Observation 3

The third observation of sorority sisters was carried out on the P2P bus from 1-2. From 1 until 2, I sat on the bus and watched how the atmosphere of the P2P bus influenced the way in which the girls acted.

The sorority girls were extremely loud on the bus. However, they interacted with everyone on the bus. As soon as the girls stepped on the bus, most of them started to communicate with the first person they saw. The girls were especially friendly with the bus driver by always talking to him while the bus was moving. When familiar songs came on the radio, all the girls would start singing at the top of their lungs and danced around the bus. Some girls danced on other random people, creating an awkward situation, but showing that the P2P was a comfortable place to be one's self, or openly act wildly. Further, the sorority sisters did not hold back from talking with strangers on the bus and telling party stories to fellow students. The sorority girls openly interacted with all those who rode the bus and did not shy away from any sort of actions or vocabulary. The P2P space changed the behavior of the sorority girls and contrasted to the behavior seen in the Agora.