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People Watching
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Can someone explain this to me because I just don't understand it.
Some people like to sit outside pubs and cafes and 'people watch' whilst enjoying their drinks.
Are they judging the people passing by, rating them out of 10 for fashion sense, chubbiness? Laughing at people who seem different?
I love to sit at a busy harbour watching the birds (feathered variety), the boats and those doing water sports. I could sit there for hours taking in the sights and sounds, so very different from my home. But watching strangers walking by? No.
Some people like to sit outside pubs and cafes and 'people watch' whilst enjoying their drinks.
Are they judging the people passing by, rating them out of 10 for fashion sense, chubbiness? Laughing at people who seem different?
I love to sit at a busy harbour watching the birds (feathered variety), the boats and those doing water sports. I could sit there for hours taking in the sights and sounds, so very different from my home. But watching strangers walking by? No.
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People watching can take many forms, it can serve to feed the imagination as demonstrated by writers like Alan Bennett - 'is that couple married?', 'to each other?' or 'a clandestine affair ?'for example.
If you add in snippets of overheard conversations then you get more material, as demonstrated by someone like Victoria Wood.
Of course you don't need to be gathering material for fiction but just keeping your imagination alive.
If you add in snippets of overheard conversations then you get more material, as demonstrated by someone like Victoria Wood.
Of course you don't need to be gathering material for fiction but just keeping your imagination alive.
In some of the country pubs that I go to in my area, there's a popular pastime known as “nookie-watch.”
Being a few miles out of the city, they're often used for anonymous dallying.
A couple sits quietly in the corner.
If they lean back without eye-contact or conversation, they're obviously married.
If they lean in, smile a lot, being a tad over-attentive, then they're on a date.
If he has a clean shirt, then it's a first date.
If they appear a little over-excited and constantly look at their phones, then they are with someone else's husband/wife.
Being a few miles out of the city, they're often used for anonymous dallying.
A couple sits quietly in the corner.
If they lean back without eye-contact or conversation, they're obviously married.
If they lean in, smile a lot, being a tad over-attentive, then they're on a date.
If he has a clean shirt, then it's a first date.
If they appear a little over-excited and constantly look at their phones, then they are with someone else's husband/wife.
Barry -I'm intrigued as to what you do sitting at a kerbside cafe? Stare at the ground, read the paper?
I people watch all the time: Look at the state of that........oh he/she looks smart.........how can she be that slim and eat a pastie that size......all sorts of comments and observations to be made.
I people watch all the time: Look at the state of that........oh he/she looks smart.........how can she be that slim and eat a pastie that size......all sorts of comments and observations to be made.
It's something I've always done, mainly on holiday abroad and there is nothing malicious in it. It happens naturally rather than something I've developed and my opinions are as much in admiration as they are negative. I particularly like to look at women's shoes or outfits, often in envy but equally to wonder what they were thinking when they bought that dress or chose to wear that today! I find myself doing it without meaning to.
I'm a gongoozler and that is the name of a canalside coffee bar near me. When I go to a cafe for a coffee it takes but a few minutes to drink it, I don't hang about.
I can spend hours leaning on a field gate or sitting canalside or under a tree in the countryside. Not if I'm surrounded by people, though
I can spend hours leaning on a field gate or sitting canalside or under a tree in the countryside. Not if I'm surrounded by people, though
If I'm walking about then I never noticed anyone, even people I know.
If I'm sitting idle somewhere then yes, I do look at people and think things about them and if I'm with someone else, would probably discuss some people.
I'm sure if I saw someone very eccentrically dressed, I would probably say something like, Oh my goodness or Oh dear.
The builder seems to have got it all sussed out. :-)
If I'm sitting idle somewhere then yes, I do look at people and think things about them and if I'm with someone else, would probably discuss some people.
I'm sure if I saw someone very eccentrically dressed, I would probably say something like, Oh my goodness or Oh dear.
The builder seems to have got it all sussed out. :-)
