You arrive at your car and find that your meter has expired and you have gotten

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You arrive at your car and find that your meter has expired and you have gotten a parking ticket. Examining this through a symbolic interactionist lens, you might think:

a) This is so unfair! Why is “the man” always trying to get me down? They’re always trying to take the poor person’s money.

b) This is okay, they are just doing their job, and this is a lesson to me that I really should make sure to feed my meter next time.

c) What is the meaning of this ticket? How does it impact my sense of self? Now that I’ve been labeled as “deviant” for having gotten this ticket, will I continue on to a life of crime?

d) Symbolic Interactionists always pay their parking meters.

a) This is so unfair! Why is “the man” always trying to get me down? They’re always trying to take the poor person’s money.

b) This is okay, they are just doing their job, and this is a lesson to me that I really should make sure to feed my meter next time.

c) What is the meaning of this ticket? How does it impact my sense of self? Now that I’ve been labeled as “deviant” for having gotten this ticket, will I continue on to a life of crime?

d) Symbolic Interactionists always pay their parking meters.

Explanation / Answer

(c). What is the meaning of this ticket? How does it impact my sense of self? Now that I've been labeled as"deviant" for having gotten this ticket, will I continue on to a life of crime?

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