The social norms of the Mall Food Court were examined and studied for the purpose of this research study. To understand the intent of my research, social norms can be defined as “social standards of behavior and/or thought that (a) indicate what people should or should not do or think in certain circumstances and (b) are at least partly imposed on individuals by external pressures” (Dequech 2006: 473). My interest in this study was to analyze whether demographics associated with norms force how people interact with family and friends and to what extent social control exists. Furthermore, I wanted to investigate what the specific norms of the mall food court were and highlight acts of deviance, which can be formally defined as “non-compliance with a set of norms accepted by a significant number of people in a community or society” ( Appelbaum, Carr, Duneier, Giddens 2009: 173). In essence, the way people act was based on the public place, in essence, the social norms followed are influenced by the place and the people around them. It can subsequently be summarized as follows: “They view a social norm as a rule governing an individual's behavior that third parties other than state agents widely enforce through social sanctions. A person who violates a rule risks becoming a target of punishment..." (Ellickson 2001: 3). This specific topic was important for me to analyze because I do not normally spend long periods of time at the mall court. I usually shop what I need and leave right after, it's very rare that I take my time to go shopping, sit down, rest in the food court and get something to eat this reason, I was motivated to see how the standards. ..... half of the sheet ...... to break it down into specific groups to further analyze how norms are socially constructed. Through my observations, I came to the conclusion that it was polite to minimize phone use at the dinner table when with friends, as well as the fact that it was socially normal to sit next to each other instead of sitting across the street. On the second day, November 21, a group of six white friends were sitting together enjoying a meal after a day of grocery shopping (speculated in). based on the numerous shopping bags scattered on the floor next to their chairs). When they sat down, they filled the table by sitting next to each other while the other three friends sat across from the other three. In this specific observation, I noticed that although everyone at the table was talking and engaged in conversation, the two women in the group spoke more than the others. What could be considered deviant was the fact