Observations

I'm sitting in the student lounge of the Political Science building. It's a quit zone so all I hear are the sounds of turning pages, the clicking of keyboards (mine included), and the opening and closing of zippers. In an odd way, it's actually kinda soothing.

What's I find fascinating about this lounge though is the seating arrangements. The room is divided into three parts. At the front there are four sofas and eight arm chairs that are divided into two different squares. Then along the back are four tables with four chairs apiece.

As the students file in they generally go to one of the squares in the front. If the first student goes to the left square, the next will go the right square. They also then sit with a chair between each of them. There is not a single student in the room who is sitting in a seat that is next to another student.

As of ten minutes ago, the only seats in the front sections are the ones directly next to someone. Since then, students have poked their head in and either taken an alternating seat at one of the tables in the back or turned around and left.

Personally, I think this is an interesting phenomena. It's what my sister's science teacher, Mr. Swope, calls Men's bathroom etiquette.