The group I was in decided to start on the north side of campus in front of Zachary. From there, we individually crossed University Drive and walked into the McDonald's on the other side. We stood in line for the register and ordered an item from the menu. Then we had to wait for our order, receive it and walk back across University Drive to the starting point. There are many interactions we were faced with. Such as people also waiting at the light to cross the street, cars going by, people waiting in line to order, talking to the lady behind the register, people also waiting for their food and passersby all along the way.
My group had some technical difficulties with the camera. Two of our recordings out of the five did not record (I will not say who's since it will give away which video is who's), so they had to redo them. Unfortunately we did the originals right before sundown, so when we realized they were not recorded and could redo them it was already dark.
The major non-obvious thing that we can observe from our video is what we do when waiting. Most of us had to wait for the cross walk light twice when crossing University Drive, waiting in line and then finally waiting for our food to be made. There were a lot of forced waiting in our particular path. All of them were short, less than thirty seconds, besides the wait for food for some of us. People do things they are not always aware of when they are waiting. I am very curious as to what the different things that the other people do as well as what I do that I am not aware of.
Another non-obvious thing is how we interact with others passing by or going through a door at the same time as someone else. How specifically react to another person opening a door for them or vise versa. Where do they look when passing or interacting directly with other people? The exact place people cannot be observed, but the general area can be since the camera follows the head not the eyes.
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