Observation 1

I chose to observe the smokers gathered at the flag pole. It is very normal to find people standing around the flag pole smoking. They all gather around there to smoke and socialize with others who smoke as well. One thing that I noticed was the lack of awareness of the smokers and the people passing by them. The people passing by seemed to take no interest in this group, unless they were joining the group. So, the smokers at the flag pole were just ignored by the people passing by. Also, I noticed that most people chose to walk in a route that was farther away from the flag pole, avoiding the smokers. I guess this would be the normal behavior if one does not want to come in contact with the secondhand smoke. In addition, the smokers were also somewhat apathetic about their surroundings. A few people just came to smoke a cigarette and then left. They seemed to just look around at the people passing by. However, the others that stayed there longer to socialize while they were smoking didn’t really seem to care about what was going on around them. However, most of them seemed to enjoy their time spent at the flag pole. In fact, they became very loud at times.