Sociological Affect

People are seen in many different lights. Everyone is different. As a group we also seem to adjust to things being a certain way. When you break those social-norms it can cause quite a stir. Changing a just a few simple things can cause quite an impact.

For my research I chose to do something I would have never done. The way I started my research was to go to Hi-Fi Buys dressed in my pajamas and a bag of popcorn. I headed to the appliance section and proceeded to pop said popcorn after the popcorn was finished I headed over to the home theater section and put a movie in that I had brought from home it was Rio one of my girls favorite movies and watched the whole thing after I was finished I picked up my mess and went home.

I was very uncomfortable going out of the house in my pajamas. I felt I was not dressed or what I would call dressed to leave the house. Getting into my truck was very weird I do not wish to do that again any time soon.

The reactions I received was not really to my likings there was a lot of people that just stared and there was even an employee that sat with me trying to sell the whole nine yards. There where people that would say that I was crazy and to stay away from him but that was not enough for me.

After feeling my first attempt in my research was not as I would have expected I tried another. For the second research I chose to dress in my last years Halloween costume that was a pirate and I do mean the whole theme as well I even had a fake bird on my shoulder. This time I went out to eat with my friends. We went to a pretty fancy Italian restaurant. This restaurant had a dress code it required a coat and tie. Luckily my pirate costume had a torn up tie and a long coat. The first reaction I received was of the host he almost didn't let me in but to my surprise when I asked for the manager he quickly rushed me back to our table to where my friends were sitting.

The first reaction that I received from my friends was that of disbelief. They couldn't believe I would dress like that to go to one of the most expensive restaurants in Atlanta. Then one of my friends pulled me a side and asked if every thing was ok. I told her what was really going on. She started to laugh and asked if this was the best time to do an experiment. I responded with "I got a good reaction from you didn't I?" With that in mind I had the perfect test area.

The next reaction I received was that of another couple that was sitting at a table next to us. They kept staring and snickering. Then the called the manager over to complain about the way I was dressed. The manager then came to the table and tried to have me removed. I then asked what was the reason and then I was told I was making more than one table uncomfortable.

In conclusion, my findings were very interesting and ranged from many different levels. Some people were shocked and some even just ignored me all together. For