Sunday, November 8, 2009

Hobby: people watching.

I love people watching.

Since I commute on BART, I have many opportunities to practice this hobby of mine. Sometimes on BART, I wonder what music is playing in everyone's ipods. Are they closet Britney Spears fans or are they listening to Mozart to calm them down from a stressful day? And what books are they reading? Do they buy into self-help philosophy or are they enjoying a cheeky novel? I always wonder what characterizes the commuters riding BART from Walnut Creek toward San Francisco.

Every now and then I take the bus to a friend's place after work instead of BARTing home. I love this change of scenery because I get to watch different kinds of people. Instead of reading books or listening to ipods, the 72 bus riders are usually chatting, laughing, or arguing. I've also discovered that babies are more common on the bus than they are on the BART. So then, what characterizes the people who ride the bus? And why are they so different from those that BART?

2 comments:

Jess said...

me and my parents not only like to people watch, we like to story tell about those ppl we see. my mom attributes it to the fact that we're all soc majors. we like to analyze ppl and their interactions with their social circumstances. hahah.

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