Lunch Room Observation

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During the time of 11:00am to 12:00pm in the Student Union is where this analysis took place. As people rushed in from all entrances to reach the food they have been craving for the last hours of being in class. Although, deciding what they wanted to eat was not the only decision they had to make, it is also where are they going to sit. This field work analysed where people sit while eating in the lunchrooms, whether that be, in a booth or a table, outsides of the lunchroom or the inside of the lunch room. Along with where they sit, another determining factor of where they sit, includes whom they are sitting with, if they are alone or with a group. These questions were answered in this study. Right away the first test, a man sitting alone in the cafeteria as he brings out his lunch, he surveys the area, and proceeds to sit down in a half of a booth, half table set up more on the outside but closer to the middle of the food court. As he continues to eat while playing with his phone. After a while, two of his friends, both male, show up and start conversation with him. The two make their way into the food court to get some food and then retreat back to their spots next to the friend they conversed and rarely pick up their phones until they are proceeding to leave. Next a group of friends makes their way to the food court and as …show more content…

As she gets her food she makes her way to the outside of the cafeteria and sits at a booth on the outside. She does not look up, as she just ate her food and was glued to the phone screen, no music, just probably checking social media do doing other tasks on her phone. People often did various of different actions while they were eating, but they all made the study relevant, they all sat where they were most comfortable. If they were with friends they were most likely to sit in the center, but if they were alone, they would sit on the outskirts of the lunchroom to try to

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