Yah ! It is A M E R I C A..... Those few admirable lines on LIFE in USA (viz-a-viz India) :- Its expensive to have brick houses in America, contrary to India where brick houses are the norm ! An almost-classless society: Ive noticed that most Americans roughly have the same standard of living. Everybody has access to ample food, everybody shops at the same supermarkets, malls, stores, etc. Ive seen plumbers, construction workers and janitors driving their own sedans, which was quite difficult for me to digest at first since I came from a country where construction workers and plumbers lived hand to mouth. The fact that there are full service rest stops with decent chain restaurants and big supermarkets every couple of miles on interstate highways Everyone is highly private about their accomplishments and failures. Someones performance in any field is their performance alone. This is different compared to India where people flaunt their riches and share their accomplishments with everybody else. The retail experience is nowhere near as fun/nice as it is in India. Because labor is cheap in India, there is always someone who will act as a personal shopper to assist you with holding your clothes, giving suggestions, etc. In America, on the other hand, even if you go to a Nordstrom or Bloomingdales, there is almost nobody to help you out while youre shopping. Shopping in America is more of a commodity / chore than it is a pleasurable activity Rich people are thin/ well maintained, poor people are fat. This stems from the fact that cheap food is fatty, rich people dont eat cheap food — they tend to eat either home-cooked food which is expensive or eat at expensive / healthy places. Unfortunately, it is expensive to be healthy in America. Fat people are not respected much in society. Being fat often has the same connotations as being irresponsible towards your body. If youre thin (and tall, but not as much), people will respect you a lot more and treat you better. You will also receive better customer service if youre well maintained. This extends my previous point which mentioned that if youre thin, youre statistically likely to be rich. Reason why I know this is that I went down from being 210lbs to 148-150lbs. The way people started treating me when I was thin was generally way better than the way I was treated when I was fat. As a small example, the Starbucks baristas were much nicer to me and made me drinks with more care / love. Almost every single person in America has access to basic food, clothing, water and sanitation. I havent been to states like Louisiana and cities like Detroit, but from what I can tell, nobody is scrambling for the basic necessities required for sustenance.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Nov 2013 08:30:22 +0000
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