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There is a tip cup that sits near the debit keypad. When I was being trained, I asked why a clerk would need a tip cup. The girl training me said that she thought it was crazy too. When she took it away, people asked where the tip cup was. I usually end up spending my tip on soda and food during my shift anyways.

Some of you motherfuckers out there think you are witty, clever, suave and other awesome things when you are drunk. You are not. The server is not impressed by the pick up line you just yelled at her, the bar backs are not impressed by your ability to bump into things and not feel pain until tomorrow, and the liquor store clerk is annoyed that you can't sign the credit card slip without requiring help writing your name.

Sometimes people come in to the liquor store and want to buy something they don't have money for.

"Hey bro, I'm short ten cents for that blunt. Can you spot me?"
"No."
"Oh ok."

I'm glad the owners of Soul of Korea finally decided it was time for their restaurant to have a website. Although the website's design is far from 2010's standards, it has a menu link and that's all I really care about. Soul of Korea is our favorite place for Korean food, no wonder we filmed our very first episode there too: http://gnatv.com/episodes/soul-korea.

Check out there new site at http://www.soulofkorea.net/

Last night I met one of the worst people alive.

Her face was battered with acne scars and craters.Framing her head was hair fried, bleached and teased into a stringy mess. Her figure bubbled into lumps which were quite visible beneath her see through halter top. Her skin was pale and dry. The ugliness was not just a physical feature, it seethed and churned from her personality too.

For some odd reason, customers introduce themselves to me and shake my hand. The introductions are mostly in vain because I forget who they are instantly.

Shopping is a precarious adventure that has many perils and rewards. At the end of every shopping trip is the checkout line where a clerk being paid minimum wage silently judges you based on your purchases. What a person buys at a store is very telling of who they are, what they do for a living, their family life, personality traits, etc.

I took well over 1,000 pictures in total but I figure 10% can pretty much sum up the entire trip.

These pictures are taken with my ancient Nikon D50 stock lens.

It's the end of our trip and we're ready to come back home. El Salvador has been very interesting for Grayson and me. Grayson now knows first hand what it's like to be a minority. I discovered that my childish prejedous against certain rural areas was totally wrong and it's what I find most attractive now.
This is the final update but I have nothing grandios to share.