Cyberspace/F2F

I have made friendships only in cyberspace, but only over xbox live for video games. I don't trust anyone on the computer, so I just stuck with xbox. They actually really aren't all that different. You get to know each other and sooner or later your calling each other by your first names. You see the other person online and you immedialey invite them to play and you start talking again. You almost do everything the same as if you were face 2 face friends, except doing the physical things with other that involves both you two to do (like eating, playing baseball, etc.) but other than that we talk like we know eachother. Ask how the day was and so on. Nothing really too different besides the fact that you cant see or do anything with eachother. Some intense and serious gamers give each other their number or facebook and then notify or set up a date and time to get online and play.I've actually had several experiences with this, but like I said, i won't trust anyone on the computer though. I've seen too many incidences happening on the net.

Etiquette Rules

I have been bothered by cell phones, most out of the selected in the question. Especially while your working and trying to help out the customer who is on the phone. That is probably one of the things that makes me most frustrated out of everything. It makes me not be polite, look them in the eye or help them in the way I would with any other customer. They're on the phone, no need for us to bust our balls to be polite to them, there the ones being rude. They probably aren't even listening to the other things we our saying, ie, saying thank you and all that. Touch pads don't bother me at all, never had a counteraction with someone being rude or disturbing me with one. Laptops and computers as well, don't really have a problem with them. Answering machines no, if anything, the help someone out by leaving a number and an option to call someone back. Beepers, not really an issue at my age. I don't really have a problem with call waiting, as long as the person TELLS me it might be a while or has to call me back. I don't think it's rude for a person to take another call, as long as i'm priority number 1 and that person makes it quick or let's me know she/he will call me back.

Week 12 Discussion Q #1

Organizations are tied to our environment based on many things. Especially their surroundings and how they get and receive their resources. For example, paper companies, smog shops and marijuana dispensaries. When someone goes to move somewhere they check their surroundings and if they see a dispensary or a smog shop across the street from them, there not going to want to move there.

The school I attend and the city it's in creates traffic, pedestrian crossings, and college students all around. When driving by you always have to be aware of who and what's around you (like cops.) 

Ethical obligations has a huge impact on the local community. Students having part-time jobs pursuing their profession while they continue in school while they finish up, and then when they do, they turn to full time. Many students show up everyday for class, pay for parking and park correctly, and do all their necasary classwork in order to succeed. Therefore most students follow the roles that are guided for everyone there, along with their own which are usually good things they do.

Potential Romantic Partners

When I think about considering someone as a romantic partners, there are a ton of factors that come in to play. I think about my situation and theirs. I also think about the things we do and we do them. How we talk, is it sweet talk to eachother or flirt talk between us? I always think about another girls personality and how she acts when I'm around her, that determines whether or not I can stand or like that personality for the times coming. Another thing is how they speak and smile, that can tell me if a girl can talk politely and correctly. And then when they smile I can tell if they take care of there self and see if their mouth is clean, that shows me a lot about someone. I have eliminated someone by using a sociological and pre-interaction cue before, and it's something I won't consider doing again. I went off of pictures of them and how there body looked. And another thing I went off of is how she was texting me, I could kind of tell she was a little dumb by the way she was texting me. 

Rigid Complemtarity, Competitive Symmetry, or Submissive Symmetry

1). Which pattern (rigid complementarity, competitive symmetry, or submissive symmetry) do you think would be the most difficult to change? Why? Which would be the most damaging to a relationship? Which would be the most potentially damaging to the self-esteem of the individuals involved? 

I think the one that would be most difficult to change is the Rigid Complementarity because day in and day out we listen to our parents, they teach us things we need to learn and we take aftter what they do. They are in control of us until a certain age when they either send you on your own (when you move out or go somewhere for school) or if us as a kid leave on our own. The most damaging to a relationship would be Rigid Complementarity as well. Because if we choose to break away it's usually in a hurtful way, whether it was one of the parents fault or the kids. In some cases the parent has no choice and something happens to them, leaving the child on there own. I believe that the one that would do the most damage to someone's self esteem would be Competitive Symmetry. Competitive Symmetry is something I know a ton about (I played baseball and football for 13 years and now I am currently bodybuilding) and if I don't have something or someone to motivate me or push me, I simply won't do it, and it pisses me off when that happens. Which in some cases makes me train harder in certain aspects. But as far as Competitive Symmetry goes, it lowers my self-esteem when I need someone to push me or compete with me and there's no one to do so. 

Rationality, Perfectibility, and Mutability Premise

 I do believe in the rationality, perfectibility, and mutability premises, but only to a certain extent.  I think that they are a major part of who we are and how we got this way but I still think others are more important. But for the rationality part I think people do use that, but it's not an answer to everything. Things can be found out using common sense, past experiences, and some of us don't think when making decisions. Yeah there's times when we think deeply about all the logic that goes into what were doing or trying to figure out, but I don't think it's one of our top premises. The next one is perfectibility, I do believe in this one. Except for the god given talent they are given when their born, making them an expert in certain areas where they just simply don't need practice or effort to achieve. Lastly, is mutability. Mutability is the one that I agree with most. I agree with this because we do everything we hear and see around us. What our peers taught us in and out of school. This is the most crucial one out of all theses because we learn new things everyday and it's just part of our nature to adapt to all of our surroundings everyday.

"Creatures of our Culture"

I do agree with Benedict's "creatures of our culture" our shaped by our culture. Think about how you grew up. Your parents taught you everything they know, corrected what they did wrong, and learned new things themselves while trying to force the good habits on you. Whether you are Hispanic, English, Dominican, etc; you take in everything you see around you, no matter where you're from. If you go and visit Mexico or Italy it is nearly impossible to go there and only use what you know in your culture, therefore you adapt to the languages and visual aids you see and hear in order to get by. Think of it as a exchange student who is staying at your house for a month: They come in with only their knowledge from where they are from along with maybe a tiny bit of the American culture as well. But they eat our foods, try and communicate with our language, act as we are acting and follow in our footsteps. And we would do the same if we went somewhere outside the U.S.