Experience of the day

I met Nick the first day I was in Brno. He was here last semester and taught us 'newbies' a lot. He is very helpful. One of the greatest things he has told me so far is this: "Each day I wake up and leave the dorm. I make a complete idiot of myself in public, call it a day, and come home." We thought he was being funny (he is hilarious) until we starting this SAME PROCESS! Try this experiment sometime this week and let me know how it goes: Go to a completely different grocery store than you usually go to. (One that you aren't comfortable with and don't know how to navigate through it very well...) Then try not to talk at all because you "can't speak the language." Imagine that everyone around you is speaking gibberish and you can't even say excuse me correctly. Then try not to read ANY LABELS on ANYTHING! No signs to tell you where things are, no labels to tell you WHAT things are, no nutrition facts to tell you how big your tush is going to get if you eat the entire package....NOTHING. Only look at pictures, because that is all you have... Then try to find syrup for the pancake mix that you bought last week. Look up and down each aisle at least three times. Then give up and get in line with the diet coke and oranges you were able to discover. Then try to pay. Here they bag their own groceries. The cashiers get very frustrated if you aren't ready to pay as soon as they are down scanning. Then try to be nice while you are bagging with one hand and paying with the other. Then ride the tram home wishing your diet coke was booze... Ahh...Another day... Nick was right after all.....