Something So Appalling . . .

Certainly there have been cultural adjustments in coming here. But we discovered something so culturally disturbing that we cannot get our minds around it. It almost seems a kind of decadence. Something so unheard of and shocking that we shutter every time we think about this being a part of the culture in which we live. It begs the question about if there really are universal standards of morality when something this appalling can be deemed to be a part of the culture rather than a throwback to more primitive times, perhaps even Neanderthal times. Be warned, everything you've ever thought is a rock solid part of human behavior is about to be turned on its head. This is the condition is widespread here and so entrenched that it cannot be moved. The people accept this strange condtion: Once you buy something it cannot be exchanged. There are no returns. Ever! Can you imagine? Is such an attitude possible? Lori is in a state of shock. Every time we make a purchase we stutter in fear that this is the final decision. If we made a mistake in size or color we are stuck with it. No Returns! Can it really be true that people embrace this horrifying condition without question? Without rebellion? Why is there not rioting in the streets? Where are the leaders of the revolution? Who will raise their fist skyward in protest and scream 'Not here, not now, not to me!' Come people of Austria throw off the chains of retail imprisonment. Buyers of the world unite, you have nothing to lose but your inability to exchange!