Observation fieldnotes
Begin time: 4:47pm
End time: 5:05pm
Date: September 20, 2006
Location: Breezeway of the Washington Center by Chick-fil-a at University of Central Florida
Observer: David Kent Norman
Frame: Paired observation exercise
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ON Observer Notes |
OC Observer Comments |
MN Methodological Notes |
4:47 |
Lady is washing window with pole at the copy shop |
Holding keys in her left hand |
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Washer lady is wearing sunglasses |
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Older gentleman stopped to talk to the window washer and is sitting on concrete wall |
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Another lady stops to talk to washer lady and gentleman and tells her she can stop washing |
Washer lady keeps washing anyway |
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4:49 |
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Students at picnic table are talking loudly so I can’t understand the conversation with the washer lady and passersby |
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Gentleman walks away from washer lady |
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Undergrad male walked behind me talking on a cell phone and wearing blue and black backpack |
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Guy at picnic table yelled at girl passing |
Girl named Rockelle |
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Rockelle stopped by the table to talk to the guy and the other two girls at the picnic table |
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4 students passed by the coke machines |
Looked like undergrads |
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4:52 |
3 gentleman passed by the washer lady |
One was listening to headphones and all looked like undergrads |
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Students at the picnic table are talking about law school |
Rockelle is thinking about joining law school program |
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4:53 |
Rockelle is scared, petrified about her LSATs and can’t focus on her clients |
Rockelle seems young to have clients |
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4:54 |
Older gentleman passes the coke machines |
Holding a leather portfolio and looks confused about where he’s going |
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Rockelle said she is a “worry wort” |
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4:55 |
3 people passed coke machines |
One was older gentleman carrying a gym bag |
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4:55 |
Guy passes washer woman |
Carrying papers on his hip and dressed in a brown suit; looks like undergrad |
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4:56 |
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The background noise of people talking in the breezeway is making it hard to hear even the people at the picnic table next to me. |
4:57 |
Two people passed the washer woman |
One was female, the other male, both looked like young undergrads |
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Washer woman steps back from the windows |
Looks like she’s inspecting her work |
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4:58 |
Washer woman walks away from the window, taking her bucket of solution |
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4:59 |
5 people walk by coke machines |
4 look like young undergrads; one girl had a brown belt wrapped around her shirt and a neon green skirt |
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5:00 |
Two girls walked by the copy windows and then through the picnic tables. |
One stopped to sit at a picnic table by herself and opened to her cell phone to read something in it |
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Four guys walked through the step part of the breezeway |
Looked like they weren’t even old enough to be in college |
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5:01 |
A group of 6 people walked through the step area of the breezeway |
All were dressed professionally |
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5:02 |
Girl who walked through tables and sat down to read phone is staring at me |
Might have noticed I’m observing; she is eating some junk food and drinking a coke |
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Girl in red shirt walked by coke machines wearing a red shirt with Greek letters on the front |
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Three older ladies walked by the coke machines |
One had a gold badge on like what UCF staff wear |
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