ConveryLit&socCLUEObservation

For my observation I looked at the Scranton Commons on a Sunday afternoon. This dining hall doesn’t get “busy” until later in the day anytime after 11:30. For here, observing later is better. Students start coming in with their friends and sitting at large tables. The tables mostly consisted of males at a table, females at another, and a few tables had males and females. Today I only saw two people sitting alone while I was there but the one guy was on his lunch break. Keep in mind not many of the students come dressed looking decent, mostly sweatpants and hoodies. The main topic that the big groups talk about answers the question of “What happened last night?” or even “Where did you go last night?” After that the tables are laughing, telling stories, and making fun of each other for the choices they made the night before. Everyone has a story to tell. At some points they would get quiet and look around before they began again as if they didn’t want to get in trouble. Or maybe they were talking about what someone else did and didn’t want that person to find out that they were telling people. After everyone was done eating they end the conversations by “Well time to do homework” where another would reply, “Have fun, I’m going back to bed.” When they leave you are just sitting there waiting for the next group to come in.