This vlog elevates a routine retail excursion into a sharp ethnographic observation of how cultural heritage shapes consumer psychology. It masterfully illustrates that even in a globalized market, our shopping habits remain deeply rooted in local social scripts.
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Over the past weekend, my Jamaican friend and her Polish husband have been taking me around to meet their friends.
We have been dancing, singing, laughing, eating, [music] celebrating, and making beautiful memories non-stop. At this point, I have met so many people. I even got introduced to a dog.
And today, [music] the fun continues because we are heading out for some shopping, [music] checking out different stores, picking up a few things, and of [music] course, enjoying another beautiful day together here in Poland. Honestly, every day has been like an adventure.
>> Guys, it's day four of me being here, and yeah, we have a lot of thing places to go to. Over the weekend, we've been visiting friends and stuff like that, but today, we're going to go a little bit of shopping.
And I just got up, I showered, did my morning routine, and now, I I was eating, and I thought, "Okay, let me come and start the vlog."
So, let's go and eat together, okay?
I'm hungry. Mhm? I'm hungry. It's Yeah, it's it's recording.
It's full.
Oh, what?
You know the process. Even if it's a new It's to your belly.
Even at the side.
Guys, we are taking a walk in this very sunny weather.
She wanted us to take a taxi with miss our way.
>> [laughter] >> We've been pressing up on her talking.
So, I said if I wanted to take a taxi, and you guys I like to walk a lot, so I told her, "No, let's walk."
>> not walk. I love walking.
>> I'm fat.
I love walking. I take taxi or my husband takes me everywhere.
I used to do like that before, but I need the freedom.
Walking is like therapy for me. I don't need no therapy.
>> [laughter] >> I have had enough therapy in my life.
So, yeah, I'm going to show you where we are right now because the sun is sunning.
But I like it. Yeah, I really love this weather.
I hope next week will be like this.
When I first came here, I was believing God for a miracle that the weather will be better. [laughter] I just have to to enjoy it.
Look at this place. This place looks like someone is being buried there.
I don't think that's what it is, but I don't know what it is cuz I can't read it. I [laughter] think >> But like >> Look, rocks. Somebody's age, you see?
From 1846 to 1993. Oh. Definitely someone that's been buried there.
Oh, really? Yeah.
Maybe accident.
My husband said sometimes if someone crashes on the road >> Lest I did this.
What's that? This.
You like it? My friend that she wears the houses to the heat. Okay, it's beautiful.
The guys, do you see these paintings?
It's our friend that did it. We went to their house yesterday and I made a video of his paintings which I'm which I'm going to put in one of the videos you guys are going to see in the channel.
So calm environment.
What a beautiful weather.
Look at that blue sky.
This is the type of sky we need >> [laughter] >> all the time.
I'm sending letter to God.
This must be a flower shop.
That's very expensive flowers. Mhm.
Look at this. How much is this? One of the flowers on the left.
Okay.
The guy said, "Easy, easy."
So big dogs are trying to run away. The guy was like, "Easy, easy."
I'm still scared of dogs.
Which one? This one is 814,000.
Big guy.
Okay.
Thank you. You're welcome.
This one is 814,000. This one is 188,000.
Guys, Sherryface a content creator as well. Hi. Check her out on YouTube.
When I started. And she's starting She's starting YouTube soon. Yeah, she would make me start it.
>> [laughter] >> But I am on Facebook and Instagram.
Yeah.
>> My name is Sharifa says. Exactly. So you guys check it out.
If you're on Facebook, Instagram, check her out.
You know, cuz there should be something there.
>> [laughter] >> I don't know how else to say it.
Oh, shush.
This place, I think they are selling bread here.
>> [snorts] >> Oh, slept not only bread.
Oh, I don't know. Be careful.
It's like home.
It's like home.
These places are new or something?
I've never seen it.
Oh. Oh, probably because I've never walked. Exactly.
>> [laughter] >> It's probably because I've never walked.
I take walks every morning and evening.
And then sometimes I look for new routes to go to >> [laughter] >> when I'm bored of one.
This is pizza shop.
Mhm. Okay.
It was doing the agreement.
Their friend's shop, one of their friends.
I don't see him.
He's probably not very soon.
Peter?
Hello.
I love this pencil. Who is Peter? What?
Peter. Piotr. Piotr. Yeah. Okay.
Piotr is simple for them.
>> [laughter] >> No, because the English for Peter is Peter and in Polish it's Piotr. Yeah.
Okay.
Let's share first for them. No.
We drove by to say hi.
We drove by to rest.
We drove by for her to rest.
>> [laughter] >> Because I made her walk for me. I don't know.
But she's not used to walking. But me, I don't care.
>> [laughter] >> I'm tired.
>> Except for the heavy bags. We went somewhere shopping and then we are carrying heavy bags around. Yeah. That's is enough for me to to hurt my hands. Okay. German? Good German.
In German the Dom.
I think we'll be going We were supposed to go somewhere else for shopping again.
You guys have good luck with that because um Käfer time.
>> [laughter] >> So, um I could not vlog because I had we need check what I wanted to get and dress up and remove all things like that. So, it was a lot.
And we needed to go to another place. I don't know if she's still going to be willing to go because she's already very tired.
But, I'm hoping we go, but if we don't, I just want this on the road. I think it was Was this up to 1 kilo? Was it up to 1 kilo?
Was this up to 1 kilo?
Yeah.
And I'm I'm done.
It's only two batteries.
I love love love tangerine.
So, are we going to the shop or you want us to go?
It's very good. Oh. We will die on the way to the shop.
Die on the way.
>> [laughter] >> So, Anna, I'm allergic. Let me put this in. I smell bad and >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> Day five here, and we are going out again. I didn't know I completed yesterday's video.
I didn't even vlog when we were shopping because guys, it was a lot. I was carrying heavy bags.
I like shopping, but I don't like the process of having to check things, you know? So, I really had to keep my phone and check what I wanted. We got a lot of nice stuff. But today, I am going to try my best to I'm going to try my best to record, okay? When we're trying things. I don't think I'm even going to buy a lot because we bought a lot yesterday. A lot. I was just telling her I said if I said, "When we go back there tomorrow, I'm just going to keep my head like this because we bought a lot yesterday. And yeah, you're done?"
Okay. Where's my phone? Where's my phone?
You know what? Yesterday I walked I was so sick.
Okay.
Put in the address. So, we I made her walk yesterday, guys. So, I But today, I'm sure she's not ready for it because eventually, I got tired as well when we got to the second um shop where we did the second shopping.
I was also very tired.
I just found out my head my This is low, so I'm going to I'm not going to take it with me. I'm going to rather charge it at home.
Here and go.
I'm going to try my best not to buy anything. I'm going to close my eyes because I came with a very small suitcase. My suitcase is very tiny. But I don't know how I'm going to go back with all the things I bought.
And I still have something else I want to buy. I'm going to show you guys.
I'm going to show you guys that my favorite thing. But, I don't think I'm going to buy it today. I'm probably going to buy it on Friday before going back.
So, don't forget to like this video, share, subscribe, comment, and let's go. Let's go see this city.
We are going to go.
I'm going to go. Guys, this place is beautiful.
This city is beautiful. I was just telling telling my husband I said, "Can you imagine? Like, when I was coming here, many people tried to help me with my suitcase, hold me to come down from the train."
You know?
And this was so strange to me. And then when you try to like ask someone about something, maybe direction or something, they are willing to help. You know? But, you know, I've had series of experiences in my city. I've had like three, if not more, experiences where I tried to I tried to ask someone for a direction or something.
Not not three times, more than three times.
You know, you want to ask someone something.
Uh at one point, another person had to come to me and tell me what it is and asked me what it is that I wanted to ask. And I'll tell the person what I wanted to ask, and the person helped me. So, yeah. But, you see this town?
Everyone is amazing here. Sherifa keeps telling me, "They are used to me. That's why."
And they are used to her.
Cuz even the boat driver that brought us home, because yesterday when we are done with the shopping, we could not um walk anymore because the sun was too high.
And we needed to come back home for the baby early. So, we took um boat when we are coming back. The boat driver was equally very nice, smiling, helping us with our bags to put it.
>> [gasps] >> That was new to me, and I like it a lot.
So, she was trying to book boats.
Well, she said it's so expensive with my on my phone. I don't know why.
>> [snorts] >> But, I know that many times I book boats on my phone, it's always expensive because I always hear when I tell my husband, "This is how much I paid >> [snorts and gasps] >> for my fare." He's like, "Why is it that expensive? Is there something going on with my phone? I don't know with my boat app?" I don't know.
But, she's now complaining the same thing, that it's expensive on my phone.
Nivea, I don't know why.
Guys, you see?
You see, guys? It's the same thing I was talking about. My husband always complains that my boat fare is always expensive with my phone. It is.
>> [laughter] >> And now she just tried to book with my phone, it was 15 zloty.
And now [clears throat] she's booked with another phone, it's nine zloty.
Zloty? They recognize you're a foreigner.
I think so.
It's about 30 32 now in Jamaica.
Oh, so I will never be outside. But, in for me, the sun in Africa is quite small or it's not so hot. Yeah, it's not so hot. Here is extreme. Very Because this is depends like uh the oxygen Because Or the humidity as well.
Yeah, cuz in Jamaica there is it's it's it's summer but it's cool. You know, it's still cool and nice. You go to the beach, you stay all day and turn lobster.
I remember >> [laughter] >> I'm a lobster. Every time my husband goes on the beach, he's red. He's red like the lights on the car. I'm a lobster.
You know. But when my husband is in Africa, he doesn't get tan. He will be angry, stay in the sun all day, he's not tanning. Give my husband one day in the sun, he's red and then like another day he starts stripping like a lizard. Yeah.
And then the next he's tan. He's permanently tan after that. You notice his color is not as white. If you see his ass, it is transparent.
You can see through it. He's white.
>> [laughter] >> So he's like faking. He has a permanent fake tan. Okay, permanent.
But his ass is is a whole different color.
But the next day it's will be rainy.
Oh, really? Yeah, that's what I heard.
My husband called me because I have packages I ordered to the house and they're outside waiting for me. And nobody can go pick them up for you?
Yeah, he just called the mom to help me pick it up for me. Okay, good.
That it's going to rain.
I don't mind. Who wants to go in the face of that?
But it should be be hot but it's rainy.
That would be nice. It's Sunday. It's Sunday.
Oh.
Guess we're going to the shopping mall now. I told her I'm not buying anything today. I hope I stick to my word.
Cuz yesterday we bought a lot.
I still need more.
I know.
And because you're traveling.
Europa. And let me show you guys. I'm busy showing myself instead of me to show you guys this beautiful city.
Where everyone is so positive.
Yeah, persons in this town are very nice.
POV >> [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] [music] >> How do you like Poland? How do you like Poland? How do you like Poland?
>> It is good. I get a lot I get some hate online cuz I'm like an influencer. Yeah.
Um so, you know, when you go viral and you you will get like good people and bad people, you know?
>> Yeah, I know. Majority is good. So, if I have like 15,000 comments, probably only 10 is bad, you know? No. And I can ignore 10 idiots, you know what I mean?
>> But it still hurts when somebody say something negative to you. No matter how strong you are, if it's negative, it still hurts, you know? Yeah, I know. Uh but I don't let it bother me. I still post because there's more good than bad people here. So.
>> So, do you have any do you have any situation about the racist racist people? Yeah, online though. Mostly online. Online, never in person.
>> In person, can you know? No, no, none.
I'm Jamaican. I am very savage. I will I don't back down, you know what I mean?
Like if you know anything about Jamaicans we're not we don't back down from a confrontation. Yeah.
Because I like small town, you know? I don't like the big city.
Even in my country Yeah, in my country I could live in the city and I chose not to because I really don't like too much social interaction. It drains my energy. Gives me a headache. Cuz I love to talk. I will talk all day.
And if I'm in a space where people love to talk as well, I'm going to talk and then I'm going to get sick.
It's better if I'm where nobody's talking.
>> [music] >> Oh god, I know [music] that that must be boring for you, you know?
You would need somebody Yeah.
Whenever I want.
Well, I don't want to get in the car like here.
>> [music] [music] >> Is it paid for already?
All right, nice to meet you. We'll keep in touch, okay?
Nice nice Sorry? There's no school today? Exactly.
Like everybody's out. Guys, this is the mall I'm coming to.
Has a big gross man here.
So much smoking.
I saw a lot of smoking. So much cigarettes.
I love plants.
Let me check this site first.
These are real tulips.
But this one is definitely not real.
Yeah, it's false.
This is false, too.
But let me not go missing.
I don't think he needs any more shirts, you know?
He's had enough.
I want to see if I can get something.
I want to see if I can get something for my husband because yesterday I couldn't find anything to buy for him.
And I hope that he likes what I'm going to buy.
Cuz obviously he doesn't like things anyhow. So I'll just buy a t-shirt for him.
If you see something I can get for Swaberg, let me know.
Mhm?
Sherifah.
If you see something I can buy for Swaberg, let me know, please.
I need t-shirts for him.
I'm talking to you. And he said he's what?
I see.
If you see something I can buy for Swaberg, >> for him. you let me know.
I'm going to send it to you.
Let me call my husband.
>> the shirts.
Guys, I've never had a face cap before.
I've never had a hat before, and I want to take one, but Sherifah says we should um check another place. Maybe they'll have something feminine.
And when I check, I'm going to try it in front of the camera, so you guys tell me if it's okay for me or not. I don't want something making me look like a man. [music] So, yeah, I tried to call my husband to choose what he would like me to buy for you for him, and he says I should not worry.
I told him I I want to buy, and he said, "Okay, then, when he comes, he's going to go with me to our city somewhere where I can get him something so he can try it on and see if it's his size."
And you guys already know it's not really because about the size, but because he doesn't he doesn't wear what another person buys for him. So, I'm going to wait until he gets back. My goodness, this is nice.
This is nice for a man.
But I'm very sure he wouldn't like I would like to get it.
But what if I get it and he doesn't like it?
And I cannot wear it.
My husband, since he was He said since he was little, even his mom would not buy him something because if he if she buys, he would not wear it because it's not his style.
Let's see where Sheriff is. Oh, yeah, here.
He'll be on the beach every day.
Mhm.
He doesn't like the color.
You don't like this color, huh?
I I took one. Oh, yeah. It's really beautiful.
And there's some other thing that is beautiful, but it would be nice for a lady. Where?
Here this.
I like this.
>> this is right here.
It's supposed to be for ladies.
It's nice.
You know how to check for clothes.
Because me, I'll just go with it.
You're not a professional.
I I don't like shopping.
>> Oh my god. Yeah.
I don't like shopping, but I like the feeling of wearing new clothes and combining them to come out well.
And you get what you want.
>> What was in my pocket?
Okay, my phone is making my pocket to be heavy.
Take it out.
Okay.
Let's go get trolley for her.
Oh, this is nice.
Oh, that's nice.
L That's size L.
>> [laughter] >> Guys, let me tell you what happened yesterday. Let me tell you guys what happened yesterday. So, there's this pants Sherif took and it was too tight for her.
And then I loved this pants so much, I had to take it for myself. It's a little bit bigger for me, but I don't mind. I'm going to wear it like that. You guys will see me wearing one big pants like that white. I love it.
I [music] like it.
>> This is nice.
I'm guessing this is So it looks like it's for candle.
How much is it?
34.
Looks so girly.
Look at this design.
Fish design. Oh, look at another one, guys.
This is really nice.
All of this place have very, very nice designs.
And this one is fruits.
Looks like lemon.
Oh, look. Oh my goodness. This is so fine.
This is so nice.
So pleasant.
I can buy I want I want to buy So we are coming out to check for things for the adults. If I see something for myself, I'm going to get it. Look at swimsuits. I I bought swimsuits already yesterday because I have a a little somewhere I'm going to and my husband is not going to be there though.
But um I've already booked apartments I'm going to be staying in.
And I bought something like this for that one was animal skin color.
Let's see.
How much is this?
134. Almost the same price as the other one. The other one was one I think 120 or so.
It's a lot to This side is for adults.
Can I get the video?
Mhm.
No.
No.
Guys, look at the vibes.
Because of the weather the season we are.
Oh.
I'm going to look for the white pants we were looking for yesterday.
Just in case.
>> [clears throat] >> She is something.
This would have been fine, but I don't like all these patches.
for vacation I need something purple. Purple, purple, where are you?
It's the hardest color to find.
Now that I'm looking for it, you know?
So, you don't want to wear the one you bought yesterday?
Yeah, but now you see what is happening.
I don't know what to do because I don't have any white pant.
>> [snorts] >> Oh, I want this sketch by black color.
Look.
Black color.
Mhm.
What size is it? That's a four.
I would like black bows. I'll still try this out.
Guys, I said I'm not going to buy anything.
Purple pants.
This is big.
Guys, tell me what you think about this.
You are looking for purple color for her.
Anything purple.
Now that we are looking for purple, purple color seem to be on vacation.
What's your pressure?
Never.
She has checked this line already.
Cherifa, did you check here? Yeah.
Guys, can you imagine how scarce purple color is?
She has already taken five times.
>> [music] >> She's nice.
>> Because I'm looking for purple color, everything looks purple to me.
>> [laughter] >> This looks good, guys.
But we are looking for purple color.
This I love this color, too.
But if something is not extraordinarily beautiful, I'm not going to buy again because yesterday I bought bags of clothes.
And I should be very greedy to buy again today.
Nothing purple.
Okay, guys. Let me put the camera up this and look for it.
And I'll continue the vlog later.
Guys, I said I was not going to buy.
I said I was not going to buy.
But let me show you what I've got.
My hands My hands hurt.
That's what I'm getting for now.
But I'll try them out. If anyone doesn't fit, I'll drop out. My hand hurts.
Let's go ouch.
Let's go and look for Sharifa.
She's looking for purple shirt.
>> [laughter] >> Let me tell her I found one for her.
Sharifa.
You're changing?
Yes, she's in the changing Oh, okay.
Let me Let me change my Excuse me. If you're going 1 2 3 4 5 6 Six for you. Here.
>> Okay. Thank you.
So, when you need to go into the changing room, they have to give you a tag. Ouch.
To confirm the number of clothes you're coming inside [snorts] with.
Oh my god.
I'm here. I want to try my clothes on.
Guys, I am tired.
This is another part of shopping I don't like, having to try them on.
Cuz you have to take out everything, everything.
Like this.
Okay.
So, I'm going to try this on now. I love love love this.
But I don't know why it's not The zip is not going further.
When I get home, someone will help me and zip it for me.
Just it is.
Okay, look at this, guys.
What do you think?
I can wear this at home.
And this is the skirt.
I love it so much.
I'm going to take it.
>> [music] [music] >> What do you guys think? I'm going to take this.
I'm going to take this.
I'm going to take this.
I'm going to take this.
But you see this, I have tried to wear it two good times. I do not know how it's being worn or I think the waist is smaller than me. Let me show you what I mean.
Let's find a place to keep you.
This is how it is.
It's a little compacted.
I don't know how it's being worn.
Truly, I do not know, so I'll return this.
I'll return that. I think that's all I'm getting. I don't know if we're going to another store, but if we are, maybe if I see something else, I might still take. I don't know, but we'll see.
Oh.
These are what I'm taking, guys.
I want to go and pay.
I haven't seen my friend.
I don't know if she has paid for hers.
But I'm going to pay for this.
We're in the queue.
So, we're not going to any other shop, right? No, we can't. We have to go.
We're going home.
I don't know how you're going to cook because you don't have the noodles or something.
Can't we buy before I go? I don't know what to do.
Mhm.
But Andy know we go to the gas.
Andy's going out?
Yeah, he has he has to take Aiden to football.
Let me see.
I think I'll use this card.
>> [laughter] >> More or niema?
Niema?
I don't have. Niema means I don't have.
Niema means no more.
No more. Niema, what does it mean?
I don't have. No more?
What does no more? No.
Yeah. No more.
Ni- no more. Koniec.
Uh Yeah. Niebieski.
Okay. Okay, niebieski.
My brain.
Okay, phone, please. Let me pay.
What do I do? Oh.
I'm I'm new to this life.
So, even then, I still struggle with it till now.
The camera has a different light. Yes.
Card declined.
I like your bill. It's low.
Mine won't be.
Finish?
I should.
All right.
Thank you very much. You're welcome.
Okay. Okay.
She has a truck load of clothes.
I only got three pieces of clothes for myself.
My husband's card better work.
It'll be so embarrassing.
>> [laughter] >> You'll have to send it to me.
It's not yours. Okay.
>> [laughter] >> Guys, we're done paying.
Well, I want to wait for Sherifa. I have to cuz she has to go and change her clothes. She wore the reverse side of the clothes.
And now she needs to go change it.
So, we'll just wait here for her.
And that's her shopping cart there.
She shopped for the whole family, and I shopped for myself only because my husband would never wear anything someone else buys except he chooses it.
Yep.
Except he chooses it he chooses it for himself. That was quick.
I just want to change my fix my clothes. Okay.
Is in your handbag. In my handbag? Yeah, you did put it there.
>> like something Mhm, something doesn't fit, we can return it.
Okay.
It's German.
It's German or German.
Are we getting this I think we should cook tomorrow because But even if we are cooking tomorrow, we still need to get the chicken. So we just get the chicken here. No, but we have to go at 5:30 3:30. Yeah, so we are late, huh? Yeah, we are very late.
We are very very late.
And they will be upset, you know.
Oh.
So tomorrow we get chicken to cook something tomorrow.
I'll open it tonight, though.
Okay, we are going and my battery is low.
My camera battery has been amazing.
It's really um strong because I vlog since morning we left the house until now.
Can I Can I borrow your phone? Yes.
I don't have your phone.
Let's just have it in here.
No, let's go.
Yeah.
Where is both?
Okay.
We are going.
$18. We are going.
$18. My God. Dollars are still You are used to saying dollars. Yeah.
Dollars and pounds.
There's nothing. Everything is busy.
That's the worst thing.
Okay, so long.
I'm going to tell my husband for the past 10 minutes everything has been busy.
>> [snorts] >> I'm going home. 25th uncle no father-in-law came to pick us because we tried to book a boat.
But we did not see with my phone.
7 days US US It's okay.
So 3,000 zloty. I know.
So yeah 3 days? 7 7 days It's okay.
And it's in the USB.
Maybe half 1 year is maybe 2 years everyday. Everyday I will remember Everyday.
>> [laughter] >> Everyday this 6,000 6,000 everyday.
I don't like >> [music]
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