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About Paris Giftshop Notes by Jean-Thomas Cullen
07. Chocolate: De Gustibus Non Disputandum
"One Should Never Argue About Matters of Taste." I have to add a small tale within a tale here, because many people cling to their old ways. I was in the checkout line at my local San Diego supermarket around 2010 sometime, with a few Swiss-made Lindt chocolate bars in my basket. The cute young manager at the cash register looked distressed, as if her fundamental beliefs were under attack (I had not said a word).
She said: "You know, I won't touch this stuff. I know it's better chocolate, but I still prefer my old (she named a brand) with all that sugar in it. That's what I like—lots of sugar." She looked downright guilty; dare I say, did not like herself at that moment. I give it a shrug. What-evvah. We all have our buttons to get pushed if we let them. Live and let live.
But you know, before we get snooty about important oo-la-la, I have one more anecdote to tell you. My observation, from many years of travel and living in foreign countries like a native, is that people are the same everywhere. There is no paradise where things are really better (although I'll take the weather in San Diego or the Riviera any day versus climates I have endured in Canada, Connecticut, or England just for example). But consider the next story before making judgments.
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