The folkway I violated was standing in the movie theatre in front of a seat instead of sitting; which by the way, didn't last too long. Of course, the norm is to sit & watch a movie, not stand.

I thought I would experiment with this & make myself look like an idiot, which is exactly how I felt & observed others of what they were thinking of me. As the movie previews began, I stood up & acted as if that's how I was going to watch the movie. I could hear the people sitting behind me saying how rude it was for me to be "in their way" & that they "didn't pay to watch my a**". They intended to raise their voices so I could hear them, but still didn't address me. I tried to ignore them & it was hard not to sit. I wanted a reaction towards me. Finally the people behind them, rudely asked me, "Do you mind? We would like to watch our movie?" I said, "Whatever" like it was wrong for them to say anything, then I sat. Of course the people on my side of the theatre were looking at me, whispering, w/ rude glares. I felt like leaving, but then realized, Who Cares!? I don't know these people. :) So, I stayed & watched my movie, but was the first to leave @ the end.

Violating this type of norm is annoying to me. I hate it when someone stands in a movie & pokes around until they walk out, or change seats, etc. Especially when people bring their babies & STAY in the theatre while they cry. People of course, naturally get irritated & are unpatient when rude people don't think about others in places such as these, & think they must be the only one watching the movie. I found it rather humorous though. Hearing the people behind me saying stuff "about" me, but not "to" me. It's quite the norm to sit in a movie theatre, sit in a restaraunt, etc. Otherwise people focus their attention on you & think you must be "strange", "rude" or just plain "weird", etc.