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The Rabbit Hole: Reverse Culture Shock - Part 5
posted Wednesday, 19 October 2005
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to part 5 of my indispensable guide to ‘Reverse Culture Shock’, the
ultimate guide to finding out what surprises await you on your return
home from China, and what troubles you may have when it comes to
adapting back into your own culture after spending an extended tour of
duty in the delightfully contrary world that those who have never been
there call China, and those that have call ‘the twilight zone’. Todays topic - Shopping Shopping You realise that there are six isles in your local mini market, and exactly six counter staff. What’s more, none of them are sleeping or watching bad costume dramas. You still try to haggle over groceries in Wal-Mart a week after leaving China. What’s more, you’re still excited there is a Wal-Mart near your home. It takes you a week to remember that that Wal-Mart isn’t the most exclusive store in town. When you go to your local department store and ask for XXX-L the lady at the dress counter takes one look at you and directs you to the adult video section. You have to remind yourself that XXX-L is a smutty French video, not your dress size. You realize how much bigger your salary seemed when you were buying cheap knock off jeans instead of the real thing. You spend ages looking for the Uyghur man on a tricycle who delivers pot door to door before realizing that there isn’t going to be one. By this time though you’ve already been arrested for asking three men on disability bicycles for drugs. You are pleasantly surprised to find that your white Nike T-shirt hasn’t turned into a plain white T-shirt after three washes. Paying by credit card ….. BLISS |
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