As I am writing these blog entries, I am sitting in Cafe Pamplona, enjoying the company of random strangers and just plain observing the way others behave. I love people watching.
Looking around, I notice several tables where people have left their personal belongings to go do other things outside of the cafe. Things left behind include books, purses, wallets, laptops, etc; this really surprises me. I can never understand how people are able to just leave personal items unguarded at a random store to go do other stuff. Aren't they afraid that people might steal this belongings? Where does this enormous amount of trust come from?
Where I come from, people can barely leave their belongings at home without being worried about it being stolen. I'm constantly hearing about friends' having their houses broken into. In one extreme instance, a friend's laptop was stolen and sold at a nearby flea market. She happened by there one day and found her own laptop for sale. The fact that people here can leave for hours with their stuff just sitting on a table with random strangers is beyond me. I don't know if I can ever develop that much trust in people. I've learned to be extremely guarded about my stuff and the actions of fellow classmates have often surprised. This is another obvious case of habitus.
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