The intracacies of the Dining Halls

I spent two separate hours observing this environment, and the people bustling to and fro around it. For good measure I spent one of the hours in Rams Head and another in Lenoir, coming away with a similar picture of both places. The people come and go frequently, usually in groups ranging from 2 to ten, and sometimes alone. Sometimes, on less crowded occasions, the people will go straight for the food, but the norm is for people to find a table first then to go get food. Getting food is an interesting process; it involves standing in lines, some of which can get very long and waiting for a person behind a counter to serve you food. After that, lively eating and discussion happens across hopefully decent food. It is abnormal for people to approach others and ask to sit with them; I observed one fellow who struck out when he asked to join a group.