Blog Post 2
Yesterday I walked into Starbucks and I noticed something that I never payed any attention too before. When younger people walk in, they always walk in with at least another person or a group. Usually, when younger people walk in with groups, they are always talking about something and they are usually always happy. People who walk in with groups are little girls around the ages of 8–12 years old. The real question is is why are little girls buying Starbucks by themselves without an adult, and how are they getting to Starbucks if they can’t drive? I have never seen someone older come in with a group of people, besides their significant other or with their children.
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There is this stigma that is going around that if you’re not with another person in public you are looked upon as a loser and outcast. That is why, especially girls, stick together with everything. I did some research and I stumbled across this website that explained the social anxieties of being by yourself in public. In my every day life, my friends and I always stick together because we feel like it is awkward to walk by ourselves in public especially if we know people in the space we are in. Talking to someone without my friends that is in higher authority, like talking to an employee at Starbucks, makes me have butterflies in my stomach. Below is an article that has tips to work on speaking confidently to a person when alone.
