23 February 2011

Jordan Cultural Awareness

One thing about the culture here is that Jordanian shop keepers are, in general, very polite. However, as part of that, they seem to be obsessed with putting everything in a bag. Everything. Sometimes, they find it difficult that you would be able to handle a bottle of water and a pack of gum without a nice black grocery bag in which to carry them. Sometimes, if they’re very proud of their store, they will put your three candies into a small, labeled plastic bag and then put that bag into a larger paper bag, thus saving you from answering the perpetual dilemma: “Paper or plastic?” And sometimes, it’s just easier to let them have their way.

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