God, I want my snippy TWC tech back. This chick is useless. Do they have macro buttons for inanities? If she expresses sympathy one more time, or calls us a team, I will need to take a walk.
...because God knows you need some satisfaction in life besides shagging Captain Cardboard! And I never really liked you anyway. And you have stupid hair!
Spike ,'Selfless'
Natter 68: Bork Bork Bork
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 5:34:52 pm PDT #1693 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
beekaytee - Apr 04, 2011 5:50:47 pm PDT #1694 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
Re-entry stress (the industry term for reverse culture shock) was my specialty in my OD masters. When I casually mentioned my own experience, melting down in the cereal aisle of a grocery store, my cross-cultural comm professor chirped, "80% of the time, it's the cereal aisle."
It was a weirdly encouraging and confirming to hear how common the phenomenon is.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 5:52:19 pm PDT #1695 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
::nods::
There wasn't a lot of cereal around when I was growing up.
smonster - Apr 04, 2011 5:55:15 pm PDT #1696 of 30001
We won’t stop until everyone is gay.
I think for me, it was yogurt or shampoo. But I get it being the cereal aisle.
sarameg - Apr 04, 2011 5:57:31 pm PDT #1697 of 30001
Bread aisle. Because there was so much good bread in Prague, all 3 or 4 bakeries, meaning 12 ft of 3 or 4 varieties. And Smith's had a bajillion and none looked good.
Amy - Apr 04, 2011 5:59:45 pm PDT #1698 of 30001
Because books.
The cereal aisle freaks *me* out, and I've never been out of the country. Too. many. choices.
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 6:00:26 pm PDT #1699 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
For me, it's still the fruits and vegetable section. It's fucking Greek to me. I don't know what most of that shit is, and some of the stuff I'm supposed to know, like mangoes, is still weird.
Twenty years hasn't fixed that. And at the rate I expand my plant horizons, not changing any time soon.
beekaytee - Apr 04, 2011 6:00:35 pm PDT #1700 of 30001
Compassionately intolerant
I remember standing there, completely awash in the obscenity of 200 types of cereal when so many go without so much. I think the sensory overload really did me in too. So much color, so many shapes. So, very loud, visually speaking.
Amy - Apr 04, 2011 6:02:58 pm PDT #1701 of 30001
Because books.
Yeah, for me it's just too much, color and flavor and New! and Improved! and Delicious! Go through there with a toddler in a cart, and it's a nightmare waiting to happen.
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2011 6:06:38 pm PDT #1702 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The cereal aisle freaks *me* out, and I've never been out of the country. Too. many. choices.
Our wee tiny neighborhood grocery store (probably a little smaller, square footage-wise, than a Trader Joes) closed at the beginning of the year, and our only other options are Big! Huge! Fuckoff! Grocery Conglomerates where you can buy not only a steak but the $400 gas grill to cook it on.
I *loathe* shopping there. I used to love grocery shopping, and the giant stores freak my shit out.