I chose to observe Shick’s Tobacco Shoppe because out of the nineteen years of my life living in Clarion County, not once have I stepped into this place. I never even heard about this shoppe until about a year ago when all the kids in my high school started vaping. I have vaped from my friends or at parties, but I don’t own one myself so I had no reason to go. When observing, I found that while there is a sitting area, most people would just come, purchase what they need and then leave. The ones that did stay were mainly what seemed to be high school boys. Shick’s Tobacco Shoppe seems to be one of the unpopular places to be in Clarion County. The vibe seems to attract the frequent, all the time vapers, while a quick in and out for the ones…show more content… It had a fogginess to it, which makes sense since it is a tobacco and vape shoppe. When you first enter through the door, you walk up a ramp into the lounge area. This area has a table right in the center which is where I decided to sit so I could observe the whole area. Against the left wall is two couches. When looking at them from the front, the couch on the left has a tall table in front of it. The one on the right has two living room tables in front of it with a tv, maybe to play games on? All the furniture seems old and wore down, the kind some would question sitting on. I get the sense they want the customers to feel at home even though I’m not too sure is possible with the creepiness vibe I get while being in here. There are posters all over the walls with prices stuck on them which gives me the idea they are for sale. The desk is back in the left corner which is where all the ejuices, vapes, and tobacco products are stored and on display. There are shelves upon shelves of ejuices while they have a small display desk full of vapes. They only have one shelf of hookahs and that seems to be the only other thing one display other than products for vaping. This gives me the sense this shoppe is known for vaping while you can still buy other tobacco products. They have a vending machine right in front of the desk which makes is very cluttered in that…show more content… They didn’t stay, probably there for about two minutes after I showed up, then left. It was about 5 minutes that went by until any other customers entered the shoppe. A group of four, three guys and a girl came in and went straight back to the desk. The one guy was the only one that bought anything, the other two guys were vaping and looking at juice, and the girl seemed to just be along for the ride. She talked to her group a lot, but also kept looking around as if she was curious or maybe wasn’t familiar with the shoppe. The guys were joke around and laugh when the male worker joked around with them, the girl would just smile. The whole time standing there the girl had her arms crossed, this shows me she is blocking herself off, which I am familiar with because I do the same when I am in a feeling of being uncomfortable. The group leaves and no one showed a sense of need to get out in a hurry, but I noticed right when they exited the door, the girl uncrossed her arms as if it was a relief to be out of the building. About six minutes go by until more customers come in. Again it is a group of four, but this time all guys. They first spent some time looking at the juices, but didn’t buy anything. They went and sat down, two on the couch and two at the high table. Three out of the four were vaping and bullshitting. The one kind of just sat there and
