Lessons Learned: Communication Theory Fantasizies

The other day BitchNichole was fantasizing about Expectancy Violation theory on the train (for those loyal readers not familiar with the the theory it simply boils down to the fact that the Welsh goddess has hit a whol new level of nerdom, but she still refuses to participate in innappropriate blogging). She was taking note of the norms of the train and noticing the reactions of other New Yorkers when those expectations had been violated.

Then she came up with a crazy idea as to a possible violation of her own.* She thought wouldn't it be funny if she were sitting next to some one on the train and when the doors opened to her stop she quickly kissed the person next to her on the cheek and ran away. She thought to herself what a great story that person would have to tell their friends when they arrived at their destination.

But don't worry Mom40 there is no need to call BitchNichole in ten minutes to warn her of the reprecautions she could get as a result of this violation of communication norms. She has taken several classes that have explained that within Expectancy Violation Theory there are both positive and negative reactions that the other passenger could possibly take on. So far the negatives (i.e. getting slapped or a gun pulled on me) are outweighing the positives (giving some one a great story to tell their mates).