride several times and each time the number of observers differ. The first time we ride on the elevator the people were indifferent except for this guy who had no idea where he parked his car and got off the elevator at the wrong floor. Going back down, he saw us and asked ‘you girls are still in the elevator, what are you doing’, we could not answer anything we just look at each other and laughed and got off the elevator on the next floor. I remember the second time the elevator had about twelve people, they were from different race: (Hispanics, African Americans, and Native American), most of them were in their 20s, there was a man who looks like a teacher in his 50s. They were very quiet, some of them did not pay attention to me, but there was this white lady standing next to me staring at me like, by the way she said excuse when leaving the elevator I can tell she was pissed. The third ride had like seven people, there were two black ladies talking to each other but looking at me, everyone else were on their phones.
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Breaking norms not only affect the person doing it, but everyone around us and the reaction of the victims might be harmful to us. It is difficult to break them because of what others are going to think and do about it. Folkways may be easier to violate then others because if people do not follow them there is no big deal about it. For example me standing and facing everyone in the elevator is violating a folkway it is easier to violate because there is no formal punishment for it. On the other hand, I had violated a more I could have a serious problem with the law. In conclusion some norms are more difficult to break because of the sanctions related to