#TellYourStory | I experienced a culture shock when...
So my parents are american, but because of their work, we grew up out of the country. So I spent most of my childhood not in the United States, but whenever we came back, my family would always kind of have what we called reverse culture shock. And the most common place for us was in the cereal aisle at Walmart. Just because there were so many options, it was overwhelming to try to pick something when we were used to not having that much selection
Rocío (Ro) Christensen
@rocio · 0:29
Oh, my God. Yeah. I had the same experience when I moved to the US for college, and I just felt like there was such an explosion of color in every aisle, but especially the cereal aisle. I couldn't believe it. I felt like a kid again, just, like, so taken by these characters and these colors and all this sugar. Oh, my God. It was. It was such a fun, but, yes, shocking experience
It's called the hot grill. But anyway, that's where we went. And my parents were so disgusted with it because they've never seen, like, they never saw a hamburger before back in Yugoslavia. Back at that time. I mean, the whole notion of a hamburger did not exist. Like a meat between two buns, or a bun, I should say, or a hot dog in a bun. It just didn't exist. It wasn't accepted. Okay?
