So, back in Canada, waiting out my 5 hour layover in Toronto right now. First time I've been back on Canadian soil and had the time to really look around and take it in. First reactions? Not so positif. I actually had to refrain from writing a blog the last coupe hours, because it would not have had an 'upside'. It was almost abrasive. Random service people in the airport are far less polite. More helpful, but less polite. The style kind of made me cringe. I can pick out a European, or someone else who is just coming from Europe a mile away. People are far more overweight here. The diversity is more evident for some reason. So it the environmental UNfriendliness. The service is noticeably more efficient. People are far more relaxed in public. Along with that, people here are incredibly friendlier.
I mean, I know that, I am Canadian after all. But being away for a while makes you forget just how friendly people are. The last 5 minutes I have witnessed: a flight attendant stop and tell a little 3 year old boy how cute his hat was, and chat with the mother about where they're going; a girl ahead of me in line say her sandwich didn't have cheese and it was supposed to, only to have the barrista without hesitation offer to giver her money back, to which the girl replied she'd just like a piece of cheese. A man standing in front of me helped her pick out a new sandwich and made sure it had cheese; As a picked up my latte a man picking his up ahead of me asked me if I knew what a Chai Tea was. I hesitated and he laughed and joked that I didn't even know. This is all honestly more 'friendliness' in these last 5 minutes than I've probably witnessed in months in Belgium. I don't really know how to deal with it and all of this right now... Then again, that could have something to do with the fact that it's currently almost 2am my time, almost 8pm here, and almost 6pm SK time.
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