I keep seeing little funny things that I always forget to tell anyone.
I was in this crazy crowded market today. Bangok has so many of these and they all have a different feel... but they're all narrow and mobbed. Then people walk through pushing food carts! But you know, the locals are just so used to it. Thay never bug out. In the US we expect everything to be comfortable all of the time. My friend has a very small shop on 2nd Ave, and customers will actually tell him to turn the air up or to change the music. This is a tiny shop that they will be in for 5 or 10 minutes! You know those dykes who like to have a "fragrance free zone?" Well, they think they're all granola, but I think it's really a sign of their western privilage that they even have time to think up such things. I'm guilty too. See the "Smokeless NYC" board.
So anyway, a big seller here:
Baby tees with the 7-11 logo or graphics of
McDonalds french fries! Junk food is hip and trendy. It's not cheap enough here to be mundane. They didn't all grow up on it.
Oh, knock off names. My tailor is the "A. R. Mani Boutique"! In the train station there's a "Coffeebucks". By the beach last year I saw the "Harry Potter Hair Salon".
I'll try to remember some more.