Eccentricities of a life of work to just get by

Now I understand how Asians can be such gamers and can spend 15 hours/day consumed in MMORPGs, such as Warcraft and Starcraft... they have nothing to do or cannot do anything else with their time. o_o" Two thirds of the times that I've visited the little convenient mart across from the phổ gà lady, the guy who works there was playing Warcraft like no other and only acknowledged me when I went to pay for my items. It's quite understandable; he has nothing else to do all day but manage the shop, so if he has the computer and the time, why not play? And because he has to manage the shop, there's not really anything else he can do with his time, so he doesn't have the ability to invest it in school or anything. Maybe he could study in the shop.. but to what means? Is he going to do anything with it or is the rest of his life stuck on that corner?

Also, the photocopy guy across from the alley (as well as many many other inhabitants of Hà Nội) trims all his fingernails except a few super long one... like super horrendously disgustingly long. D: It's usually their thumbs or their pinkies. I assume it aids in counting the pages that he has printed and etc., although it seems to function secondarily as a useful nose-picking tool. And they especially like to pick their noses while out in traffic for some reason too.

Because everyone's business is run in their home and is directly in the manufacturing industry, we get a chance to glimpse their home life, as well as how products are actually made. I've finally solved the mystery of how book pages are so even on every side, because every time I staple a pack of pages, they are never even. It's because they have an amazing paper cutter that will cut whole sides of books. I've also learned how books are bound... with staples and tape. Seeing how everything is actually manufactured makes me realize how little I understand anything in life, besides theory and principles. I consume so many products, without the slightest idea of how they are manufactured. Things are actually a lot simpler than I thought; I just never really gave it any thought before.