Social Norms

So we have been testing social norms of our class which has turned out to be rather interesting at times. I was disappointed that we were not able to go into Hollister with head lights on, I thought it would have been darker then that. As far as going into the library study lounge and and finding someone to sit directly next to or right across from, well that worked out pretty well. I found a girl sitting at one end of a table and at the other end was another girl, so there was three open seats on each side. Well I chose a seat directly across from one of the girls and she kind of hid her face and looked up at me. I pulled out a newspaper and started to read and she continued to get more annoyed the longer I sat there. Eventually I got up and left, but it was pretty amusing to see how annoyed she got. As for the rest of the group, well a couple others sat next to people as well and had pretty much the same reaction. By far the best was when Anna sat directly on the floor and pulled out all of her work, many people just started in pure confusion as to why she was sitting on the floor. It was hilarious to watch some people just stare at her. We also stood outside the new unisex bathroom in the library and observed people going in. Many times people would kind of approach it cautiously and open the door just enough to peer in and see if someone was in there. I don't think that people expect a unisex bathroom in the library on campus. After we did these two things we walked down to the HUB where I proceeded to place a phone call while standing in front of the big TV while Anna took pictures of peoples reactions. I guess from where I was standing I was only blocking one person, but that one person was getting very mad. Overall, it is very funny to observe peoples reactions when one does something out of the norm. I think that some people don't always know what to make of it.