Observation #2: the Union

I’m sitting in the back of the Union. People are scattered throughout the sitting area. These people are either sitting with a group socializing, sitting by themselves studying, or sitting by themselves relaxing, seeing as it is a Friday afternoon. The big screen TV in the corner is running the string of Sportscenter and there’s one person watching it as he’s pretending to listen to the girl talking to him. A lot of the students sitting by themselves are on their laptops, possibly studying or facebooking, or doing the Daily Tar Heel’s crossword so as to give them something to do while sitting by themselves. Most people sitting in groups are talking about the terrible week they’ve had and what they plan to do this weekend to celebrate making it through such a week. Surprisingly enough, there is no one in line or behind the counter at Alpine, but I guess at 3 p.m., the bagel rush is kind of dying down. A girl asks me if anyone is sitting in the chair next to me and, though two or three people had been in and out of it, I told her “No” so she could sit by herself and read.