Negative And Positive Attitudes And The Checkout Line
Beginning of paper
The Checkout line at the grocery store is an excellent example of a
situation which reflects both the nagative and positive attitudes or
etiquette which are portrayed in different manners by different groups in
society. Any bystander can vividly observe the different sides of the
situation. Beca ....
Middle of paper
.... fall into
these categories: women with children, single males, single females, senior
citizens, and teenagers.
I would have to say that most of the disagreements in the checkout
line, whether verbal or nonverbal, occurred between teenagers and the rest
of the categories. Many of the teenagers, it seemed, had a supposedly
incomprehensive or, more likely, confused attitude about whose turn it was
to go through the checkout line when a new line opened. Consequently, when
the line opened ....
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Word count: 640
Page count: 3 (approximately 250 words per page)
