Do you spend time observing the people around you?

Philippines
January 16, 2010 12:49am CST
Are there times when you just sit or stand in one corner and just observe what is happening? Do you this habit of observing the people around you? What do you think of what you see? I do this once in a while. Sometimes I do it intentionally. But there are also times when I do not do it intentionally. What I see amuse me. But there are also things (or even people) that annoy me.
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• United States
16 Jan 10
Hi, Dolce! People watching can be great fun! My husband and I often make up stories about the people we see walk by us, and have a good laugh about it. Sometimes, we even find out we were right!!!
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• Philippines
17 Jan 10
My boyfriend and I do the same... we end up laughing until we get teary eyed...
@tangurama (204)
• Canada
16 Jan 10
From time to time, I do observe people at a distance. It's fascinating because you find out a lot more about a person from watching them. When you're talking to them, they might pretend to be someone they're not. So observing them is critical if you want to see how genuine someone really is. By the way, I observe and not stalk people because it's just plain creepy.
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• Philippines
17 Jan 10
It is in silently observing people that you see their true colors...
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
It is not easy to trust people. Observing can help and that was I am doing . I am observing people that I don't know. For this, I would determine whether that person is to be trusted or not. Showing one's upbringing will give us an idea about their real personality . If not they are belong to an imitation group.
• Philippines
7 Sep 10
Most of the time I do it unintentionally because there are times that people who walked infront of me really catches my attention. Just by the way they walk or even the sounds of their voices made me look at them. These things may or may not be avoided, but people tend to be easily attracted or distracted by strangers.
• Philippines
7 Sep 10
There are times where I usually judge them through their looks which is not right. Just like what the dictum says, "don't judge the book by its cover". I admit that I've done that for a couple of times, but for me, first impression doesn't last.
@sjhaeki (795)
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
I guess it can't be helped if you get to observe people especially unintentionally, like just staring out to some space and suddenly you notice something off or just something caught our interest. There are also times that I do it intentionally, especially when I'm bored. I get to know something about the person whether they are familiar to me or not, but on times like this it takes off the boredom and just give me some laughing time.
• Philippines
24 Sep 10
I usually observe people around me wondering if they have problems like mine. Sometimes there are also people whom I caught also staring at me maybe humans have that kind of attitude in their blood. We observe others to learn from them or to correct them.
@bounce58 (17385)
• Canada
9 Sep 10
You learn a lot about people when you just stop and observe them. You get a glimpse of their lives even! You would be able to see it in their faces the ones who are having problems and are carrying a heavy load. Or the ones that are truly happy and not a care in the world. But it also works the other way around. They might see you and get annoyed at seeing a bum just staring at people.
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
I do this every time I'm very stress in my work. Specially when something is wrong with my production or with my people. I let my self see what is wrong and try to solve it without sacrificing my production. If I'm done to observe then I let everyone of my crew mates to know what is wrong and let them start all over again. Maybe sometimes its very hard to recover there enjoyment at work but at least i have tried to.
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
sometimes i observe them if i have no mood to chat with my friends. theirs a time that if im board or not in the mood, coz im sometimes moody, i just stare them and observe what is there personality or how do they make peer to others if their are in other friends too. this isn't my habit of doing titig of them but sometimes i like being that to avoid personal chatting with my friends.
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
Yes,I do observe people around me.Sometimes I sit in one corner and watch them what they do, their face expressions or the language that they used or the way they talked. Sometimes I'm trying to view myself differently by looking those things I see in other people which I like and don't like.
8 Sep 10
Sometimes, people keep observing to the person who gets their attentions. But, there's a lot of people who are so irritating and annoying because of their style of observation. Do you know their different styles of observations? Nowadays, the popular style of observation is " observing the person from head to foot." But, many people said that, that style shows an insecurities. Others, their style is, they just sit in one corner and just observe what is happening around.
@junalyn (17)
• Philippines
9 Sep 10
_yes, i also do it often. I'm the type of person who used to observe other people passing by where I am. It's just that I think I could learn much to what others are used to do. I love giving an opinion on my mind not really being express to others but I'm putting them in my mind till I realize that I'm doing the same as them. There will always be "WHY" in my mind whenever I saw people doing funny things when its not really needed fo them to do so. Its actually my way of understanding others.
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Yes, I do observe people around me. Sometimes I sit in a corner and watch different person chatting. Sometimes they amazed me in what they were doing and I imagined myself that what if I was him/her in that situation.=) I want to observe people because I want to see them doing things that I don't think they can do it in public. Like picking their nose without tissue.hehe
9 Sep 10
yes there are times that i sit in one corner and observe the people around me and think suddenly why am i doing this...it is intentionally or accidentally because they may be obviously be seen or sometimes they are the center of attraction!!
8 Sep 10
I observe the people when i was waiting for somebody. I am curious with people's words, facial expression, walking way, appearance. From this, i guess what are their carrers, status, age and etc,but it is just for me to spent my boring time. Sometime i feel happy when i saw sweet moment of the passer-by. Sometimes i am touched by them. Yes, sometimes. there are also things annoy me.
• Philippines
8 Sep 10
Yes, I also do observe people intentionally and not intentionally. Sometimes I observe people because of my curiosity, and the fun and excitement of knowing something about that person. Most likely that I observe are my enemies, my crush, teachers/instructors especially our instructor in HUMNTS5 because her way of t5eaching is so different with the others. I also observe people not intentionally when it is by accident situation. I notice some of my classmates who wear a very noisy high heeled shoe when steeped on the floor. I also experienced observing my other classmates who wear clothes that are not so good or in short "baduy". Honestly, I never wanted to be observed but I love observing other people.
8 Sep 10
Yes,but most of the time I do not. Because it may be a little weird for me to do it very frequently. Maybe people just want to watch or observe people surrounding them and just stare at them. There is really nothing wrong with it, as long as you do not do this all the time. Of course people differ from one another, so what annoys you may be enjoyable by someone doing it. It may just be a reality check for someone, to just observe and stare at your environment.
8 Sep 10
Yes,I really spend my time in observing the people around me. In school,there are many times that i sit or stand in one corner. I can see my all friends saying "hi" to me but sometimes the other friends will become very "suplada".I really observe about there attitude or personalities. In passing in front of me, I really observed if how they dress and if how they walk.
8 Sep 10
I may not much observer in a persons especially around me, but I considered a factors in observing a persons like if he/she can gives me an idea that will come up in a different way, and the creativity of that persons in making hi/her work, and also I became much interested.
8 Sep 10
I may not much observer in a persons especially around me but if the persons gives me an interesting thinking about him/her I maybe become an observer then example if he/she doing something that give me creativity or knowledgeable about it,and also if they will give me an idea that it will come up a uniqueness in my part. I considered this factor a possibility in observing a person.