American Malls

Today, I decided to go shopping in a mall. After careful consideration, I chose Valley Fair in San José, since it is on a convenient bus route.

It was... different.

Not only was it considerably bigger than a UK shopping centre, but it was also packed full of American clichés. Incredibly fat people and youths "hanging out at the mall" were everywhere, and shop staff kept asking me if I was okay every twenty seconds.

Several of the shops actually had fat display mannequins.

On the way home, a crazy man who sounded like Tom Waits (although I have now heard so many of these that I'm sure I'll be saying Tom Waits sounds like a crazy man before long) told me that he had a cellphone like mine in his plastic bag -- I did not believe him.