Observing the going on in a busy university cafeteria over a series of different occasions provided me with some greater insight as to how the space is multi-functional in nature, that is, while the primary intended purpose of the space is a dining area, it also functions as a study space and a social gathering and meeting space. It is a focal point of the university campus and acts as a hub of activity, a common space, where a great deal of interaction and mobility takes place.
While our university community is a relatively small one, and we all share the common denominator of being part of the Trent community, we are still, for the most part, strangers to one another. As such, when we are in common areas, like the cafeteria with lots
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293) the spaces between automobile in lines, the same principle can be applied to people waiting in line at Tim Horton’s or Otonabee cafeteria. The size of these micro-gaps between individuals in line seem to vary depending on whether people have backpacks on etc. From my observation the actual space between individuals did not change much, about 18 inches to 2 feet or so, however, that meant that people stood quite close to the backpack in front of them, within 6 inches when in line, and stood approximately the same space behind them even if they were not wearing a backpack. I believe that this is linked to our concept of personal space and personal comfort zones, and thus the actual person’s physical body is the reference point for creating space between individuals regardless of whether they are wearing a backpack or not. The micro gaps, at times would experience a short lag in which the gap would grow, if, for instance, an individual in line, so focused on civil inattention or avoidance behaviour such as looking at their cell phone they took a moment to realize the line had moved forward and would thus “rush” ahead quickly to close the …show more content…
While the vast majority of cafeteria users, collected their plates and garbage and cleaned up after themselves, this was not always the case, and some individuals just ate, got up and left, leaving their garbage on the table. Thankfully, the cafeteria has people who periodically check the area, and clean up the messes left behind by others. How individuals interact with the objects around them has a lot to do with habitus and learned behaviour. This as Johnson points outs, is where, “Either to discipline the people or to substitute for the unreliable people another delegated human character” (1988, p. 300). While Johnson was referring to opening and closing a door, this can easily be applied to the concept of cleaning up after yourself in a public space such as the cafeteria.
Regardless of the time of day I observed the cafeteria space, individuals and groups tended to sit at the ends of the tables if at all possible, which could be due to a couple of factors. The first and easiest to explain would be the ease to get in and out of these seats, while having to deal with the fewest number of obstacles. The second reason might have to do with respecting and allowing for as much personal space between people in this public
There are two important areas in this research- territoriality and use of personal space, all while each have an important bearing on the kinds of messages we send as we use space. Standing at least three feet apart from someone is a norm for personal space.
The observation occurred in the LNC lunchroom during the second lunch of the day. I observed two groups of people in the lunchroom. The first group I observed being a group of all males seated to the right of me. The second group being a group of all females seated in the middle of the cafeteria. The method of observation I used was naturalistic observation. The naturalistic observation experience during the LNC lunch period provided further meaning about or local, national, and global community.
With an unlimited meal plan and buffet-style meals, do we students know how big our portions should be? If we are accustomed to being served super-sized portions, we might not realize when we are serving ourselves over-sized portions in our dining halls. In fact, researchers have found that increased portion size is an even greater problem in cafeteria settings like ours, noting a positive association between larger food receptacles and increased consumption(2). A correlational study at Cornell found significant weight gain in freshmen during the first twelve weeks of school and identified that both the “all-you-can-eat” dining hall style and student snacking on “junk-food” were key variables explaining a positive linear relationship with weight gai...
The intake of proper nutrients helps balance the maintenance of bodily functions; supporting the longevity of a healthy lifestyle. (Denton, Carolyn. “How does food Impact Health?” www.takingcharge.csh.umn.edu). With constant technological advance in the world, it is important to become aware of how frequent the world changes daily in preparation for self-maturity. What is a more effective way to approach the real world than to have a direct experience? The researcher will address the topic on why community high schools in America should allow its students off campus during lunch. Allowing children to have a better lunch option could help educational strength as well as attend to other essential needs. (Anderson, Melinda. “Do healthy lunches
The term “fast-food” is usually distinguished by food served very quickly to a customer by drive-through or carry-out. Fast-food restaurants are highly associated with low-cost and malnutrition foods with brief consumer and employee interaction, and below average cleanliness based on restaurant health inspection reports. Chick-fil-A has changed the usual perception of fast-food restaurants. Rather than burgers and potato fries, Chick-fil-A serves chicken sandwiches and waffle fries. Chick-fil-A also shows their appreciation for employee to customer relations, rather than ignoring the social aspect of serving customers when operating at a fast pace. Chick-fil-A’s menu selection, customer interaction, and clean eating
To solve this problem, we need the cafeteria to be open more hours. If it is because of the need of workers in those other times, it is a big change that even students won't mind to work in the cafeteria to have it open for longer hours. Another idea would be to have longer hours open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Even if it is not open for the whole day, longer hours might allow more comfort ability for everyone. We know that with out food, one cannot concentrate in their studies, nor perform their work well.
The textbook, Operations and Supply Chain Management, define queueing as “a line of waiting persons, jobs, things, or the like.” What exactly does that mean and how can it be avoided? Richard C. Larson describes the psychology as well as the social justice behind queueing in his research entitled, Perspectives on Queues: Social Justice an The Psychology of Queueing. Larson and his students created a theory called “slips and skips.” A slip is defined as what happens to the person being victimized by the queueing, and being slipped by from the individual in line behind them. A skip is just the opposite. It can be defined from the perspective of the person actually skipping over the person in line before them that is being slipped. For every slip, there is also a skip.
...nd walk around or hang out on campus. The big change is that there are too many of us to fit in a car so we do a lot of walking and sometimes biking. When we walk we take a different route than a car would because there are a lot of walking trails and short cuts away from the road. Its much slower and takes a lot more effort which increases the friction of distance so often we end up staying on campus, our critical distance is much closer when we are on foot. If I do go out with friends however the way we move is different than if I were alone because the destination isn’t a set. We usually walk around the main streets in Old Town without any goal in mind and so we end up going back and forth along that stretch of shops. Beyond interactions like this I almost exclusively move around with a destination in mind.
Students have been complaining about the long wait times at the cafeteria. I observed and collected data on customer traffic in the cafeteria. The cafeteria is most inefficient during the rush hour, 5:00pm-6:30pm, however breakfast and lunch hours do not experience the same type of rush. The long lines of the pre-cooked meals, interactive meals and cashiers have interrupted service to other areas of the cafeteria such as the drink and the salad bar stations. The data collected during the rush, located in Appendix A, indicates the entrance arrival times of each student, the service time of the cashier, precooked, and interactive lines.
There’s no doubt that thousands and thousands of people attend Hunter College every day. Yet, as I travel the hallways of Hunter College or squeeze my way into the elevators, I realized that there’s always this one same thing that keeps repeating over and over again. Every time someone is surrounded with strangers, they do one of the following- stare at the ceiling, avoid eye contact, go on their phone to look “busy” or simply stayed quiet. It is true that when we’re surrounded with strangers for the first time, it can be a bit intimating. I mean, we don’t know the person next to us so we can’t really act ourselves.
People eat food every day without thinking twice about it, because it is a necessity for us to live. How often do you think about what is in the foods that you eat? How many calories does it have? Are there any vitamins and minerals in it? Is it high in fat? For most of us and especially college students who live a busy life on the go, the answer to that question is probably no. Since becoming a recent graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania Academy of Culinary Arts, I have been more interested in food and what people are eating. Also since more young Americans are becoming obese I want to find out what they are eating and where. Going to college and seeing how students have poor eating habits I want to find out why they are eating this way. Is it because they are away from home for the first time? Or is it because that is the only food that is available for them? I also want to find out if students would eat healthier if it was provided for them? My hypothesis is that students eat unhealthy because it is more convenient for them. There is usually no time to cook a homemade meal and most college students are always in a hurry so it is easier to pick up takeout. Also most college students don’t know how to cook. I also believe that most college students don’t care if the food is unhealthy for them, as long as it tastes good. Hopefully, in the following pages I will uncover the wide world of college eating.
Students complain about prom being in school cafeteria: O'Fallon, Cahokia, East Side , Etc. have their proms in fancy hotels and halls, but it is a tradition to have prom in the cafeteria and students are fed up! All of the money that the students pay to the school and they say that we can't afford to have it somewhere else meanwhile the football field is getting new material every year. Paris Johnson states “ they need to switch it up , it's starting to get boring in the cafeteria.”
Principle two is to create hospitable space. The nature of the café providing fun is the important elements to be added to reduce the natural tensions created by a post-merger situation. Mind-mapping practices and other visual elements enable the right-brain processing which is bringing the creativity into the conversation (Juanita & David, 2005).
As college students, for example, when we walk in to the Caf, there are so...
Dan Bartlett (2014). Kitchen Brigade: Who Does What?. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.artinstitutes.edu/adv/files/kitchen_brigade.pdf. [Last Accessed 10 February 2014].