Ethnography

Ethnography

October 5, 2015

Cloudy Days

It's cloudy and cold outside but that doesn't seem to lessen the number of people in the food court. People talk and eat at tables all around me. At one table sits and older woman,Pam, she has her shoes off and is swinging a shopping bag on one of her fingers. Pam sits with a younger woman,Angie, who looks around at the people passing by. Pam taps her bare feet to the beat of the music that is playing. They exchange a few words in Spanish but otherwise do not speak very often. When Pam speaks to Angie once again Angie begins playing with her hair and looking at the people passing by.Pam seems to be getting impatient because her hands starts tapping the arm chair and looking around at the people walking by. 
I move on to look at the couple sitting beside me. They are both middle aged the women,Cindy, wears cowboy stilled clothes. The man, Skip, has on similar clothing. Skips clothing has more accessories. He wears a belt that contains a knife, a pocket that could contain a flashlight, and a pocket that could fit a phone. They are both eating nachos and shaved ice. They eat in silence never exchanging many words. Cindy looks around while eating taking bites of her food and then looking at her surroundings. While Skip does not remove his eyes from his food. Skip takes his time in eating the shaved ice. Once he is finished he moves on to the nachos.
A couple,Billy and Mandy, walks by the table i'm sitting at. Mandy and Billy hold hands and Mandy also holds a little girls hand,Cassy. There's a boy,Robin, that trails behind them. They don't seem to notice Robin trying to catch up to them.They move out of my eyesight not allowing to see anymore of their interaction.
An old man,Gary, with a walker walks slowly past my table. But before he can fully pass where my table is located he stops an old Asian man,Dave, that was also walking past my table. Gary tells Dave that it's raining outside again. Dave looks up at the celling as if to see of what Gary is telling him is true. Dave says something to Gary and then nods his head and walks away. Gary chuckles at whatever Dave had said and slowly starts to walk away too.
Billy,Mandy,Cassy, and Robin pass once again. This time Billy and Mandy are the only ones holding hands and Robin has caught up to them. Robin is speaking to Billy about something but they have moved to far away to understand what they are saying.
Two girls walk by,Jasmin and Chloe, Chloe is holding a selfie stick. The selfie stick is help up as if she is using it.A phone is inserted in the selfie stick and it is turned on.They talk among themselves not seeming to mind that a few people are looking at them. They quickly pass by me the selfie stick still pulled up showing the reflection of their faces,  

    

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