Badger Market Observation

For our observation exercise, my partner and I decided to visit the Badger Market in the Medical Sciences building from 12-1pm. From just observing on the sidelines, we were able to pick up on social norms and identify the culture of the people that visited that market. We noticed that there were a lot of students coming into the market to get lunch and either leaving or coming to sit down. For the students that did sit down, we noticed that they all decided to sit at different tables from one another. When it did get crowded and people could no longer do that, they decided to sit on either ends of the table as far away from each other as possible. For the majority, the students would be on their computer or doing classwork as they ate. It was generally a quiet atmosphere even with it being lunch time since people were secluded from one another. The culture of the environment made me release that student behavior was learned throughout the time of being at the University. There are social norms that are learned such as keeping to yourself, not interrupting others, and giving everyone their own

Besides that, people in line were listening to music patiently waiting to order their meal. There was some nonverbal communication with customers lining up. There was no need to discuss where the line was because people just lined up behind the person in front of them ordering. In regards to checking out, people manly used card which can be represented as a symbol for money. It seems that with the students in the market as well as the general public of Americans, we have a mental map of reality of time. In general, Americans are on the run and rushing lunch instead of other cultures around the world that take their time. This can be represented by the students that quickly get their lunch and are eating it on the go to their next