Have you ever found yourself engrossed in watching a stranger without meaning to? Something interesting must have caught your attention.
Many a times, while seated in one corner of a restaurant and waiting for a friend, I'd realize I have been watching the other customers. There'd be a group probably celebrating an occasion...a couple deep in conversation...a family eating out...
Or in a coffee shop, just after lunch, on a comfy sofa while gazing out the glass window, I'd watch the passers-by. There'd be the officemates hurrying back to work with cellphone neck straps advertising their company...some students in uniform busy with their gadgets...an old couple holding hands...ladyboys looking more gorgeous than real ladies, tall and slim in stilettos, garbed in the latest fashion trends...strolling couples lost in their own world...busy people going about their own lives...
Or at the park, sitting in a bench, I would notice that there'd be others occupying the scattered benches, mostly couples. Sometimes, it's even hard not to get wrapped up in someone else's conversation or public disagreement.
People-watching have become one of my favorite hobbies. Although I seldom do it actively, I often find myself doing it subconsciously. I guess most of us probably do...at the malls, inside a public transport, at the beach, inside the church...
We are all different in what we take in when we observe people. Something peculiar, unusual, unique or that really stands out usually catches our attention. While some are into general appearance, some would remember exact details, others are into body language.
You, when you people-watch, are you a generalist who absorbs everything? Or are you interested in details?
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