Ethnography

Ethnography

September 28, 2015

Dan an interesting man...

People come in and out of the area. Its the weekend they seem to be happy on having a few days off to enjoy. The different volumes of voices fills the area. People walk past me either on their phones or talking to the person they're walking with.

A few seats are scattered around the area a few being filled. One contains a couple who are both teenagers. The girl has purple streaks in her hair, Jenny, and is sitting next to the boy who has on a muscle shirt,Mike. They sit next to each other they talk for a while. They laugh Jenny throws herself back into the seat finding whatever Mike said very funny. Mike helps her up from the laying position Jenny had taken. They continue talking for a while then they become quiet. They seem to have run out of things to talk about because both Jenny and Mike take out their phones.They stay like that for a while not exchanging words. Finally Mike gets up saying a few words to Jenny. Then Jenny stands and they both start walking away from their seats.

An old woman,Cam, is being pushed in a wheelchair by a young man,Connor. Cam is talking animately To Connor about one thing or another. As Cam and Connor get closer i notice that she has small pigtails styled in her short gray hair. There is also glittery purple eyeshadow swiped heavily on her eyelids. They slowly pass me as Connor rolls her wheelchair past me.

I had been sitting in my area for a while and nothing was really happening. The area seemed to be emptying out. When I thought that I would have to leave my area because nothing was really occurring I heard shouting. A man with wild hair,Dan, a white tank top, and army cargo pants seemed to be yelling at someone that i could not see.  I could only catch a few of the words he was saying and most were profanities. He yelled until the person must have left. Then a security guard came up to Dan asking him what was going on. I could not hear his response as I was a great distance away. The security guard tho nods at what Dan is saying and starts leading him away from where people have gathered to stare. I see a while later that the security guard that had escorted Dan away had come back and had a police officer with him. The Security Guard,Stan, pointed at where Dan had been standing when he was yelling. I could not hear what Stan was saying but by his hand movements i could tell he was telling the officer what had occurred.

I had decided to leave the area seeing as it was time to go. As i was walking toward the exit Stan and the police officer were walking in front of me.Stan was telling the police officer about how he could not find Dan and that if they had any problems with Dan they would call the police officer. They turned around heading back into the building.
  

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