On Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:49:37 -0600, Janet Bostwick
> wrote:

> It may
> have to do with the demeanor of the patron. There is just one foreign
> lady at a big box store, she appears severe, but maybe she is not that
> comfortable with English.

If she's from Eastern Europe, hubby and I attribute it to the Soviet
block mentality. We have Eastern Europeans here ("Russian", probably
Ukraine). You see them learn to smile and how to interact with the
public the American Way over time. Chinese are the same way. Go into
an Asian market that caters mainly to immigrant Asians and the
checkers don't smile, they're all business. It doesn't matter who
you are, everyone is treated the same. Pay and get out, no idle
chatter.


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