Sometimes you don´t realize how obnoxious things are until you say them out loud to someone else.
I was explaining Black Friday to my host mom (though it´s known here. Some people I know from here flew to Miami in time to join the lines):
¨Well, the day after Thanksgiving is when we traditionally start the Christmas season, so everyone starts their Christmas shopping on that Friday. All the stores have really big sales, and open early, so people get up and 2 or 3 in the morning, or even sleep in line, so they can be there when the doors open.¨
¨Wow, it must be really crazy with all those people.¨
¨Yeah. It can be intense, especially at toy stores. People die.¨
-That´s about the point where I realized what I was saying. But the best was her response:
¨At toy stores? Oh yeah, makes sense. Crazy mothers.¨
Some things are just universal I guess.
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