katlyn

I chose to sit in the cube right outside of Starbucks to make my observations on Monday. One of the main things I noticed was that people seemed to be using the sitting area as a vehicle, or a port. Doctors, adults, students, staff all got coffee, stayed a while, or just kept walking right on through. Those people that did stay were either on their computers or nose deep in textbooks. Almost everyone that was sitting by themselves was plugged into an i-pod. Some people were sitting with their empty cups of expensive coffee next to them. That’s another thing I noticed. On almost every table there seemed to be some means of caffeine; tea, soda, or the medium roast with cream and two packets of sugar. Book bags, backpacks, purses fill up the empty seats beside each person; aka the sign for “please don’t sit next to me I really don’t want to talk to anyone.� People have no time to make time. If it’s not written in the planner then it’s not part of the plan, and if its not part of the plan then it’s just an anomaly, and who has time for that, right? Everyone just seems to be on a mission to get to where they are going to. The doctors need to get back to their patients; the students need to get back to their studying, the teachers need to get back to their classes. The girl next to me is sitting with her finger to her temple taking occasional procrastination breaks from her homework to people watch. A new person walks in, goes out; purchases, consumes; starts and stops. I wonder what it’s all worth. When these people finally get to where they are going will they even stop to think about it? Or will they just keeping going onto the next step. There’s almost a soft groan about the way the people are talking. It seems that our culture hardly takes a second to stop and breathe in the situation. Life has become so routine and so mundane that there’s no element of surprise anymore. Just another check off the list of things to do to get to...done?