Ethnography

Ethnography

October 19, 2014

Break-In



As I begin my observation today, the day has steadily brought many family members together to enjoy their beautiful Sunday evening.  The dining area is full, guest are patiently waiting for a turn at a table and others to enjoy a great meal.  The table ahead of me is seated with what I presume to be grandmother with her three grandchildren, I would say these children were around 3-5 years old each seem to be siblings.
The ambiance is a talkative one, much socialism is going on in the dining area I've noticed that everyone is having some course of breakfast.  A couple of families and employees are wearing NFL jerseys in favor of their football team playing today. The table to my front left is seated with three women I pressume two are siblings and mother. It seems as if they are having a conversation about a hearing from church because each one was wearing a well fitted dress and I can hear the mother mention “decant” and “priest”
The family behind them are mother, father and two sons; they seem to enjoy their day together and are having well communication between them. I would presume their day is about to get start from the communication they seem to be having about a, event going on from the family. Seated at the very front of the dining area is a bit larger family, grandparents, father, wife, and 4 children. I presume the family has gathered together to spend a great clam evening with their “roots” of the family.
I’ve began to notice that as the day progresses from my arrival the dining area begins to fate out and there are less people in line waiting to be seated. From this observation I presume that family activities such as gatherings, outdoor sports or adventures, movies to the building next door, esc.
            A mother and her two daughters arrive at the table to my left and I presume they came to have a quick breakfast together because they ordered their meals as soon as they sat down. I’ve noticed that the employees are well on their task and have to keep a face pace to ensure people don’t wait too long to be seated and meals get delivered as soon as possible. The building has a modern look with a hint of an ice cream parlor in the 50s.
            Overall during my observation I noticed that there was much activity during begin of the evening and continued steadily for the pass hour and after which activity began to move elsewhere and the families arriving once the evening began to pass they seem to be on the go rather the families who dined in early took their time to eat and the conversation level was a bit more socialable.

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