Early Mornings

As I was walking up to my field site I had noticed that today was like an ordinary day except I had to visit my site in the morning instead of in the evening due to schedule arrangements. A major factor that I noticed as I was sitting down was that the population of the elderly seem to outnumber the rest of the population. Although the population is elderly their ages look like they vary from the high forties to the mid-sixties. Other than the elderly population it’s as if everyone else who is attending my field sight looks like their of mid age or college students.

Since I came at a different time of day I don’t notice any familiar faces like I usually would. Usually there’s like a hand full of individuals who are working together or their simply focusing on their computer screens but today is seems as if everyone is just attending this place for either coffee or breakfast. There’s a couple that decided to sit down and converse over their coffee a few tables away from me. I have no idea what they are talking about but they both seem very interested in each other and what the other has to say. The female looks as if she’s even flirting with the gentleman the way she keeps on touching him or invading his personal space. It’s obvious that he doesn’t mind the attention at all but seem to be encouraging it instead. 

Usually the environment of the building is very cold but this morning it feels about room temperature. There’s still music playing in the background like there always is except for instead of R & B or Hip-Hop music the genre that seems to be playing is country or some type of alternative rock music. There really isn’t anything extraordinary that’s happening I’m guessing because it’s so early in the morning. It’s as if every customer that walks through the doors is barely starting their day and is using this company to start off their days with some fresh coffee. One thing that I have noticed though since I have been here this morning is the number of customers that seem to be showing up went from the elderly to middle aged or college kids. Most of them tend to be female, as for a matter of fact the only males that I have seen come into the store were accompanied by females. When there was an individual who came in alone they were more than likely female with an exception of one or two but they stayed in the store area where I am seated in the waiting or eating area. Usually there is a group of people who are jamming out with their headphones in but today I’m guessing everyone is liking this genre of music because there is not one person who has headphones in. 

The longer I observe the more I notice how much of a slow morning it is here at this store. More than likely the activity level of this store is so slow because it is so early and people are just getting their day started. This explains why basically every customer is purchasing coffee. As a result it is a slow but peaceful morning observing here at my field site.