Brief description

One of the field-sites I observed was the Out of Bounds market in the bottom of Lafollette.  My friend works in there so I went to observe him during one of his shifts.  Out of Bounds is usually very busy and this was no exception.  It was a Friday evening around 6 p.m.  There were so many people in there at one point that the line to check out was wrapped around the entire store.  The smells were overwhelming when I first walked in.  I am no stranger to this eating place but for some reason the smell was amplified this particular evening.  Out of Bounds serves hot food and prepackaged cold food.  A lot of the hot food consists of fried foods like fried chicken, curly fries, popcorn chicken etc.  They also serve hot dogs, hamburgers, grilled cheese among many other choices.  The stench of the hot dogs and the water they were in is what hit me first.  It has an overwhelming smell and just fills the store.  It was so loud in the store that I could barely hear myself think.  People that were waiting in line almost had to shout to be heard.  Out of Bounds is a fairly cramped store to begin with so when you get that many people in there, it makes it almost impossible to move.  People waiting for their order to come up have practically no place to stand out of the way.  They are constantly having to move so that other people can get what they came for.  There are the people that know exactly what they want and waste no time getting it.  They know the layout of the store like the back of their hand.  They go in, get what they want, and get out.  Then there are the people that know the optimal order to get their food so something doesn't get cold when it's supposed to be hot or visa versa.  They go up and order their food from the grille, the proceed to get any prepackaged food they want.  Lastly, they get their drinks or anything frozen.  And lastly, there are the people that have no idea what they want.  They wander the isles contemplating what they are really hungry for.  These people tend to clog up the isles because they just walk around, getting in pretty much everyone's way.  I watched one person go down a single isle four times.  I think they were getting more and more desperate each time.