I am in Sociology 101, and we have been talking lately about folkways. Folkways are norms for casual interaction. People get pretty uncomfortable or irritated if you break these rules. We have all been there. Like when that guy let the door slam in my face and I spent the next 10 minutes thinking of ways I could punish him (an eternity of holding open a door with his pinky finger should do). Or when that girl I barely know in my class tells me in a little too much detail about her fight with her boyfriend (and then the making up, umG?ew).
Still when my sociology teacher gave us an extra-credit assignment to go out and break some folkways, I was pretty excited. Not to mention ready to go make some people pretty uncomfortable, for a good cause of course; my grade.I decided to spend the next couple of days barking at people every time they accidentally bump into me. And by barking, I do mean of the dog variety.
I challenge you to do the same. Go out there and shake things up a bit, and if you happen to see a 5'3'' girl growling at some random person, you'll know it's me.
-Jane Adams
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