So that explains it

November 13, 2006 - 8:09 AM by

With humor somewhat reminiscent of Woody Allen, Eliesheva explains her “Israeli supermarket inefficiency theory”:

Here is an amateur theory of mine:

Jews are a diaspora people forced into mercantile jobs and ghetto villages -> Jews organize their lives neatly within a ghetto-based society -> Ghetto is interrupted by the Final solution and Jews get homesick -> Jews return home -> Jews become Israelis -> Israelis find themselves using all energy, tactic and strategy in order to survive, at the behest of everyday needs -> Even after overcoming the survival threshold, survival takes precedent over everyday societal efficiency -> I wait in line at the supermarket for 20 minutes with only one person ahead of me.

Tags: • Category: Business, Food, Immigrant Moments, Israeliness, Life 

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One Comment on So that explains it

  1. David on Tue, Nov 14th 2006 5:07 AM

    2. Your flippancy over the Holocaust and the struggles of the chalutzim is offensive and tasteless. I find no humor in this.

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