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I am a curious sort of person. I love standing someplace crowded just so I can people watch. I often try to picture their lives, just by looking at them. Does anyone else do this?

Yesterday I was at my daughter's school waiting for the bell to ring. I was standing there in a crowd of parents by the parking lot. Just watching everyone.

Some guy pulled into the lot in a red Ferrari. I immediately thought to myself--midlife crisis transport. He was an older dad (in comparison to me). Balding, pudgy. But damn if he wasn't richer than shit apparently. He had a Ferrari. And he wanted to make sure we all knew that he had gold lined pockets to make up for his physical shortcomings.

Then I watched as a silver Lexus pulled up. A young blonde woman walked out. Hair in a high messy ponytail. A tank top, no bra, very short shorts, flip flops. And huge sunglasses. It was a Britney Spears clone. I swear I thought it was really her.

The smile, the facial features, the skanky outfit that made her look like a trailer park whore--yet she drives a Lexus--so you know she has bankroll. But it wasn't Ms. Spears. Her kids aren't old enough to go to this school. It was just a mere lookalike. Someone wanting to emulate a person no one should emulate.

After the Britney clone walked up, another woman made her way to the waiting area. She was about 5 feet tall, a little overweight--but not too bad. But her boobs were the biggest things I'd ever seen in my entire life. HUGE. I really thought she might topple over.

I believe they were real, but who knows for sure. It wasn't very attractive though. She looked like a circus freak. It was so out of proportion to the rest of her, she looked very uncomfortable toting those bad boys around. And when she stood next to the Britney clone, I saw her sizing herself up next to her. She wants a breast reduction and a personal trainer. I could see it in her eyes.

Then there are these two people. A man and a woman. He's got full tattoo sleeves and always wears a backwards baseball hat. The woman often shows up in short miniskirts and tank tops (never wearing a bra). She's got tats all over her legs and her back.

They always stand very close together. Very familiar. I assumed for the longest time they were a couple. I can feel when I look at them that they're sleeping together. It's obvious.

Yet, they have separate cars. And two different children. They are not married. They are not a couple. And I know this now because a long haired, tattooed man, showed up with her one day. Her husband. And on that day? She stayed far away from the other tattooed man.

I believe someone is having an affair. It's written all over them. And the day she showed up with the husband? She had a bra on and pants. No mini skirt. Coincidence? I think not.

Then there is what I refer to as the pack of wild bitches. There are 4 women who always stand in a circle giggling and gossiping together. They are all bleached blonde, perfectly manicured nails, designer jeans and yoga pants. 

They stand around pointing at people and whispering. You know they're talking shit about us all. And once I attempted to speak to the ringleader. She turned up her nose at me and ignored me. Full stop. I said hello, and she looked the other way and said nothing.

I don't know if anyone has ever watched that TV show, Old Christine with Julia Louis Dryfuss. But if you have, just think about the blonde bitches Christine encounters at her son's school. THAT is what the pack of wild bitches is like.

I assume they are married to rich men who cheat on them and don't give a fuck about them. Yet, they don't care because they spend his money like water and get to take trips to Bermuda and Hawaii several times a year.

It all evens out. But these women are miserable inside. It radiates off of them. And they enjoy belitting others to make themselves feel better.

I wonder what people think when they look at me? Huh. I might not want to know.


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  • botoni said on Jun 07, 2008....
    Hey Mr. Box. You've found me out. One of my favorite activities is to people observe and analyze. My dogs and I enjoy a leasurely time at a sidewalk coffee house just soaking sun and fantasizing about the characters around us. My favorite is an older woman who I suspect lives in a hovel. She is usually dressed in expensive clothes that have seen much better days. Perhaps she was once well to do but now is down on her luck. She's very reserved but always stops to pet and fuss over my dogs.
  • evil_twin said on Jun 07, 2008....
    I love to people watch too. I'm always doing this while I'm in line for something. Or if I'm driving around and I see people on the street. I always try to imagine what everyone's 'story' is. Sometimes I think I might be right. And other times, I sure hope I'm NOT right! For their sake anyway :-P

    I am curious what people think of me sometimes too. But like you said, maybe I don't wanna know?!

    -Kyle
  • Mr_Box said on Jun 07, 2008....
    botoni......coffee houses are excellent places to people watch. That's what makes the entire experience so much fun.

    Kyle......seeing people on the street can be really entertaining. Especially if they're really crazy looking. Like this person I see a lot who dances down the street with a Big Gulp cup in their hand. Every single day. I think they really like their drink a lot or else they're just insane. Probably the latter.
  • hinana said on Jun 07, 2008....
    oh i do this all the time!
    i just dont like getting caught staring =P
    like kyle, i try to imagine what their story is..where theyre goin that day, wether theyre really happy or sad or what?
    and ive always always wondered what people see when they look at me
     
  • gingersoul said on Jun 07, 2008....
    BoxiJack......yep...guilty of all charges.. i get lost watching people passing by...:-)

    Airports, train stations, check lines at  Wal Mart...you name it.....there is always a way to indulge in this pleasurable and almost guilty hobby....

    I say guilty because sometimes i think "Judging these people shouldn't really be none of your business"....

    But...come on...its too tempting...my evil me shrugs her shoulders and keep looking...lol...

    Like last night...i was at this pub ..out door patio..live music...perfect place for some good people watching...

    There was this man seated alone at one table, apparently intent in listening the music...he was alone...surrounded by all these groups of people laughing and knowing each other (included my group) ...but .....he was looking around glancing back and forth....and he just had this fishy way to do it.....so i started to imagine that he was in reality just a pervert.......somebody  intent in picking his next pray.... there were a lot of pretty girls around ......maybe the poor fella was really having just a relaxing drink and all...

    Stuff like this...you know....

  • the_infernal_optimist said on Jun 07, 2008....
    I totally people watch too...sometimes you just can't help but wonder what some people's lives are like, especially when you get that sense that there's more -- a lot more in some cases -- than meets the eye.

    ~Infernal
  • Mr_Box said on Jun 07, 2008....
    hinana.......I try to be really subtle with my staring. I wear sunglasses so most people can't tell if I'm looking at them or the tree behind them. I'm sneaky ;-)

    Gingery.....I figure what they don't know, can't hurt them. They have no idea what I'm thinking, so I don't feel bad. But reading people is interesting. It is a guilty hobby.

    Infernally......there are a lot of people out there hiding big secrets. And sometimes I like to figure out what they are just by looking at them. You really can't help but wonder, can you?
  • kruuyai said on Jun 08, 2008....
    Well, that was fun.  I don't think I'm much of a people watcher... usually too lost in my own thoughts... but sometimes I try to take notice, and there are some pretty interesting people on the trams in Prague, believe me.  I don't think I have your gift for making up stories about them, though.  You're probably right on with your analyses.  Keep up the good work, Detective Box!
  • Mr_Box said on Jun 08, 2008....
    Kruu....if I lived in Prague like you do, I can just imagine all the fun I'd have people watching. I do enjoy playing detective. I wonder sometimes how often I'm right with my observations?
  • kruuyai said on Jun 08, 2008....
    If you lived in Prague, you could watch people practically having sex on the subway.  You wouldn't have to be such a great detective to figure out what's going on there.  :)
  • uniquely-ironic said on Jun 08, 2008....
    I love people watching.  I do it waiting in lines, when eating out, sometimes at work.  I especially like going to the bigger cities to do it since the people there seem to be more exagerated in their differences.   Like being in a bigger pond requires you do more to stand out.
     
    I think it's fun to watch expressions as people interact, size each other up, etc.  Have you ever played chicken with the oncoming crowd as you walk down the street?  You know, those people who pretend to be so busy talking or on their cell phones that they don't move over to let you pass?  It's like they need to establish a pecking order even when walking down the sidewalk.  I confess that I have "accidentally" run into a couple of people who looked me in the eye and kept walking without even a hint at moving over to let me pass.
  • hinana said on Jun 08, 2008....
    sunglasses..too bad its always raining here, id look pretty wearin sunglassses =P
     
    uni - sounds like a high school hallway =P
  • Mr_Box said on Jun 08, 2008....
    Kruu.....I might need to visit Prague someday. Sex on the subway?? I better bring my camera.

    Ms. Ironic....I do think the bigger the city, the weirder the crowds. It makes it fun. I completely hear you about the people who just trample you down on the sidewalk. Why am I always the one who has to move? 

    hinana......it's always raining where you live? That must suck.
  • hinana said on Jun 08, 2008....

    always is an exageration. butt i live on the west coast of canada.

    we dont snow here, we rain. although it was pretty how last week

  • kruuyai said on Jun 09, 2008....
    And they probably wouldn't even care that you were snapping away.
  • tizzygirl said on Jun 09, 2008....

    Wow Boxy.  I am so afraid what you would say about me!!!!  I mean you were kind of harsh on the poor skanky Brittney look a like!!  Not that I really look like her, I hope not.  But I’m not opposed to short shorts and no bra tank top outfits.  And I’m fond of big sunglasses and flip flops and a lot of the time my hair is in some messy ponytail of some sort.  But I wouldn’t be getting out of a Lexus….ever, I do not have that kind of bankroll.  Even if I did I wouldn't buy a lexus,  no it’d be a bitching big ass truck…so then would I REALLY be trailer trash then?  Or would you think I was?  I don’t nor would I ever actually LIVE in a trailer, but I might look as though I’m inclined to if those are the criteria.  Although I would say hi to you if you said hi to me and I’d probably smile really big when I said it because that is just what I do, I can’t stop myself.  Sometimes it’s bad too because then you make a “friend” that won’t leave you alone and they end up being really weird and stalkery… but anyway... Good descriptions!  I love to people watch!  Isn’t it funny though how you can just tell some things about people?  I think I’d feel completely lost if I could just see the cover of a book so to speak.  When you see beneath the exterior, it’s a whole lot more fun and interesting to people watch!

  • Mr_Box said on Jun 09, 2008....
    hinana.....I was thinking you lived somewhere else. I'd definitely be sick of the neverending rain too.

    Kruu......I'm going to have to book my trip to Prague soon ;-)

    Miss Tizz.....I apologize if I offended you and your Britney Spears outfit. I'm sure you can pull it off and look beautiful. And if I see you around and say hi to you, don't worry. I won't stalk ;-)
  • silverwhisper said on Jun 10, 2008....
    heh, i do it too, jack. i'll confess, i'm surprised you tried talking with the quartet of ugly, though--to me, the description you gave of them was reason for me to avoid 'em!

    i do that everywhere: malls, sidewalks, random people on the sidewalk, the people i see crossing major roads on foot. i'm always wondering where people are headed and what's making them tick.

    ed
  • Mr_Box said on Jun 10, 2008....
    Ed.....I was simply trying to be polite to the head bitch in the pack. But never again! Would it have killed her to say hello back? I am always people watching too. It's a hobby of mine :-P
  • tizzygirl said on Jun 10, 2008....
    Hey no apology necessary, I am well aware if I dress that way it is sort of skanky.  I live with it, I like what I like and I am what I am and if people miscalculate, oh well for them!  Besides I think you are a pretty good people watcher and you most likely don't miscalculate too many people!  Oh and thanks for not stalking me, you might be a little scary to be stalked by being a jack in the box and all....I don't do well when things pop out of nowhere, especially if there is some creepy music box type music playing before it happens ;) lol!
  • destinydiva said on Jun 15, 2008....
    I love people watching!!  :-)
     
     

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