Informal Sanctions: The Violation Of Social Norms

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All the people that I grabbed and exchanged products with gave me sanctions, if not all of them informal. Informal sanctions emerge to face-to-face social interactions. I was asked loudly, “What are you doing with my food?” while being given disapproving looks, and other verbal reprimands. People made it clear that I was being deviant and one elderly lady actually yelled out at me,” quit being deviant before you find yourself in trouble young man!” I knew this elderly woman was referring to deviance as the violation of established contextual, cultural, or social norms. People on their phones while I was taking stuff out of their cart questioned what I was doing and demanded I put everything back. While in one instance, one lady saw me pick