Keep in mind these posts are inspired by random conversations which come up often seeing as I work in a building full of Americans:
By now most people have seen the new $10 bill? kinda orange and freaky-looking? So someone says "Have you guys seen the new $10 bill?!?! since when is money not green?!" uuumm...since when you come from other countries? Yep, Having to check every bill to make sure it was a $5 and not a $10 was really annoying at first being so used to having colour-coded money. Turns out its pretty much the same in other places too: either different colour or size. Cool! So people are going on trying to tell me how "different" the bills are "Look! they all have a different president...the numbers are different..." yeah no S*#T! thats really distinguishable huh?!
Next is the issue of outerwear. If I said 'outerwear' to the average Trini they would say "Wha?" This see-saw spring we've been having in the Northeast this year is driving me crazy. And I STILL haven't gotten used to the necessity of different jackets yet...or maybe i don't care? It's a bit annoying to have a light jacket, a heavier jacket, a rain jacket, a windbreaker, the winter jacket, vest, the list goes on. Exhausting. It takes getting used to when u come from a country where "cold" is 19, 20, 21 celsius (your high 60's/low 70's), and the wind is otherwise always warm even when it rains. And this is YEAR ROUND!
A bit of culture shock? Each state has its own liquor laws. What? What does that mean? It means if you live in CT, you have to drive to NY to buy alcohol after 9pm HAHAHAHA. This is so strange, why can't they all be the same? And whats with PA? I think they have some weird license arrangement, a friend once bought a "six-pack" in a bar, can you imagine how much they paid?! There was nowhere else closeby allowed to sell. And well the no drinking in public thing is a whole other issue. I can just picture all the people standing on the corner with beers in hand saying "wha kinda ting is dat?" My cousin got a big kick outta waving a beer at a police officer when he visited Trinidad hehehe.
Picture doing that! ;-)
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3 comments:
LOL, ya nail it on de head, boy! our money is kinda ugly compared to those pretty TT notes.
an i woulda paid real money to see yuh reaction to yuh first snowfall.
as a PA girl yes, we have some of the weirdest liquor laws in this state.
good post
First snowfall? You should see Janelle skiing!!! ;)
Yeah, we also have colored money. As Homer Simpson simply puts it: "Brazilian money is gay"
True...:)
New $10 bill?! Bring one! I wanna see!!
U forgot NH alcohol laws.. U can't be under age and in a car with alcohol! How "weird" (stupid really) isnt that?!?! ;) Americans..
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