Midnight Grocery Store Runs in America

We are known throughout the world as being materialistic, greedy, and obsessed with the here-and-now. This isn't too far off the mark, but i would argue that sometimes, all that isn't a bad thing. No one would argue against the point that the United States of America is the most powerful country in the world, and e got their through our culture of wanting to succeed. This is very different from other powerful cultures throughout the world, for example, Germany. The article "Bemused in America" explains the story of how one German man traveling in the US comes across many of our countries values, and the shock it gave him. Our grocery stores are open 24/7. Why? Because when we want something, we want it now and do not want to have to wait for the next day. This is completely different from Germany's 8pm closing law, and this particular German man seemed a little jealous. This is the freedom that we give to our citizens, to be able to get that quart of mint-chocolate ice cream at 2am, but we also pay a price; the world views us as obsessed with instant gratification, while simultaneously feeling jealous of our freedom.