Observation #1- The bus

I decided to observe the bus and how people act when they are taking the bus somewhere. I walked towards the bus stop, and as usually I stop and stand as I wait. While I was waiting I looked at the others who were waiting as well, and I observed how none of them made any eye contact with me. Some of the waiters were sitting on the bench and some were standing beside the bench. As each new person walked up towards the stop they assumed into some sort of line. I believe this is a norm for common courtesy. When someone gets to the bus stop before you you have to wait in a farther away position from the stop. I watched as people were listening to their ipods, talking on the phone, reading news papers, and studying notes for the test they were about to take. As the bus approached everyone became alarmed. They all got up and put their stuff together, and prepared to board the bus in an orderly fashion. As they were about to get on the bus the driver told them to wait, because people were getting off the bus. It is a norm for people that are getting off the bus to get off first before anyone else can get on. So they waited patiently for people to get off the bus and then they themselves got on. I observed how people anxiously looked for seats that were away from other people. Its like they dont want to be touched by anyone while they are on the bus. I also observed two girls that I knew were good friends but on the bus they did not act like it. They only said Hi and Goodbye to one another. I guess they had nothing to talk about, or maybe it was the bus. This is another behavioral norm on the bus , no talking unless you have too. I watched how people would push the requested stop buttons when they wanted the driver to let them off at a certain place, but I also noticed that at the stops where the most people got off like the union no one would push the button. As people got off of the bus mostly everyone thanked the driver for the transportation.