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Stranger Than Wal-Mart

"Some 138 million Americans shop at Wal-Mart each week, making it perhaps the single most unifying cultural force in the country."
Chris Anderson, The Long Tail

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Uncanny | Tara Freeman

The other day my family and I were eating an enjoyable lunch at Artic Circle. There was a seemingly normal man sitting near us. At the end of the meal I got some drink refills and as I was returning to my table I noticed the man had gone outside for a cigarette.

On this particular day the wind was just howling. The man was standing just outside the door of the restaurant, and facing directly into the wind diligently trying over and over to light his cigarette.

I just had to shake my head and chuckle at this incredibly silly display.

1 Comments:

Blogger MaraLefler said...

The thing that I find is very funny is that you see people do those kinds of things everywhere. I worked at the USF and I heard and saw some crazy stuff. Like people would ask what they could take into the theatre and there would be a sign that says "only water in the theatre" right in front of them. People don't seem to think about anything when they are on vacation. Its like when they check in their luggage before getting on the air plane they check in their brain as well.

1:19 PM, September 12, 2005  

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