[el-salvador]

Expectations are definitely a big part of it. As someone who lives in the third world, (and only spends about one/two weeks a year in the first world), it always amazes me the minor (from my perspective) stuff that make some people in the first world really irritated.

Some that I can remember:

- Someone completely mad at their phone because the video on a call was dropping (just after landing, while the plane was still taxing, in the middle of the tarmac of a very large airport).

- The airbnb-mate in a shared Airbnb crying because the outside of the entrance of the house smelled a bit of cigarettes. I mean like real telenovela ending style tears.

- Someone kicking and shouting at a ticket vending machine because it was out of service (a working one was next to that one)

- Complaining about food choice in an event buffett that had like five different cuisines.

Fortunately my needs haven't grown that much, it seems that the only first world thing I want is a Japanese toilet.

[confidantlake]

As someone who lives in the first world, I share your amazement.