Urban

Urban
For my urban setting I went to the Pirmani’s on Forbes Avenue. I arrived and was seated around seven o’clock. During my one hour stay at this restaurant there was a Penguins hockey game on that could have affected people’s moods or their reason for visiting this specific restaurant.
This specific Pirmani’s brother was located near the University of Pittsburgh and was rather small in size. Upon entering the first thing you saw was a bar style place to eat and a television. I was then instructed to seat myself and that my waitress would be right with me. There were only two tables taken and most of the patrons sat at the bar watching the game. The waitress that waited on my table was rather rude and in a hurry mainly because she was one of the two only people working that night. Once taking my food and drink order she hurried away and was back with my drink quickly which she put on the table with some force and did not seem to be happy that I was there. For the rest of the night she stayed away from my table except when it was absolutely necessary to check on my progress. She seemed stressed and like she did not enjoy here job and would rather be anywhere else than at work.
Most of the people that were eating at this place were either college kids or they looked like they were just out of high school. They seemed to stay to themselves and avoid sitting in the center of the room. Many of the groups of kids sat either at the bar watching the game or in a corner away from everyone else. When they were asked a question by the waitress they were polite but then quickly went back to their laughter and conversations. Every one sat in a group of four or more and they all seemed to be close friends.
Upon different times during the night people either hurried or staggered in looking for a sandwich. In many cases they stood by the bar waiting patiently for their food to be done. When it was completed the paid and hurried out the door and to their next destination. The people who just walked in kept to themselves and avoided eye contact or conversation with anyone else in the building.
The people at the bar seemed only interesting in the game and the people they were with. Most of them were under the drinking age so they just sat eating their food and sipping on their pops. Everyone seemed to have their own agenda and was there primarily there only to eat. The only time they talked was when they were asked questions either by their friends or the disgruntled waitress.
All in all it wasn’t a very family oriented restaurant instead it was based all around the food and any kind of sporting games that were on at the time. The people were nice only when they had to be and other times they just seemed to ignore that other people were even in the room. Almost everyone seemed like they were in a hurry and this was just a quick snack before they moved on to their next destination. The longest any one table stayed was a maximum of forty five minutes.