Apartment hunting in any culture is a day-by-the-seaside for any amateur anthropologist: with glimpses of lives in progress, empty shells pitched as life-style choices; and …
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Parking attendant’s scribbles.
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Credit card brands appearing directly on this Beverly Hills parking meter. Most of us will have grown used to parking meters being an everyday part of …
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During a routine credit card transaction recently in the UK the sales person took the card, checked the expiry date and tutted “It’s just about …
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Transgressions that become more obvious as the context changes – the parking equivilent of saying the punchline to a rude joke just as the room goes quiet.
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Rare that one gets to enjoy being a pedestrian in this city. Embassy hopping this morning – luv ya, multi-entry visa
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When the UCLA ER bring their signature perfume to market it will be a subtle blend of antiseptic, human fatigue with a just a hint …
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Customers of this vending machines situated in Izu Koogen station are talked through the process of obtaining a new travel pass by a remotely located …
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A row of bikes with ground level and raised parking. Despite their proximity and the minimal extra effort to use the raised slots – all …
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Still not used to the extent to which person names are displayed in public spaces in the US of A. The cultural and contextual acceptability …
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