Descriptive Coffee Shop

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Sitting in my local Starbucks, casually gazing at the people walking in, who are anxiously awaiting their coffee fix. Noticing people struggling to find which blend of ingredients sounds most appetizing to them. Listening to the soft alternative background music giving a soothing vibe to the coffee shop. I’m taking in the soulful artwork on the walls, the muted tones of the walls, the sounds of papers turning and shoes clacking on the tile ground, the rings of cell phones, the smell of freshly ground coffee beans, the red velvet chairs and the brown leather couches that have so many wrinkles from the countless bodies that have sat upon them as well. The calming lighting that doesn’t blind you when you walk in. Sitting here, I notice many people …show more content…

Soft pendant lighting giving the soothing vibe of relaxation. Bar tables lining the windows that have dark brown shades, not letting to much natural light in. Silver metal tables for groups of people to sit at, for when it actually happens. Walking further in you reach the Starbucks counter where you order your coffee and choice of pastry, past the counter is the spice shelf or remix bar. Where because if you are unsatisfied with your drink, they do allow you to alter it, making it to your personal perfection. After you have completed making your drink perfect, you head back to the front of the coffee house to find a comfortable place to isolate yourself in. The non existent rules are, at least leave one chair in between you and the stranger, don’t look up at the stranger for longer than three seconds because you might actually have to engage in real conversation, don’t sit at a table if someone’s already sitting there, even if no one else is accompanying them and there’s four open chairs. If you see someone with a tea, you typically assume this person is accompanied, whereas if someone is drinking coffee, you could assume this person is by them self. What we seem to believe about people in coffee shops are conscientious assumptions that we have of what it generally means to be “private in public”. We tend to assume this because, although it it different that stereotyping, it’s generalizing, which a basic form of nonverbal communication. Of course these assumptions are dumbfounding and are contradicted by many. Such as when the last school bell rings, and all the peppy teenage girls wanting their Starbucks fix, the atmosphere is shifted in a whole different direction. The leader of the group is in front, looking to claim the area as their own. The teenage girls nowadays think they are superior to everyone and everything. When this

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