In the heat of Brazilian summer, I urgently needed to buy some clothes as soon as I arrived in Sao Paulo. This happened in the shop. It started while I was trying on some t-shirts.
The salesperson was talking to another salesperson and to a client. He said he would diiiie if Hebe (a Brazilian TV host approximately 100 years old) ever come to the shop. The client said he would die if he saw her as well. Daniela, the other salesperson, stopped the conversation to ask me if the everything I was trying on fit me. By now, I was being called by my name. Afterall, we had meet five minutes ago alreay.
The t-shirt was good (and so were the other three that I bought). We kept talking, now about ME. Yes, I was living abroad. Yes, Sweden is very cold, but it is beautiful. If the swedes are liberal? yes, very much. If the do topless on the beaches during the summer? of course, it is a natural thing there.
Then the guy who adored Hebe comes us again. He was lauging out loud. He shows every customer in the shop a glass of water with something inside. He shows it to me. It is a penis. "It was very small. It grows if you put it under water", he says. The entire shop laughs almost hysterically. The penis was bigger then the glass right now. No sign of water anymore.
So, asks Daniela, where will you live? I answer that I do not know yet. "I love nomads", she replies.
I said goodbye to the salespersons and the other clients of the shop. A while after, I realized they were the first people I actually talked to since I arrived in Brazil. Quite fun!
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