[Last modified: October, 31 2024 05:31 PM]
I interacted and observed a street on campus: Byng Place. I went with a course mate to the stand Purely Falafel, where we both ordered a small falafel wrap. The man who made my order kindly obliged when I asked for extra tomato. After tapping my phone to pay 6.50£, my lunch was ready. A brief glance at the glass protecting the ingredients brought my awareness to the hygiene rating sticker — a 5/5 — then, the man wearing sanitary gloves.
I walked a few steps towards one of three benches facing the food stalls. From left to right, a café/bakery, falafel, chicken and steak, and chicken and halloumi. Furthest right was another stall with activists bringing awareness to the Palestine genocide.
It was relatively peaceful to me, given the number of people passing by, lining up for food; a small one-way road behind the benches added a sonic layer of cars driving slowly to the chatter of humans all around me.