Ten Minutes of Observing

I observed at the Ball State Starbucks next to the Bookstore on Friday from 4:05 - 4:15.

Time Observation
4:05 Bar overlooking bookstore with eight empty seats
12 two person tables - all but 1 have chairs (2 chairs)
Floor half wood, half carpet
Second Bar on Post with 3 chairs and things sitting like coffee and tea accesories (on bar)
4 tables with 2 people (including us)
4:08 Girl sits at 1st bar (opposite windows)
Phil and I sit at the table by windows opposite the bar
2 girls sit talking to our left by 2 tables (Krystina is one of them)
2 boys sitting listening to music on the left corner across from us
4:10 Girl from bar walks to order
Second guy goes to bar - next to her (girl above)
Table to right of us has 1 girl studying
1 cashier working, makes coffee too / that area is far to the right
4:12 Guy (someone) else wlaked in and orders
Woman with black bag walks to look at coolers far to our right
Guy with glasses and nice shirt walks in to order
4:14 Girl at bar moves away from the other guy that sat down
Loud Machine
4:15 Phil talks to girl that came in with his girlfriend and explains he's busy doing an assignment for class
Person in black jacket with bag walks in to order
Another guy walks in, sits down alone in the middle (of the room)
All but 2 people come in from entrance to our left, not the far right bookstore entrace
4:16 2 guys at table listen to music and read separate books, laptop open in front of them


Time Reaction / Reflection
4:05 Why two different floors? (Reacting to observation of floor half wood half carpet)
4:08 Why first (person) to sit at bar? Farther from others? Did she sit so far away to avoid other people? Is there a reason? (Response to girl sits at 1st bar)
We also sat far from others. (Response to Phil and I sit at table by windows opposite bar)
Why are only girls interacting, and not boys? (Response to 2 boys sitting listening...)
Why do the boys choose the darkest place, the corner of the room? (Response to same)
4:14 Why does everyone sit far from everyone else? (Response to Girl at bar moves away...)
What is that? (Response to loud machine)
4:15 Why is one entrance more common than the other? Is coffee not allowed at the bookstore? (Response to observation about entrances)
4:16 Why are they here together, if they're not interacting? (Response to 2 guys at table...)

I added some articles to what I had originally wrote, and expanded words that I had shortened. This was for the conveniance of my readers.