After I selected to work at a Seven-Eleven in an american working-class neighbourhood, my instinct instructed me that it was going to really feel like an immersive anthropology examine — and I used to be proper.
When I used to be “recent off the boat” and dwelling in the US, I used to be a university pupil at Hampton College.
And in the present day I can nonetheless keep in mind the primary time I tasted a Slurpee.
It was a Friday evening, and I used to be taking my then American girlfriend to the flicks. As I drove my automobile on the best way, she stated to me as she pointed into the gap, “Let’s cease on the Seven-Eleven and get a Slurpee.”
“What’s a Slurpee?” I requested.
“You don’t know what a Slurpee is? Let’s undoubtedly cease on the Seven-Eleven!” She replied with pleasure.
I didn’t know what it was, and as we entered the shop and approached the soda fountains, she grabbed an enormous cup with the phrases “Slurpee” on it. She then went to the Slurpee dispensers and put the cup beneath one of many spouts. I watched her fill it with a foamy, cherry colored substance.
“That appears like a snow cone.” I stated.
“What’s that?” She requested.
“Within the Virgin Islands, a snow cone is crushed ice put right into a cup, and you then put flavoured syrup throughout it to make the ice style like no matter flavour you want.” I defined.
“Then you definitely’re gonna love this.” She stated.
She grabbed an extended straw and put it into the large cup. Then, she persuaded me to strive it. She put the cup and straw near my lips. I took a sip.
“Wow!” It felt like mind freeze. My first Slurpee headache.
“You prefer it?” She requested with a giant smile on her face.
“That is not like a snow cone. That is manner, manner too candy!” I replied.
“It’s a SLURPEE!” She stated. We laughed, then we paid for the Slurpee, and we have been off to our film date.
That second is my first and finest expertise at a Seven-Eleven.
