how long did it take you to lose 20 lbs?
it took me as three weeks ago to the day!
what are he 5 food groups?
I have no clue. I’m not THAT kind of health freak.
why is the sky blue?
The sky is blue because it was a demographic poll took in heaven and the conservatives won.
I’m more drukn than sailor moon on his wedding night
When I started this whole weight loss thing, I was 227 pounds. Holy moses, i know. I was a beast, a true Shawna (to all you best buy fans) or a true Elizabeth Henessee (to all you merivale fans)
I’m proud to say that after going to the gym every day an eating properly, i’m currently at 208 and i’m slowly but truly making my way down to where i want to be.
Hallelujah!
What grinds your gears?
sand mostly.
That’s when i have to wash my chain and re-oil.
brown people.
Thank you Jamie. Here’s a topic I can go on for many hours.
What makes them so cheap?
Here’s the thing. I’m not racist. By any means. You can hold that to me.
It’s simply the consistent and reoccuring mannerisms I’ve detected in different cultures (from working at an electronics retail store) that gives me these predetermined gestures toward certain people, whenever they come in the store or at any point I need to interact with them throughout the day.
Here’s a stereotype that NEVER FAILS to prove itself to me:
brown people are cheap.
Here’s the thing, I don’t blame them. From my parents and many friends having experiences in places like northern Egypt, Sri Lanka, and Nepal, they all dictate that yes, indeed, bargaining is a huge part of the retail environment in such cultural climates.
It’s only natural for people of south Asian descent to continue such tradition in the canadian norm; however as a retailer, we have a different standpoint than their native retailers/shopowners in Asia. We believe in truth. Truth? Well, the price tag is there for a reason. We wouldn’t put it there if not.
If you go through any south Asian market, you won’t see any price tags. Why? The mentality in such countries is that the retailer / owner informs the customer of the value of the item, and why it should permit to be worth such amount… and the customer makes the proper judgement from there. This gives the customer opportunity to explain why he or she thinks the item doesn’t have the correct given value, and states his point. That seems perfectly fair, right?
However, in retail environments in Canada and in North America in general, we have a completely different standpoint. Our tags are religiously placed below each and every item in each and every store… to inform the customer the price that was requested by the owner / distributor of that specific item.
In this case, it’s not our choice. What i feel the brown community needs to know, is that 1. it’s not all about money in this world… and 2., we have tags because this is what the canadian culture does. You’ve already learned our language, now just take the next step into understanding that the price tag is put there so that as a store, the electronic retailer can make sufficient profit to grow as a company, taking into account all the headcount pay and property costs.
I feel i should hold a seminar for the brown community in Canada… i’ll call it DS?IAOS. for “Dude, seriously? It’s already on sale.”
Thank you for your time.
If a man speaks his mind in a forest and no woman is around to hear him, does she still think he’s wrong?
If it was my mom, yes.
If not, what the hell am I doing in a forest anyway.
