Norms are behavioral expectations in a society that dictate how people act in a given situation. In the United States, it’s common for people at a restaurant to leave distance between themselves and strangers. While, in Germany, it’s common for people to choose to and sit down with strangers. What is central to understanding this difference is realizing norms vary from society to society. It’s socially acceptable in Germany to interact closely with strangers, as seen in Figure 2, while Americans see it as an invasion of someone’s personal space, resulting in the man sitting alone at a table, capable of seating three others, in Figure 1. This idea of norms can be instituted into Erving Goffman’s dramaturgical theory to allow us to understand