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Observation And Observation Essay

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I made my first field site visit at Caffe Strada on Saturday, October 21st at 1 pm. The cafe was slightly emptier than usual as it was “game day” that day and a good amount of people were instead at the football stadium. However, the atmosphere and ambience was still lively and loud and customers who were getting work done still managed to stay focused. I noted that the workers behind the cashiers were fast-paced, and worked in conjunction to minimize ordering time and keep long lines at a minimum and cater to as much people as possible. People from all different ages came to study, some ordered food while others just ordered a coffee. There was an older man right next to me reading the newspaper. On my other …show more content…

As for why he prefers Caffe Strada over any other Cafe, he said he felt safer on this side of campus. Neeraj admitted that he didn’t like the high homeless count at Downtown Berkeley, and he feels safer on the south side of the city. He also prefers Caffe Strada over the other cafes because it is the closest cafe to the Haas School of Business, where he currently studies.
I then visited Cafe Milano on Sunday, October 29th at 4 pm. Cafe Milano was a nice alternative to Caffe Strada because the atmosphere was noticeably different. I definitely felt more distressed at Cafe Milano over Caffe Strada and I cannot pinpoint the exact reason for this, but the feeling was intrinsic. I observed that the people at Cafe Milano were much younger than at Caffe Strada. Whereas Caffe Strada had more people of all age groups socializing and working on assignments, Cafe Milano was filled with primarily college students working individually on their school-work. Cafe Milano is split between an upstairs and downstairs lounge, but does not have a patio outside like at Caffe Strada. I interviewed a group of freshman working on homework: Wendy, Annie, and Brooklyn. I asked Wendy why she chose to study at a cafe rather than a library or her room, she said the background noise helped her focus because “when you are in your room you are too comfortable.” She also said that

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