Personal Narrative: Going Beyond Social Norms

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In this experiment I went beyond the social norms of the community. I brought my 3 month old puppy into Wal-Mart, Target and also into Chipotle. I am pretty sure you know that no animal is allow into those kinds of stores, the only acceptation to this rule is that service dogs are allowed in the stores. While doing this deviant act I felt that my actions were very rational. I just got the dog a few weeks ago, and I did not feel like it was a good idea to leave the puppy in the house by himself with no cage. So my friend and I came to conclusion that we should just bring are puppy to the store with us to pick up a few things and to get some food.
I felt that it would ok rather acceptable to bring him with us, because he average about 6 pounds …show more content…
Apart of me felt bad because we deviated from societies social norms. I felt like what we were doing was wrong and that we should not have done it, but are rationalization over powered are judgement of that is right and wrong in society. I thought about the sanctions that would come along with are choice of action, but at the time there was no way I could leave my puppy in the house by his self.
Going into Wal-Mart I was hesitant to bring him because I thought we were going to get kicked out so I let my friend hold him that way I would avoid some of the negative feedback that we might have received from society. Once we got this entire positive feedback form people I was not hesitant at all, I wanted to carry him around in the store because I knew people would not be so judgmental about us having the do in the store.
If I would have done my deviant act 30 years ago, I do feel that my feelings would still be the same. Although I do not know too much about the nineteen eighties for some reason I feel as though it would be more acceptable to bring him were ever we went. i feel that the eighties was an era of change trying to find your own place and focusing on your own personal interest. People were focused on the entertainment, music, and technology as
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