'Chinese shops' are in the title of the post, but this story is about only one of them. There could be a many stories about more of them, because they are all the same and somehow completely different. I could write a book about them! Now, just a short photo essay.
Most (all?) of the shops/markets here are Chinese family businesses. They are big and small, cleaner or dirtier, mostly dirtier. What drew my attention the most, was not the cheap, plastic crap they sell or expired food, or even the mess on/around the shelves, they were the shop assistants. In the shop we went today (for the first time) we met this family, two young people and their baby, spending its time in the shop. They looked so sad, so unhappy. The woman didn't have any facial expression, no emotions at all, no smile, no word for a customer...
And such a situation took place earlier too, in a different shop. There is one lady though, Chinese too, who even recognizes us on the street and waves ;) So I am not entirely sure what's the rule here, but something is telling me that the woman is a nice exception...
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| The shop we visited today - you can see the baby cot with a 1,5 year boy in it having a bottle... |
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| The back of the shop |
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| Blurry, but you can see the cardboard boxes on the shelves and newspapers underneath the goods |
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| More boxes and plastic bags |
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| And the shop assistant, she didn't even look at us... |
Well, I don't quite know how to sum this up. It was just an observation. You can scroll up and look again at the beautiful flowers. Well, the Chinese woman is pretty beautiful too ;) You pick ;)
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