Repatriation Culture Shock #752: too much choice

When Minakshi, my Indian colleague, first came to the US, Air France lost her and her husband's luggage. So the airline gave them some money to buy clothes. A friend took them to the Kohl's in the mall for her husband to buy some pants. He saw hundreds of pairs of pants, at only one store of many. Overwealmed, he had to just leave.

At Novis in Bole I was very happy with the selection of breakfast cereal. On good days there were both corn flakes and bran flakes. This is a manageable choice. My first full day back in the US I went grocery shopping. My list included some breakfast cereal. Looking at an isle 50 meters long, four shelves high, with every kind of breakfast cereal imaginable, I was paralyzed with choice, and I'm not alone. I almost left without any cereal but kind of grabbed something at random and threw it in the cart.

Comments

[Mamitu]

That is why I like Trader Joe's. They have got enough selection of things that you can choose from without being overwhelmed. I am sure they have a number of them in MD.

[paige]

Are you enjoying your Fruity Pebbles? Tee hee...Wait until you venture into a grocery store that sells more housewares, etc. than food. I stopped in a new Kroger market the other day, and couldn't find the food through the aisles of furniture, housewares, party supplies, videos, etc. I've never seen anything like it. At least when we try to pick up our beloved Go Lean Crunch and veggie burgers at a Target Greatland, I know how to navigate through the rest of the store. Welcome home!

[reader]

Marc,

Now that you're back to US in the midst of election time....I'm curious about your thought of who can lead America best...from the perspective of the rest of the world...what do you think ?

eager for your input

[Marc Luoma]

Me? My opinions on politics are probably not worth the time it takes to read them, but since you asked: Obama.