Study Task 1 - Costa

Pieces of Ephemera

Observations at 14:25:

• Buzzing atmosphere
• Served by Carlota
• full house - 35 people at start
• Abby ordered a £3.25 medium Chocolate & Orange Mocha Latte
• 9 people left and 19 came in at around 14:30 - 14:45
• There is a giant mirror on the wall
• busy looking baristas going in and out door labelled 'Private'

at 14:51:

• 4 people sitting by themselves
• 8 business people
• 1 family
• 4 people with laptops
• 2 people with textbooks
• 3 plants around the shop
• 9 black and white photos of different sizes on the walls that I can see in total

at 15:10:

• chilled atmosphere
• long queue
• pram and mother leaving
• Barista tidying table up
• Man talking on the phone
• Man on his phone
• old couple settle down at a table
• guy going to the toilet
• girl uses giant green polka dot phone
• 3 men at a table - each man has got up at least twice, each receiving phone calls at 15:10

at 15:19:

• feeling apprehensive - the 3 guys that look like part of a secret operation, each take it in turn to walk past myself and Abby - are they suspicious of us? are we witnesses?
• girl writing in notebook
• 4 people with beards
• 7 people in deep convo

leave at 15:25 feeling like detectives


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