Exploration #22: People Watching
Sit in a public location and document people you see for one hour.
Take detailed notes. Make sketches of one item that stands out most about each person.
where there would be good people watching and the server sat me next to a large area that opened up
to the casino floor. So many people were passing by that it was impossible to sketch anything. Instead, I kept
a running tally of particular things I noticed while munching on a burger and fries. I used my iPhone only to snap a few photos in order to be less conspicuous. Using the iPhone indoors is when I wish the 8mp iPhone 5 was already out. Still, I felt like I was on a stakeout and it sure was fun!
My table at Grand Lux from which I conducted my people watching.
The view from my table at Grand Lux Cafe
Another view from my table at Grand Lux
What I saw:
3 people had words on their clothes: Death by Glory, Let it Be and Take Time To Enjoy.
2 people were walking around taking video recordings.
1 person had a Canon around their neck; 2 had Nikons; 2 had point and shoot cameras.
Only one person was dressed completely inappropriately.
2 people were limping and 2 people were walking with canes.
1 woman wore a Sari.
An Asian man walked by with his pants rolled up to the ankles.
A group of young twenty-somethings stood at a pillar near me, talking, for nearly the entire hour.
Pillar Talk
7 people were carrying water; 4 people had tea and 14 people had coffee, 5 of those Starbucks.
5 people had sunglasses on their heads.
1 man was carrying golf clubs, another just a pair of golf shoes.
7 people were pushing strollers.
Stroller Strut
7 people were on their cell phones or texting.
1 lady wore a houndstooth jacket.
43 people were rolling suitcases.
3 people rode motorized chairs.
46 people had convention name tags on.
1 man was covered in tattoos; 1 was carrying a boombox; 1 was wearing a cowboy hat and 1 was carrying a case of Miller Lite Beer.
4 groups of people checked out the Grand Lux Menu and 1 of those was a man carrying his wife's purse.
What's on the Menu?
One man was carrying a jar of wipes. Another was carrying a bottle of hand soap.
7 men had grey hair. No men had long hair. 1 man was bald and only one woman had red hair.
5 people were smoking.
2 women were pregnant.
One couple was a definite May-December romance.
1 guy was pushing a dolly (the kind for moving things, not an actual doll,lol.)
1 woman had a stuffed monkey.
1 woman was carrying a huge black box on her back.
1 EMT walked by with all his gear.
1 guy had a sweater tied around his shoulders ala James Spader in "Pretty in Pink".
3 couples were holding hands.
Another view from my table. A couple holding hands trots by.
1 guy had a really long beard.
I so enjoyed doing this task that I'm sure I will find myself somewhere one day again, making notes on the people that are passing me by. ;)
2 comments:
I liked this exploration task! What fun to feel like you were on a bit of a stakeout!
So many stories passed by you that day!
How sad that from a vast crowd, there were only 3 couples holding hands ...
I like how that one guy was confident in his manhood to carry his wife's purse ...
That's a lot of rolling suit cases ...
and not nearly the number of people texting ...
Very interesting observations and captures :) !
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