People Watching

[Ina]

Do you have a favorite place that you like to sit and people watch.
My husband like to people watch anywhere we go, but his favorite place is in restaurants. In the early years of of our relationship, I used to think he was bored. I finally asked him why he kept looking all over the place. Was he bored?
He smiled and told me he like to people watch. It was his favorite pastime. For him it beat keeping up with the many different sports, fishing outdoors, or going to movies. Wherever we go he is looking to see how people interact in in the many different situations of every day life.
Are you a people watcher?
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[Mrs. Robinson]

Big time people watcher here. Love living in a small town but also love that it`s a tourist town so there`s plenty of "new blood" to watch LOL!

 

[hollydolly]

Ditto, a huge people watcher here., and that isn't just in real life but subliminally online as well. By that I don't mean looking into other people's backgrounds or stalking them , I mean simply watching how others react in certain given situations to all sorts of questions or discussions!
I really enjoy just sitting outside at a restaurant on a Sunny day particularly when I'm abroad and watching all different nationalities go about their business and how they react to one another, whether in major tourist resorts, large cities or small foreign villages, fascinating!!

 

[Capt Lightning]

We keep ourselves to ourselves and I don't give a damn what other people are doing - as long as it's not annoying us.

 

[Meanderer]

 

[Justme]

I have absolutely no interest in people watching.

 

[rkunsaw]

I have absolutely no interest in people watching.

Same here.

 

[Bullie76]

On the beach I love to watch some people.

 

[JustBonee]

I always thought the airport terminal was an interesting people watching place, since you're captive waiting there anyway.

 

[Falcon]

I even watch the people who are watching a baseball game, the ones sitting in the stands.

 

[Pappy]

I once went to NYC to see a Yankee, Toronto baseball game. The fans were much more fun to watch than the boring game. I could not believe the fights in the upper tiers. It a wonder no one fell and broke their neck.

 

[Davey Jones]

I always thought the airport terminal was an interesting people watching place, since you're captive waiting there anyway.

That's exactly what I did all time when I flew a LOT for my company,especially international airports where you can see all types of people. You just can't find all this in a laptop or cellphone.
One time,in the 70s, I was sitting at an empty gate near a big window at Shannon airport in Ireland awaiting my flight back home.
At another gate a airline " Aeroflot" (Russian) just arrived and discharged a sorry looking bunch of passengers ,when they pass me they all stopped,jaws opening,staring in awe and pointed in my direction so Im thinking why are`they all pointing at me? Was my fly open???
Turns out it was a large jumbo jet a shiny silver Pan American airline with it American flag painted on it and had just parked in back of me at its gate.
It took the police to get them moving again.

I never felt so proud to be an American that day..

 

[Shirley]

I like to watch people sometimes and interpret their body language. It's fascinating.

 

[Meanderer]

I like to watch people sometimes and interpret their body language. It's fascinating.

I agree Shirley. It may sound strange, but I enjoy watching TV with the sound off. Commercials mostly, but their body language tells volumes!

 

[Shirley]

It two people are talking and one has his arms crossed on his chest, he is in a defensive position. He probably doesn't like or agree with what the other person is saying.

 

[Falcon]

Almost in EVERY group having a conversation, there is always ONE person who monopolizes the talking. (You can't
shut him/her up.) This is also true in cars; the DRIVER/owner is always the one doing the talking.

{HEY! It's MY car! If you don't like it; get out and walk.}

 

[Shirley]

There is a man here in town who is like that. When I see him, I go the other way. You can't get away from him.

Not in my car. I'd rather let other people do the talking.

 

[Meanderer]

Maybe it was a pet peeve??, but I read how when they film conversations in cars for movies, the driver is never looking at the road, while talking!

 

[SeaBreeze]

We keep ourselves to ourselves and I don't give a damn what other people are doing - as long as it's not annoying us.

I have absolutely no interest in people watching.

Same here.

I'm with you guys, more of an animal watcher here. :jumelles:

 

[Geezerette]

I'm always interested in people, but see one of the biggest cross sections at our biggest hospital here, which has a medical office bldg attached. I always end up being there early for apts or tests since the parking & traffic getting there is so unpredictable, & sitting in the big entrance lobby, see just about every age & type of humanity in every condition.

 

[hollydolly]

I'm always interested in people, but see one of the biggest cross sections at our biggest hospital here, which has a medical office bldg attached. I always end up being there early for apts or tests since the parking & traffic getting there is so unpredictable, & sitting in the big entrance lobby, see just about every age & type of humanity in every condition.

It's quite sobering watching folks in a medical facility isn't it ?