At a summer barbecue, Peg approaches Ravi to discuss what they have been doing this summer. While they are talking, Mike interrupts their discussion, does not say hello to either one, and begins to talk about hot-button political issues. Afterward, Peg and Ravi discuss how rude Mike was. Which of the following did Mike fail to observe?
A) conversational analysis
B) social conventions
C) action
D) status

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Mike failed to observe social conventions by not greeting Peg and Ravi before launching into a possibly divisive topic.

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