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Violate Social Norm Analysis

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I knew I wanted to violate a positive social norm, so when I was at Dillon’s, I paid for the woman in front of me in line’s stuff. She didn’t have very much picked out, but I knew that people buying other people’s groceries doesn’t happen all that often. The woman was taken by surprise when I stepped in and at first was pretty persistent on telling me no, but I did explain to her that I was doing it for a project. The cashier was shocked also, she told me that she’s never had anyone pay for someone else’s stuff, for a project or not. After it was over she thanked me and wished me luck on my project. Since it was late since I work in the evenings, there wasn’t that many people around, but a few people did make jokes asking if I wanted to pay
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