Learn a language and be able to read signs at CVS

I went to my CVS at the corner today to pick up a few things. Now, I was excited to go to this CVS because while I was gone it moved down to the old hardware store and it so now it was triple its previous size. Well, these sneaky people at CVS also clearly redid all the aisles so I had to figure out where everything was. I stumbled upon the cold medicine aisle and in front of the Sudafed there was a little sign - in Arabic. Now, that'd be fine if there was an English one right next to the little red CVS Arabic sign. I couldn't figure out what was so special about this Sudafed that it got a sign in Arabic but not one in English. As I wandered around I saw that this was pretty much the norm throughout the store.

Now, my point of this is that I would know what these signs said if I could read Arabic. But I can't. So I will never know what was so special about that Sudafed. A lot of people in Germany often ask me why, as a native English speaker in the United States, do I try to learn another language. "Everyone speaks English" they say. Well, that's not true. And at the West Bloomfield CVS a reading knowledge of Arabic really would have come in handy.

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[Lenore]

At the CVS here they have an entire aisle dedicated to alcohol. Top that, Michigan!

P.S. I am very excited about Lauren In America!!