Yesterday I was in the Deals store and there was a pack of raisins right up front, where the gum is. I guess someone had not wanted it and left it there. But...I just needed a pack of them, because I was planning making bread pudding...And I forgot to buy them, because I was with Ryan who is hard to deal with in the store sometimes...But there it was a pack of raisins that I needed...!
 I asked the clerk, who was a tall black guy, Is this a Dollar also? ( most of the things in that store are 1 Dollar) And he told me : If you are good!  And that made me laugh and I gave him the biggest fake smile, showing that I am good... But that kinda made my day, because I had been way too serious and not smiling at all that day. It takes a clerk in the store to lighten me up a little bit...
 The contrast here is, that usually the store clerks in Estonia can be really rude or not very pleasant at all. You are glad if you go to the store and will not be upset by something there. Like one time I dropped a jar of soup, while putting it on the counter. Then the clerk said, you need to pay for it ! And there have been other things like that. Maybe some other time I can share more of my experiences there...
 But it is good to live in a free country, where people are free, smiling, making jokes and are happy.
Not everyone of course, but at least good persentage of them!
 Blessings!
Raili