Ethnography

Ethnography

November 2, 2014

A bigger city

Driving through the main streets there are endless cars speeding and braking randomly. You must be attentive to any sudden break. like any other big city you can see the impatience in every driver. the fast pace lifestyle makes us nervous because we are not familiar with the city. As we make our way to our destination a dark blue sedan cuts right in front of us forcing us to break suddenly. Not only are the people impatient but they're also inconsiderate of other drivers which can be very dangerous on the road.

We finally arrive at the parking lot. We see many cars but also a lot of open parking spaces. All of the cars parked neatly in rows, at least they are consierate when it comes to parking neatly and not taking up two spaces. As we step outsidewe see a long line of people in front of the door odf the building  each person dressed in generic costumes as i've seen in the past years. a few have unique costumes but to me it seems only those who are big fans of this holiday will go all out. the others aren't interested or just buy simple ones. Some costumes are very gory and lifelike. My generation has a sick sense of humor. This morning i saw a picture on twitter of a kid wearing a costume labeled "Ebola". I can see why many adults complain about the kids and teens of this generation.

As the line moves closer to the door the people get restless and nervous. It's funny to think how uneasy these events make people and yet they still pay to come. The room is large and black, a sign reads "children 12 and younger not allowed. A friend once told me the reason for that rule was because a few of the hired "scarers" in the haunted house are not allowed to be around children by law. Also many of them are also ex-prisoners and meth addicts. Half of this is hard to believe but i can imagine how much scarier that would make the scene. As unsafe as the rumors are people are still willing to put themselves through it just for fun.

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