Ionas’ friend has just celebrated her 13th birthday.
For her birthday she wanted a circular flashing disco light. Iona returned sleepy eyed from a sleepover at her friends’ house.
‘Did she get her disco light?’ I asked.
‘No’, Iona replied,’They don’t sell them at Sam Textiles.’
Sam Textiles is the Brittany equivalent of Woolworths.
‘What about the internet?’ I ask.
But no, of course her parents wouldn’t even think to look on the internet. Such a cultural difference… no, maybe it is not cultural. I think it is more a a French rural thing, here the French just DO NOT buy anything online. I’m not sure why this is, fear?, mistrust?, lack of understanding? But that is the way it is. It is such a shame because this is such a shortage of choice here and internet shopping (as long as it isn’t grocery shopping!!) could open up a HUGE number of possibilities.
‘Did she get her disco light?’ I asked.
‘No’, Iona replied,’They don’t sell them at Sam Textiles.’
Sam Textiles is the Brittany equivalent of Woolworths.
‘What about the internet?’ I ask.
But no, of course her parents wouldn’t even think to look on the internet. Such a cultural difference… no, maybe it is not cultural. I think it is more a a French rural thing, here the French just DO NOT buy anything online. I’m not sure why this is, fear?, mistrust?, lack of understanding? But that is the way it is. It is such a shame because this is such a shortage of choice here and internet shopping (as long as it isn’t grocery shopping!!) could open up a HUGE number of possibilities.
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