Soft pendant lighting giving a soothing, relaxing ambiance. Bar tables lining the windows have dark brown shades, not letting in much natural light. Silver metal tables that groups of people can sit at, when it actually happens. Walking further you reach the Starbucks counter where you order your coffee and your choice of pastries, in front of the counter is the spice rack or remix bar. Where because if you are not satisfied with your drink, they allow you to modify it, to make it to your personal perfection. Once you've finished making your perfect drink, you head back to the front of the cafe to find a comfortable place to retreat. The non-existent rules are: Leave at least one chair between you and the stranger, don't. look at the stranger for more than three seconds as you may have to engage in a real conversation, do not sit at a table if someone is already seated there, even if no one else is with them and there is has four open chairs. If you see someone with tea, you usually assume that person is accompanied, whereas if someone is drinking coffee, you may assume that person is alone. What we seem to believe about people in coffee shops are conscientious assumptions we have about what it generally means to be "private in public." We tend to assume this because, although it is different from stereotypes, it is a generalization, which constitutes a fundamental form of nonverbal communication. Of course, these assumptions are staggering and are contradicted by many. For example, when the last school bell rings and all the spirited teenage girls want their Starbucks fix, the atmosphere changes in a completely different direction. The leader of the group is out front, looking to claim the area as his own. Teenage girls today think they are superior to everyone and everything. When this