Ethnography

Ethnography

October 26, 2015

Food market

I found myself roaming around town and finally stopping at a food market that was completely unknown to me.  Luckily, there is a little tiny restaurant/fast food type of place that sells some good food and I am here using my time wisely in an uncommon area.  There are a vast variety of ethnicities that I have seen so far.  I'm surprised.  Then again, this market seems to sell almost everything.  From the looks of it, a lot of families come here to shop together.  The usual parents with the number of kids saying, "Oh, Dad I want that!"
The workers here seem to be loving their job.  They're chatting and laughing amongst each other with no worries or stress whatsoever.  Another thing I really like about this market is how the colors stand out on the walls or even on advertisements on the floor.  Very artfully made and attention-grabbing.  Probably explains the workers' feelings and mood.  Even the workers are different; almost no two workers are the same.  Literally.  I've only seen two workers that are of the same ethnicity and they've been sneaking some Spanish between each other here and there.
Trying to catch habits and actions in a variety of cultures and ethnicities is pretty hard now.  Every one acts the same since most of us have lived in the same area for a long while.  It is just rare now to find someone that's visiting from a new place and catch them expressing themselves in a way that is culturally not the norm.  I find difference so appealing, that I'm willing to wait and try to find it.
Yet, there has been no luck.

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