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.
My heart expands / 'tis grown a bulge in't / inspired by / your beauty effulgent.
William ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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.
sarameg - Apr 04, 2011 5:57:31 pm PDT #1697 of 30001
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.
Ginger - Apr 04, 2011 6:11:28 pm PDT #1703 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
In the mid '90s, I saw a group of visiting Russian nuclear plant employees go into severe culture shock in a Toys R Us in Virginia. One said, "I was going to get my daughter a doll, but there are so many."
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2011 6:18:05 pm PDT #1704 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
And, while I very much realize that not all people with ADD are like this, the excessive amount of choices makes Tim's brain short-circuit. As much as I hate shopping at the Megastore, if I go by myself I can get in and out in 45 minutes, while it take at least 90 minutes if we go together. (I will not tell you how long it takes him by himself.)
§ ita § - Apr 04, 2011 6:22:59 pm PDT #1705 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
There are a number of large stores I can't do, but I don't think it has anything to do with the Third World. Shopping is such a fucking bother, period. But you should see the rest of my family go at it. They're champs. Visits anywhere are an orgy of acquisition--but however comfortable my sister might be in Best Buy, she would really rather be in a massive Thai market.
And, similarly, I can handle a foreign language suq better than I can handle Costco.
Steph L. - Apr 04, 2011 6:27:08 pm PDT #1706 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The weird thing is -- I have no problem with Target. I cannot explain my brain. Perhaps one day science will be able to.