A Different World!

I just received an email from Bed Bath & Beyond about a lawsuit where customers may be due a refund. I've inserted part of the email below:

"A lawsuit is pending in the Federal District Court for the District of New Jersey that may affect your rights. This lawsuit alleges that Bed Bath & Beyond, as well as Synergy, Inc., misrepresented the thread count in its two-ply bedding products sold in stores and on its website by stating the number of threads in the warp and filling directions in one square inch of fabric, rather than the number of yarns."

I guess I should also add the situation that just happened at my house before I read this email. It was in the middle of a downpour and the electricity was out. I happened to look outside and saw an enormous (6-7 foot long) green snake on my patio area. I don't even like little snakes, so to say the least I was freaking out! I waited a few minutes to see if the rain would let up a little and then went to my neighbor's house for help. (I looked up the word for snake in my dictionary first). I ended up with about 7 wide eyed and terrified men at my house. They had brought along a 4 foot long piece of wood, but after viewing the snake, came back with a long piece of bamboo. I wanted to know if it was poisonous, so I looked up that word in the dictionary too. And found out yes, it was very poisonous! Great! So they killed it while I stayed far away in case the snake came charging into the house. They carried the snake through my house and out the front door, where a crowd of people had formed. Americans always provide the best entertainment!

So then I read the email about the thread count problem at Bed Bath & Beyond and had to laugh. Things in America are so easy. There is so much corruption here, and the combination of my snake experience and knowing that a thread count lawsuit would never be an issue here, was a big reminder that I really am living in a different world!
How ironic too that I didn't see a snake in the jungles of Borneo, but found one in the "city" of Yogya!