Monday October 27, 2014
5:52pm I sit down at the conference table. It’s a Monday night
and the café seems dismal. The only conversation I hear is from behind the
counter going with the three employees. I see a guy ive seen here before with
long hair in a braid, a girl who I don’t see as well because she is short (I only
see the top of her bun), and another man probably in his late 30s. The guy with
the braid is the one carrying the conversation at the moment. Coincidently, he
is talking about his hair. He comments that he hasn’t gotten a haircut in 5
years. He turns to the older man, “When was the last time you got your hair
cut?” The man replies with an answer “2 or 3 weeks ago” the guy with the braid
then continues to explain why he keeps his hair long and what a hassle it is to
go get it cut every 3 weeks.
5:58 The older man walks from behind the counter to check
the merchandise up front. I see that he is wearing a café shirt, however his
has a collar and he does not have on the green apron like the other two do. He
seems like a manager to me. He welcomes everyone who walks in the door and has
an aura about him that makes him seem official, but friendly.
6:04 a girl with long brown hair walks in the door. She
looks familiar, I think she was in my art class last year. She wears glasses,
jeans and a black cardigan. I’m actually really jealous of this outfit, she
looks great. At the counter she orders a large sweet tea from the manager, and
the short girl begins to make it. Glasses girl stands by the bar and talks to
the short girl making her drink. I can tell they know each other better than
just acquaintances but not much conversation is going on as the worker keeps
looking at the manager. Not wanting to get in trouble talking to a friend while
on the job.
6:10 Glasses girl retrieves her drink. As she walks towards
the door she stops at the girl sitting at a tall table next to me. They laugh.
At first they are both speaking in English to each other talking about
something I know nothing about, then mid-sentence they switch to Spanish. I’m surprised
at how different glasses girl sounds talking in Spanish than she does is
English. In English glasses girl sounds a bit ditzy and in Spanish not so much.
The two girls laugh and continue in
Spanglish. After about three minutes glasses girl makes her exit.
6:17 its still pretty quiet in here. Not much activity on a Monday.
The music plays loud enough for me to hear the words Although I don’t recognize
the song. It sounds kinda like soft rock or something. But up beat.
6:18 MALE: 7
FEMALE: 4
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