Thursday, January 31, 2008

First observation

-Boarders Cafe-
4:00-6:00
An Asian man, looked to be in his late thirties,was asleep in a chair with his hands behind his head. A cup of something and glasses sat on a small table to the left of him. He situated himself, leaned his head back and fell asleep. He woke up, looked at his phone and looked around and picked his nose. He then got up and waled toward the cooking section, picked up one, sat back down and flipped through the pages. He was wearing a tan baseball cap, a deep green puffy coat and grey corteroys. Once he was finished with the book he got up and grabbed an other one called 400 souces and sat back down to look through the pages. He dropped the book on the floor making a loud noise and then stood back up to get an other book. He came back with nothing, looked back at his phone and then sat quietly.
A large, rather chubby man who looked to be in his late fourties, sat at a big square table. On the table were two empty cups, two plates of crumbs, a cinimon shaker, a pair of eye glasses, and three books. The man was reading the Wall Street Journal and tapped his pen to the beat of the cafe music. The large man with brown greying hair was wearing a brown Echo sweater, black dress pants with a black belt and black dress shoes. He coughed once. He continued to read the news paper and was later accumpied by a woman, who looked much older than him, carriering a Aeropostle bag. She sat across from him, handed him twentyone dollars and started to talk in a different language.
An older man, maybe in early sixties, was sitting alone at a small table with two chairs. This man was reading a book called Days that Changed the World. A woman who looked about the same age as him came and sat across from him. Once she arrived they both stood up and walked toward the front of the store and left.
An elderly woman came and sat down in a chair and began to read a book that look like a travel book. She had short, well curled, white hair, she was wearing a black petie coat, pink sweater, black pants and black shoes. She did not stay long.
At an other small table two young men who look to be in their early twenties sat fussing over some electronical device. On the table there was a Wendys cup and the opened package the electronic device camein. The one younge man had very short light brown hair and was wearing a cameoflage baseball cap, a tan hunting jacket, blue jeans and tan boots. The other young man had dark brown curley hair and was wearing a black sports jacket, black hoodie, blue jeans and tennis shoes. The young man with the baseball cap stood up and welked over to look over the other younge mans sholdder to look at the device.
One very tall man in his later twenties talking on his cell phone in a different language, walked quickely through the sitting area to get to the cafe. Of the quick glance that I saw of him I noticed that he was wearing a Hollister jacket.
There was a man in a wheel chair wearing a Christipher Walken t-shirt looking through a big book on planets. He left and the alarm went off as he went through the door but noone stopped him.
Three girls who looked no older than 17 ordered ice drinks and left.
A very pregnant younge woman about the age of 20 ordered a drink. She was wearing all black, a head set and a Boarders name tag around her neck.A very cute old man in his late sixties sat down in a chair. He read a Computer Shoppers magazine. He wore a light green golffers hat, a black sports jacket, and tan dress pants with brown dress shoes.
A young boy about the age or 16 sits down in a chair. He eats the whipped cream off the top of his drink with a spoon, got up, waled over to the garbage can, threw his spoon away and then sat back down. He then took a sip of his drink sat it back down on the table and then began to read form his book _____ for dummies while tapping his left foot.. He had dirty blonde straight hair and was wearing a blue and pink stripped Hollister button up shirt with a blue Hollister t-shirt under it, blue jeans and tennis shoes.

1 comment:

Kristin said...

Wow, Morgan! You are really observant! I'm impressed with the details you noticed in this amusing array of individuals. What do these details suggest to you so far? You're in a place where non-verbal communication is likely to be a big factor and it seems you're already picking up on that. As you continue blogging, can you say more about your take on what these observations mean? I'm also curious to hear your description of the layout of the cafe area and if you notice patterns of any regulars and such. Keep up the thorough work!
K