Ethnography

Ethnography

November 3, 2014

Walking Dead

On Sunday night at about nine pm I decided to head out and get a late dinner. My day consisted of nothing but watching football and the walking dead so I felt the need to get out and interact with people. I decided to go to a different restaurant this week. Here is what I observed.
At the table nearest me was a group of three guys that met the white and nerdy stereotype. Each one of the guys was most likely in their early twenties and wore glasses. One had a ponytail and wore a My Little Pony shirt indicating he was a "brony". Another wore a polo and had medium length hair that covered his forehead. The last wore a shirt that had a wolf howling at the moon and had incredibly short hair. The brony kept adjusting his glasses while he spoke and I noticed that wolfman would snort while laughing. The group was talking about the most recent episode of The Walking Dead so I decided to tune in to get their thoughts. They mainly just pointed out their crush for Beth. The group had yet to order.
At another table I noticed an African American family which consisted of a father, mother, son, and daughter. The father was most likely in his mid thirties and wore a redskins jersey. He had short hair and a well managed goatee. The mother was around the same age and wore a purple blouse. Her hair was very poofy and she wore large, red framed glasses. The son was an infant and had a miniature RGIII jersey on. The daughter was older, probably around nine or ten and had the same type of hairstyle as her mother. The infant began to cry and everyone in the restaurant turned to see what was happening. The father took him out of his carrier and gently bounced him on his lap. The daughter tried to help so she reached into the diaper bag for a bottle full of baby formula and asked if he was hungry. The father smiled and said, "no not yet, he just dropped his pacifier." The daughter responded with, "it's my turn to feed him when he gets hungry." The family didn't share in much conversation after that. I think the dad was upset about his team losing.
I looked back at the table with the three gentlemen and they were giving their menus to the waitress. Wolfman had ordered some sort of smoothie and put three straws into it. The other two guys laughed as wolfman shot it out of his nose after realizing that three straws were excessive. Every time the waitress would walk by and ask if they needed anything, brony would nudge polo. It seemed that polo was attracted to the waitress because he would constantly blush when looking at her and he repeatedly kept asking for refills to get her to come back.
As the night died down and I was heading out, I saw the little girl with the biggest smile on her face while feeding her baby brother. I also saw Polo with way too many cups on his table. I don't know about everyone else, but I was full and satisfied.

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