What surprised me?- I think what surprised me most was seeing how many people were there on a cloudy Tuesday, and just how much there was to observe and write down. I love people watching as much as the next person, but when you actually go somewhere with that as your sole purpose, it feels pretty intense. I also felt protective over my notes. I tried to casually hide them from people if they walked by me too closely. For some reason I just didn't want anyone to know that I was people watching.
What intrigued me?- Well looking back through my notes, I notice couples. I have at least 4 different observations of pairs of people that I saw who I immediately thought to be a couple even though they might not have been. Maybe that's just a cultural thing, but its obviously something I was intrigued by and noticed most.
What disturbed me?- The assumptions I constantly make. If there is a child with a woman I immediately tied a mother-child relationship to it. If there was a guy and girl walking I immediately tied a couple relationship to it. If they had a baby with them I immediately thought married couple with child. If it were two of the same sex I thought friend relationship. All of these assumptions could have been completely wrong and yet I still make them almost subconsciously.
These are just 2 pages of notes I took.
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