An action repeated by Krista Connerly and Thomas Feulmer.
In 1999 we decided to became regulars at a bar in Pittsburgh. We came up with some basic characteristics of a regular; We decided that, at its most elemental level, a regular is a person who:
1. visits the same place
2. for the same service, event, and/or product
3. frequently, or with some degree of regularity – repeated with respect to nature of service, event, or product; a regularity to the quantity of time (intervals) between visits
Or with respect to the action, the repeated factors could be one or all of the following:
1. place
2. event, product, or service
3. interval of time between services
4. with same person, to see same people
Furthermore, we contemplated the feelings that arise from repeating an activity. Some possibilities were:
1. sense of place established – home feeling outside of immediate home
2. sense of community strengthened, common experience with others
3. activity – common source of enjoyment, feeling that you have same goals, values, or expectations from life
4. pattern of activity – implies you have a common rhythm of life with others
5. reaffirmation of above – absence of change, comfort in steadfastness/strength of values
Of course, it’s not that simple. Our thoughts were based on one type of experience. Why repeat something? Why repeat it with a group? Can you be a regular with one person? Or with one person amongst a group? Or even alone?