Face to Face. I dare you

Well here I am again, a little angry due to the fact that my roommates decided to have a party on a Sunday afternoon.  So what better excuse to avoid all of that then to come have a nice peaceful time drinking  coffee and staring at people. 

The first thing to catch my eye is a couple that’s not too far away.  They are a young married couple, maybe in their 30’s.  They have been giggling on and off, picking dirt and twigs out of the husband’s hair.  Joking too each other on how bad he needs a haircut.  And with that much hair, I couldn’t agree more.  The wind outside is horrendous.  Right outside the window there was a giant shade umbrella from earlier in the day that is now halfway closed and broken. No one is sitting outside besides one guy and his dogs.  Only lingering for a few minutes and left.  With all this wind, you can sure tell its spring time. Can you smell the dust and pollen flying around? Yea, me neither I’m too stuffy. 

Along the inside facing the windows sits three individuals.  One old man who has been reading a newspaper, and two girls that are using computers.   Although they are literally sitting right next to each other, do they dare look or speak to each other.  The only action I see is when someone new comes in, the old man will look up and smile.  This is a perfect example of how society is compared to the old times.   The girls are glued to their computer. Flipping through multiple sites of social media, afraid to make any contact with anyone unless it’s through Facebook messenger.  The old man looks more like a greeter for the shop. Although he is busy reading his newspaper, he takes time to say hi or smile at anyone who walks in, even if the people don’t acknowledge him.   We all know we are guilty of avoiding contact with people by fake texting or fake talking on the phone.  I just find it so sad how our generation will turn into people being afraid of talking to one another.  Communication is such a major key to understanding one another.  What, if we get mad at someone are we going to send them a mad face emoji to deal with our problems? Ridiculous.

To my left, there is a group of girls who are talking about their thesis.  I assume they are in the same program.  Dark hair is expressing how much work has been spent on her thesis work.  She’s stressed, and just “ready for the semester to be over.”  (Yea, you and me both).  The other two girls at the table, (one with classes, and one that’s wearing a vest) are comforting towards Dark hair. The girl with glasses says “At least you will be done, I haven’t even heard back from my committee yet.”   Assuming now at least one of them is in the graduate program while the others might not be. 

I zoned out a little bit, watching the girl making the coffee accidentally send out the wrong order to a table.  Very apologetic, she made another one.  The lady who got the wrong coffee was really nice about it.  Very understanding with no conflict whatsoever.

Well, that’s about all that’s happening here.  Time to go back home to the zoo.  Until next time.