The Stitch costume

For extra credit in my Communication class I had to dress up. I had a Stitch costume I bought previously for Halloween. In order to get the points I had to show up to class dressed in my Stitch costume onsie. The mile long journey to class I embarked on is what we could call a violation of expectations (Something I have posted on earlier this month). A perfect example of this would be the girl living next to me. Her and I talk when we see each other and have always been friendly, this is due to the communication norms we created, we expect each other to say hi if we spot one another and are never mean to each other. The day I walked out in my costume that all changed. I went from the normal friendly neighbor who says "hi" to the person who dresses in costumes during the day (not the team you want to be on). Needless to say her expectations were violated and for the first time since I moved in she didn't know what to say. Her expectancy of what she predicted would happen (Me dressing normally and greeting her like I always do) was violated and she was left have to re-evaluate our relationship, how she see's me, and how to communicate in the future. It was extra credit though, what are you going to do??