Ethnography

Ethnography

October 19, 2014

Free-time Friday

It is currently Friday and it is about noon. The weather is nice, it’s a calm fresh day here in the skillet 360 and newton brother’s area. There are currently about 10 people in here but I have been here for 10 min and have seen many come and go in that time. Two Hispanic female students that look to be about 20 sit and talk loudly in the both in front of me. They are talking about the crash that happened yesterday (Thursday) on university ave. two older gentlemen who look to be about 45 sit and eat their food from skillet 360. One of the loud girls is eating enchiladas from a container brought from home. While the other eats a bag of hot fries. Two men who look to be about 30 sit across the room from me in tough enough to wear pink shirts and denim pants. The two loud Hispanic girls are both wearing shades of green and denim pant also. A man in a light green button up shirt with a weird tie is eating a bagel from newton bros. the two men in pink both eat burgers from skillet 360. Three men that look like they may be professors sit in another corner of the room. They are also eating food from skillet 360 which seems much more popular then newton bros. they are also dressed very nicely, wearing button up shirts and dress pants. One of them appears to be balding but does not look as old as the other two men with full heads of hair. Two girls come and sit at the table near me, both are drinking cups of water. Everyone in the room is wearing pants today except for one girl who is wearing short shorts. Again the room is very quiet except for the hum of the refrigerators. The girl eating enchiladas begins to cough loudly, I cannot tell if it is a sickness cough, a cough from the chili spice, or a chocking cough. Her and her friend then get up, I assume she will be back and her friend will not be because she leaves her backpack while her friend takes all her stuff. She is probably going to the restroom or walking her friend to a class in this building. I find it lightly strange that she has enough trust in people to leave her stuff here unsupervised. A man in a white shirts stands by the fridges and waits for his food. The three professors finish eating there food and clean up there table before quietly parting ways. The guy in a weird tie sits and reads out of his textbook. A new girl walks in wearing a red shirt and pants, she has her hair up in a ponytail. She has very large ears. Another new girl walks in shortly after word (about 5 min) wearing all black. She goes and sits next to ponytail girl. The guy in the tie has a large red backpack while neither of the two new girls has a backpack, they both use rather large purses. The loud Hispanic girl returns and sits with purple backpack, her friend is no longer with her. Another girl walks in wearing a white shirt and denim pants and goes to talk to the girls drinking water. The guy in a weird tie writes down notes in his book while he reads. The two girls drinking water get up and leave with the girl in white out of the door leading into the building. Instead of the one leading to the outside world. 

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