Spencer - Observation
Jessica Spencer
Professor Janet A. Call
English 112 –NB
15 June 2013
Singles, Couples, and Family Dining: From a Distance Every job I have had has been in a restaurant. Yet I have never have taken the time to look at the customers. I have experienced and learned an unbelievable amount of information about other people than I could ever imagine during this observation. There are two different types of went to. The first is a breakfast place called IHOP (International House of Pancakes). At night I went to Pizza Cottage, in this establishment they have a bar. The environments in comparison are completely different. At IHOP the restaurant they were particularly busy in the mornings and has many rules and seemed to be strict. On the other hand at Pizza Cottage is busy during the evening hours and has a relaxed setting. The first difference you notice when comparing the two is the set up and music. The music being played at Pizza Cottage includes 80’s hair bands, versus the neutral variety of music being played at IHOP. Each of these restaurants attract different types of customers. The first type of customer I would like to discuss is the single customer. These customers come in by themselves to dine. The ages of these customers range from their early 20’s to their elderly years. Some of these customers are regulars, others come in less often. With the elderly we learn most are either widowed or never married and seek company while they eat. With the younger crowd they tend to be on lunch break from work and are in a rush. Then the customers that do not meet either of the lunch break, or widowed/ never married category, are our bookworms. The bookworms as I call them take their time eating and when they are done they hang around and sip on their beverage while reading the newspaper or a book they brought in. There was one more type of single that came in but this only applied to Pizza Cottage. It was the after work drinkers. They would sit at the bar and if
Professor Janet A. Call
English 112 –NB
15 June 2013
Singles, Couples, and Family Dining: From a Distance Every job I have had has been in a restaurant. Yet I have never have taken the time to look at the customers. I have experienced and learned an unbelievable amount of information about other people than I could ever imagine during this observation. There are two different types of went to. The first is a breakfast place called IHOP (International House of Pancakes). At night I went to Pizza Cottage, in this establishment they have a bar. The environments in comparison are completely different. At IHOP the restaurant they were particularly busy in the mornings and has many rules and seemed to be strict. On the other hand at Pizza Cottage is busy during the evening hours and has a relaxed setting. The first difference you notice when comparing the two is the set up and music. The music being played at Pizza Cottage includes 80’s hair bands, versus the neutral variety of music being played at IHOP. Each of these restaurants attract different types of customers. The first type of customer I would like to discuss is the single customer. These customers come in by themselves to dine. The ages of these customers range from their early 20’s to their elderly years. Some of these customers are regulars, others come in less often. With the elderly we learn most are either widowed or never married and seek company while they eat. With the younger crowd they tend to be on lunch break from work and are in a rush. Then the customers that do not meet either of the lunch break, or widowed/ never married category, are our bookworms. The bookworms as I call them take their time eating and when they are done they hang around and sip on their beverage while reading the newspaper or a book they brought in. There was one more type of single that came in but this only applied to Pizza Cottage. It was the after work drinkers. They would sit at the bar and if