Foam Soaps

On my three week visit to America, perhaps I am experiencing a little bit of culture shock.

For example, what is it with America and foam soaps? I mean the kind where you press down on the dispenser and nothing gel-like comes out, but a nice puff of foam is "emitted." So the bottle, like, does the work of mixing the gel with water before it hits my hands? Do companies think Americans are too lazy to lather?

and American tv is prettty bad. you can only catch music videos on MTV if you watch before 9 am. The rest of the time, there are bad soap operas and shows about the perfect sweet sixteen bash. And the morning news shows like Today and Good Morning America are also very bad, but I guess they always were. "If I correctly modulate my intonation as I'm telling you about which cereals to buy, that makes it news."

I've also noticed how Americans buy so much crap they don't need. And it is expensive crap. Like a 5 dollar hot chocolate. Or balm to protect your cuticles, probably also about 5 dollars. Or they will pay 6 dollars for a quarter pound of fruit that is not in season. Do you really have to have blackberries in December? 6 dollars could buy a beef lunch for 20 people in Senegal.

Argh. I packed all the stuff I got for Christmas in my suitcase and it's going back to my village. Hope they can find use for snowman slippers and foam soap. (: