July 15, 2011

Observing Human Behavior

It's funny what people notice sometimes. A few days ago I happened to notice that four of us, each with a similar piece of watermelon, happened to be eating it in four different ways. The following photos illustrate my observances and how well we enjoyed the cool watermelon on a warm summer day.

Dad: Vertical cuts first. Then left to right in small rectangular pieces. Cuts as he eats.

Miyako: Cut hers from top down, left to right, cutting pieces as she goes in long rectangles. See the pre-cut mark on the next vertical piece? It's ready for her to cut sideways and divide into bite-sized morsels.
 
Joshua: Is this the German way of eating a watermelon? I have no idea. This knife pose was for the picture. There seemed to be only chaos method used in his eating style. The watermelon was hacked.

Laura: Vertical slices all the way from right to left first. Then sideways slices. Then individual bite-sized pieces. And yeah, I posed for the picture.

1 comment:

Sarah said...

I find it interesting that you were all so civilized in using utensils--ha!