People take it seriously

       For the second week of field notes I performed my observations at a football game. To accomplish this, I assisted to the Aggies vs. Georgia State game on Saturday September the twelve. This was conducted between times from 6:00 pm to around 9:40 more or less. During this four hours I observe how mad, angry and excited do people were just depending on players actions. It was amazing to experience this environment because I am not a fan, I do not even like football, I do not understand it, but I thought it would be a nice idea to conduct my observation here. To begin with, I was one of the first people to enter the stadium, then I came through the west, at the general section by the main entrance. I decide to sit at the very top, because it is still hot and here is shade. Meanwhile people is arriving to the stadium, players are practicing, and staff is all over the place. Obviously people are wearing their NMSU shirts, hats, bags, chairs, majority with school colors. It is funny how adults dress children the same way as they are dressing. Some children do not even know what is going on, and are just staring everywhere. Players are getting ready in the field, while staff are running everywhere trying to set everything ready for the game, they are wearing black pants and grey big shirts. There is security all over the place and concession people are already receiving clients. A plethora of people is heading to the west, where I am sitting because of this side there is more shade. Everyone are crowded in every section and they cannot access quickly because the staff members have to check their tickets and making sure they are going to the right place. The game is already starting, they are presenting the athletic directors, teams and people are clapping. Everything has already started, and at this time is when more people are coming into the stadium, everyone are buying food like crazy. By my side is an old big lady who is complaining with a staff member because she read that chairs were not allowed into the general section, and everybody is bringing their own chairs. The staff member seems to be worry, lost, confused, then someone came to help him and took his place but this lady is still complaining and even cussing to them, her husband just looks at her and do nothing about it but watch the game. After a while another staff person came and took to her, calm her down, but when I looked around and saw her face, she was still mad and now even cussing with his husband. Time passed, and aggies are losing by ten points. Each time Aggies score, people went insane about it, they clap, yell, laugh, and push each other. But when Georgia State was scoring, many of them were just cussing and were really offended about it. Every time there was a pause, people was standing going to buy nachos, hamburgers, beer overall. Then I notice how parents were annoyed by their children because they wanted to go to the restroom, wanted ice cream, or objects staff was selling for the game. It is already night, finally in the fourth quarter, and I am already bored and tired. At some point of the game they announced that around 27, 000 people were present in the stadium and it was just amazing because if this was right now, I cannot imagine how the one vs UTEP is going to be.Here is just four minutes and eight seconds, aggies are losing by two points, people is already leaving because they obviously assume that we are losing. And that is right. We lose by two points, and I just spend an entertain and different night here at this game.

Walmart Supercenter

       For my first week of field notes I performed observations at Walmart, in El Paso. To accomplish this, I conducted my observation between times of 8:00am and 10:00am on Saturday September the fifth. I started sitting on a bench in the main entrance of Walmart, close to a soda machine. People are starting to get busy and I am cautiously observing how majority of them, including adults and elderly, are getting out of here with breakfast.  Already four out of four old men bought coffee from the McDonald’s inside Walmart. People from all ages are coming, but it caught my attention how in this time that I have been here, majority is old people. They buy at least about three to seven objects; including clothes, food, or anything else.  On the contrary, young people, women overall, come and leave this place with their cart full of groceries, bathroom stuff and even school material. I am assuming they are moms and have a place to take care of. Right now old men, wearing a Family Dollar t-shirt enter to Walmart. Not even more than 15 minutes had passed, when he was already way back to his car with a tennis shoe box in his hands. Then, this lady may be in her early 30’s, spend about an hour inside. She had her cart full of sodas, two packs of bottle water, bread, and a big gift bag. When all this happened, I start observing men and women instead of elderly and adults. Furthermore, I start noticing how majority of men could spend less than half an hour inside Walmart, when women spend more than an hour inside. After this, I decided to go in to the store and observe people perform their groceries, or the things they were supposed to do. Another fact I notice by doing this, was that majority of teenagers, were wearing their headphones, and not paying attention to what they were doing. About two out of five adults yelled, or made angry faces to their son because they were not listening. But at the same time, adults who were doing their groceries and keep watching to their phones constantly. In this case I understood that technology is becoming a way of living, people cannot be without looking at it and using it. While elderly is focus, gently and not willing to spend or have the time to use a cellphone according to what I heard. I was walking through the cereal hall; there was this old woman with light blue dress on, she was with a girl and a boy. One was playing angry birds, and it is funny how the girl is trying to take pictures of her. It is just amazing how people focus in what they need to do, or they like to without been aware of other people. The last thing I observe was that more or less about four out of seven people who were coming to shop, smiled at me. I liked to smile to everyone but not always do I received a smile back.