Social Norms In Everyday Life

A social norm is a set of rules that a society or culture follows. Some of these are written such as laws and some of them are unwritten like not standing in a person 's personal space. According to Sociology Exploring the Architecture of Everyday Life “Norms are rules of conduct. Some rules are spoken and some are unspoken. They tell us what we should and should not do and what is considered acceptable behavior.”
I decided to do my experiment at the gym. People at the gym usually follow spoken and unspoken norms. Gym etiquette is usually as follows: giving people space when they are working out, not being in someone 's view of the mirror, not staring and watching people, putting equipment away, using equipment appropriately. I don’t usually take myself that serious at the gym. I get

Monday nights are one of the busiest nights at the gym so I figured it would be a great time to really annoy people. The free weight area was pretty busy but I was still able to find a bench to “workout” on. After getting in a couple of sets in I started busting out some over the top dance moves in the mirror. I tried to see if anyone noticed and what their reaction was to it. Nothing. No one really noticed at all. A few people glanced over but no one really stared at me. After I was done in the free weights I moved on to the pull-up bar area. I climbed up and started swinging back and forth while saying “wee” at the sametime. Again, only a few people looked over but no real major reaction. Same response when I went over to the machines and made myself slowly melt off of them onto the ground where I laid.
I was bummed that no one really cared that I was making a fool out of myself at the gym. I concluded that either a) they are so focused on their own workout that they don’t care what I’m doing b) they are use to me playing around at the gym ( I am what some call a regular) or c) they do notice but its not “appropriate” to stare and watch people at the