Observations took place at 6:30pm to 7:10pm at Raising Cane's in Core Campus.
The setting was mildly social. The main things people were doing included eating, studying, and conversing with each other.
I think I struggled with making assumptions. I labeled people sitting together as potential friends, or in a romantic relationship using the word "couple" in a few of my field notes. I think some of the strengths in my field notes was using quotes from eavesdropping, description words such as "she seemed tired" and "she seemed relieved."
My notes included 3 pages of observations, and a few reflections.
The hardest part about the study was not making assumptions. I chose Cane's because it was close to my dorm, but also because I wanted to know how people used that particular section of Core Campus. Usually Starbucks is normally the place to study, I didn't think I would see as much studying as I did in Cane's.
