Thanksgiving

It's that time of year again where we all gather with our loved ones, tell stories, eat until we are sick to our stomachs, and most importantly be thankful for what we have in life. Every thanksgiving dinner is different; none are exactly the same, due to our culture and our social norms as a family. But I didn't find any extreme social behaviors during my thanksgiving dinner. What I did find extremely interesting was black Friday. I didn’t go to the midnight sales but I did go to the morning ones and it was still pretty chaotic. I got to the mall and I sat at the food court area to at least eat some breakfast and while I was sitting there people in their pajamas carrying so many shopping bags still searching for more stuff to buy. In my mind I was like oh man I am going to find so many sales and stuff, but it turned out that there weren’t any extremely good sales as I was expecting. Of course there were sales but they weren’t sales that blew your mind. I think people are just so physiologically “programed” in a way to believe that the sales on black friday are sales that are never going to be found throughout the year until the next black Friday due to how our media and society portrays this day. Now with the pajamas, I think it’s symbolizing what black Friday is about, people who wake up early in the morning just to get some good deals. There are plenty of other holidays throughout the year, especially Christmas, where store deals are very good, however, society only decides to pick out black Friday as the more extreme one and for this reason so many people go shopping.

Social Class

One characteristic of class that I think defines social classes is food. It is similar to clothing because food has different types of brands just like clothing has different styles and logos. Therefore, it’s easy to see what food brand is more expensive which shows that the person eating that brand product has money. Also, what restaurant you decide to eat at also reflects your social class. Not only does the food brand and restaurant define social class but also the amount of food that you eat. However, this isn’t a definite factor because it might just be that you aren’t eating because you aren’t that hungry.