Ethnography

Ethnography

May 4, 2016

Day5 A Morning


Its early this morning. Much earlier than I am usually up. As I enter the coffee shop the barista greets me with a welcoming face. Although it’s a welcoming face, the smile isn’t quite there with such a blank expression. The barista that is sitting at the bar stool section welcomes me by name and has a very pleasant smile as she jests at me while I struggle to wake up. As I get settled sitting outside with a friend of mine, I notice what I think is a couple splitting a sandwich and conversing back and forth. Their expressions are both pleasant to one another. One is a young man that must be about 25 but the beard that he has makes him look much older. The young woman that is with him, she had strawberry blond hair with a pail complexion and must be about 24 to 25 years old as well. The way the young man is sitting with his lady friend is very engaged. His body language says that he is very much into her. He has both elbows on the table and in a forward position where he can be closer to her as she talks. Along with fidgeting it seems as though he might be nervous. The young lady sits very relaxed. Whether she is or isn’t, I can’t quite tell. Its kind of hard not to stare at the young lady as she wears borderline scandalous clothing. I don’t think/feel like many people wear clothing of that nature. Off to the side are two much bigger individuals. Both male, one looks to be about 22 while the other looks to me closer to 26. The individual that looks to be 26 has a width slightly less than his height, a wild looking beard and tattoos on his neck. The individual that looks to be about 22 has glasses and seems very jolly. Every once in a while you come across and individual who always has a smile on their face that gives the impression of always being happy. This individual has a smile that gives me the impression of that. It sounds like they are friends by the tone of the conversation, and they way they are talking about what sounds like a move for the both of them. One of the individuals that just walked in brought a little rat dog “chihuahua” and left it outside while they take care of their business inside. This dog is driving me nuts as it just sits there and barks. I didn’t think such a little thing could be so annoying. The owner of the rat looks to be dressed very casual and comfortable. Almost like she just got up, but also as though she is prepared for summer. Her hair is pulled back into a pony tail with a tank top halter shirt that is white, flip flops, along with some sort of cotton shorts that are an off blue. It looks like she ordered some sort of Frappuccino. I cant say that I blame her, with a day that is already this warm in the morning, I’m sure it will shape up to be a nice day for a Frappuccino .

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