At the Arnhem train station’s super market this evening, the girl in front of me in the queue had this urge to compensate for healthy behavior.
Girl: “is this Rivellla Light?”
Rivellla is a Dutch soft drink based on a residue from cheese production – yes we try everything to sell the cows’ fluids – and actually, it is not a bad drink.
Clerk: “Rivellla is always light, as far as I know, but I will check”
He checks the label, then smiles: “Yes, look, only 1 gram of sugar per 100 ml.”
From her appearance I could tell, that she could take a gram of sugar a day.
Girl, doubtful and disappointed: “Hmmm this is not the one I had in mind. Could you then get me a package of Marllborro light, … no … medium”
I was baffled, but I should make no fun of her. Having returned from a two-year stay in Sweden, upon arrival in Arnhem this evening, the first thing I did, was to buy 200 gram of raw veggies at the supermarket. Hence, me in queue. I learned to love queues in Sweden, by the way. To compensate for my healthy behavior, after having left the supermarket I devoured a portion of chips with peanut sauce and mayonnaise – a personal favorite as you may know, and surprisingly so only available in the good old low countries.
PS. this post is not meant to promote the brands mentioned, they do not exist and I get nor will accept any bonus or reward for mentioning them.
