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control centers, they increasingly script and stage-manage events, creating the danger that we will find ourselves living inside seamless works of theater that we mistake for the world" (Sanes, Par. 2).

No longer are we able to do anything in private. Someone is always watching. While in line at the ATM every movement is captured. If you adjust your belt, blow your nose, drop your credit card; all of these things are on video. Elevators, maintenance rooms, gyms, banks counters, department stores, restaurants; you are being watched. This fact disturbs many people including myself. Everyone has the right to their own privacy. Having your privacy taken from you can make you feel violated. Cameras are watching for anything straying from repetitive exercises. Repetitive exercises are "standardized and individualized repetition" (Focault). While at work if you drift from these maneuvers action will take place.

As an hotel employee, I am constantly on video tape. My job consist of dealing with cash money, credit cards, travelers checks, and personal checks. Video cameras are placed throughout my place of work as to insure that everything is dealt in the correct and proper manner. With this in mind; no one has ever mentioned to me that these cameras exist. While I find the cameras to be obvious and apparent; I feel that not being told that the cameras are always watching me is a violation of my privacy. This shows my employers mistrust for their employees. Although I am quite sure that no one is constantly viewing these tapes; I do feel a certain sense of infringement knowing that at anytime someone could be watching my actions.

Recognizing that I am being videotaped influences me to change some of my behaviors. The knowledge causes me to feel uncomfortable. I frequently go into a small space where I am aware that the cameras do not reach. It is there where I feel I am "safe" to do certain things such as; adjust my bra strap, itch and itch, fix my skirt if it has come out of place. These things should not be videotaped. These things are not repetitive exercises. Therefore when the actions take place people are more likely to take a glance at the screen. It is human nature to be drawn to the unforeseen. No one should have a view into these private moments. It is unjust that others are able to view these instances. I feel that my rights are being desecrated.

Having the sense that you are being watched cam make a person feel uneasy or self-conscious. The media today

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