Ethnography

Ethnography

December 1, 2015

Fin


This week I entered the restaurant for the last time. As I sat down I notices that the girl I usually see working is not here today. Sitting down are two somewhat young guys sitting together in a booth talking with each other. One has some facial hair and is wearing a hat and is smiling while he talks and uses hand gestures to go along with the story he is telling. The other guy isn’t wearing a hat, instead his hair is styled, and he also has some facial hair, he seems to be intently listening to his friend. Sitting near the door is a woman and a slightly older man. They are talking quietly to each other.

Also sitting down sitting down is a young couple with a baby. They are both looking at their baby in its carrier. Next to them is a woman in a red leather jacket with a man also in a leather jacket sitting with a boy. The woman is looking around and the boy is busy eating a burger while the man is talking to them both. Also here today is a girl and a boy sitting together. They both have a laptop open in front of them. They are exchanging words over something, perhaps a school assignment. Now entering is a mother with her two daughters, or maybe a daughter and a friend.

Later, the older man and the woman are leaving. They must know the couple with the baby, because they both walk over and say goodbye to them before leaving the restaurant. The two guys are getting up now. Before leaving the guy with the hat walks to the restroom, and the other guy waits by the door looking outside and scanning the entire establishment. The two guy leave when the one with the hat comes back.

A woman comes in some time later and goes over toward the woman and man with the boy and sits down for a minute before leaving and taking the boy with her. The man and woman in leather jackets leave sometime later. Now walking in is a man with a young boy. They stay and eat and talk for a while and leave, followed by the couple with the baby.

A family of five come in and go to the counter. They all find seat and wait and talk to each other. When it is time they get their food and eat. Later they leave as a woman comes in alone. This woman continues to eat alone for several minutes. The two teenagers with laptops leave as I gather my things and leave.

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