I was reading another article for my Research Methods graduate course. It discussed a specific ethnography that observed the "community" of grcoery store check out lines. Hmm...I never thought about thatt one. But now that I think about it, some crazy stuff happens at the check out line. Have you ever observed the people in line behind you? In front of you? Have you ever peeked at another's cart and made judgements about her based on the contents of her cart? Oh, I totally do! I admit it. And have you ever read the name tags of the cashiers? Sometimes I think they make up their names. I had one friendly girl the other day. She was probably in highschool. The name on her shiney white name tag was "Gertrude." I'm not sure about that one. And what about the tabloids? Do you look at them? Do they influence your shopping experince? How do they shape the environment of the check out line? So many things to think about! Oh yeah, I almost forgot - I was on line (or in line, whatever) and I definitely caught the guy behind me picking his nose. Gross, right?
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ReplyDeleteI couldn’t help but comment this; I was going to write about Walmart. Have you ever been to Walmart at like four in the morning? Let me just tell you there are some strange people that go there at night. But not even at night, during the day too. You have people of all shapes and sizes, smells and odors. Walmart is kind of a world of its own. It has everything you need, so I understand why people go there, but it’s comical in a way to see so many different types of people. They always seem to have the funniest looking cashiers too, no offense but normal is not in their requirements I guess. The best part, the old people greeters with the stickers just hysterical, those poor people have to see all those unusual people walk in and out of Walmart everyday. It might be my imagination but Target gets all the average, sane looking people for some reason.
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