Shopped out: I'm a shopper and quite frankly, I'm pretty good at it. Heaven knows there's plenty of opportunity to hone your shopping instincts in North America, and like millions of others, I took advantage of every opportunity. So it came as something of a surprise when I discovered my North American instinct needed some fine-tuning here in Switzerland.

Swiss News › Nbr. 2005, January 2005

Author: Meen, Elizabeth

Position:: CULTURE SHOCK

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CULTURE SHOCK

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Shopped out: I'm a shopper and quite frankly, I'm pretty good at it. Heaven knows there's plenty of opportunity to hone your shopping instincts in North America, and like millions of others, I took advantage of every opportunity. So it came as something of a surprise when I discovered my North American instinct needed some fine-tuning here in Switzerland.

It's not so much the high-price thing, although there was an unpleasant incident early on at a busy farmer's market where I bought an armloa...

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