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Does anyone else feel struck with a sense of shameful naivety when you discover (as I just did now) that your beloved local whatever store is actually a nationw
by injb 2y ago
Does anyone else feel struck with a sense of shameful naivety when you discover (as I just did now) that your beloved local whatever store is actually a nationwide chain?
- cheaprentalyeti 2y agoI guess this means the H doesn't stand for Houston.
- wcedmisten 2y agoIt actually stands for Han Ah Reum (한아름), meaning roughly "an armful of groceries" according to Wikipedia.
- strikelaserclaw 2y agoif its organized like a chain, it is either a chain or intends to become one.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoIf H Mart can open a larger store with bigger selection and better prices than a small independent store, then that's great. I don't know whether you mean there's shame in shopping at a chain or shame in not realizing it's a chain, but I promise that both are unnecessary.
- klyrs 2y agoNecessary or not, ignorance revealed induces shame in people. I recently had a similar experience with a coffee shop: felt like I'd discovered something cool in a foreign locale, and then learned that it wasn't a hole in the wall but an international chain. Perhaps shame isn't the right word. Because, as I reread what I've written, I'm describing a perceived loss of exclusivity. The feeling of being ordinary, when one once felt special.