Starbucks Observation

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I was feeling quite normal today, although perhaps slightly lethargic; probably caught something at school, and I have a slight headache. I went to Safeway as I needed to shop for some groceries. There are two entrances in the front of the building. The whole store is filled with aisles, making it very easy to navigate around the store. Access is not limited at all, you get the impression that you are supposed to explore inch of every aisles, lest you miss something important.
I entered the left most entrance of Safeway after grabbing a cart outside of the entrance where I was able to see a Starbucks. I could see the steam coming from what the blue-eyed barista was preparing, and the strong bitter aroma of the coffee wafted towards me, reminding me of the familiar smell.
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The reasons of why I think what I think are important because my thoughts are intertwined with every aspect of my field notes in relation to my observations. If my thoughts are being affected in negative way, I need to be aware of that, so I can remove certain harmful biases. The underlying assumptions are important because the assumptions that I make directly influence what I am writing down, and if I change my assumptions suddenly what I’m writing about also changes. When reading a piece of writing there are two tones that the reader could sense. The first is positive, the second is negative. There also could be a neutral tone, but I would categorize in this as negative since the reading would essentially be waste of time. If your message is positive, then the reader has come away with new perspectives and insights and will probably end up spreading these positive attributes of your writing in his/her life. However, if the reader takes away a negative message, she/he might end up spreading something harmful with our fellow humans. We wish to avoid that, so a positive message is always

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