Porsche Massey
April 19, 2012
SOC-340
Spring 2012
Breaching Assignment

The Things That Happen When You Break in Line
The breaching experiment I chose was breaking in line. At first, I didn’t think that I was going to get much of any reaction because sometimes breaking is something I have seen occur a couple of times. However, I received a great response when I completed the task. I chose to spice up the experiment by going to three totally different places, and acting three different ways. The first way in which I was going to act was to break in line and act as if I did nothing wrong because something that the customer was doing or had violated me and I no longer wanted to wait in line behind them. The second reaction was to argue back with anyone who said something to me about breaking. The third reaction was to be apologetic but at the same time not get out of line because I felt entitled. The first place I decided to go was to a smaller retail place called Walgreens to get some reactions. I went in on March 9, 2012 at 3:00pm. The exact location was Walgreens on Highway 31 in Vestavia Al. There were approximately twenty people in the store not including the workers. As I was approaching the front of the store I noticed an array of races; Blacks, Whites, Asians, and Hispanics. Also, the ages ranged from fifteen to late sixties. The second place I went to was Wal-Mart on Lakeshore Drive in Homewood Al on April 3, 2012 at 11:00am. It was over fifty people in the check-out area. There was also a mixture of races like Whites, Hispanics, Asians, Blacks, and Africans. The ages varied from nine to seventy years old. The third location was a Subway on Lorna Road Hoover Al at 5:30 pm April 13, 2012. The store was pretty busy because it was dinner time. There were roughly eleven people in line, I was number seven. The store had Blacks, and Hispanics