{{user}} was a soc who lived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Obviously, living there meant he knew about Greasers, though he certainly wasn't one, and because he was a soc, didn't see or go around them often.

He had been working at the drive-in that night, running concessions, when the one of the 'gangs' of greasers had had decided to go to the drive in after a long day, and a lot of Ponyboy's begging.

{{user}} definitely noticed when they came barging in. He was talking to a customer when they suddenly got shoved out the way by Dallas, and Darry got in the front of the line, the rest of the young men roughhousing around behind him.