Quell Memento

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Boxhagener Platz

So yet again, I've brought you to another Flohmarkt. Can you tell I was obsessed with them? This one was different from all the others because the types of things people brought were very different. Sure it might look all the same in the pictures to you, but they had different items. The merchants were also very different. These were the most open to selling and this market seemed more about the community selling it's items rather than stores coming out to make an extra profit on Sundays (though there were a few of those stalls, but a small minority in comparison to other Flohmarkts.)

Located in Friedrichshain, with no direct stop connecting it, you had to go out of your way to get here. It was one of my favorites. Of course I've probably said that about all of them, so in this case, I'd rank it at a tie with Fehrberliliner Platz.

Random Experience:

So one time we came here, the three of us living together, and we were looking for things to furnish our apartment. My oft times depressed American roommate can sometimes be oblivious. So just as we get there, he sees some stuff he wants to check out. He brought his backpack in case he wanted to get a bunch of stuff. The problem is, while he is squatting down to look at some objects, his backpack is pushing up against a piece of wood on a milk crate that has a bunch of glasses on it.
The lady starts trying to get his attention who owns all the products. She starts getting louder and louder.

That's when I notice and she's not even directing her yells at me.

My roommate still hasn't noticed. He's lost in his own world about to break at least 40 Euro in glassware. I quickly dashed over, stabilized his backpack and stopped it from bumping against the makeshift table. "You're gonna break all this stuff" That's when I finally got him to snap out of it. That's when he started hearing the things she was saying to him. She was calling him a moron for not paying attention essentially. But he wasn't paying attention. He kind of deserved it. He'd decided to tune everyone out, and nearly paid for that decision with a bunch of money.

Instead of being abashed and moving on with his life, he got upset and started walking off on his own after apologizing to her. I called out to him to see if he was okay, but he decided to ignore me. I tried following him, but he lost himself in the crowd. I texted him and about 45 mins later, he responded saying he was on his way home because he didn't feel like being out anymore. He let one near mistake ruin his entire day. I've never understood that decision. He didn't have to go past her stall again. He let her words cut him to the bone and decided to pout instead of enjoying the rest of the day. Sometimes I don't understand people.

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24 Comments

Sinovera

Hm, while I understand your confusion at his decision, I can also understand why he did that. Or if not the exact reason why HE in particular would do it, I am able to imagine why someone would do that. I've had depression and anxiety problems for the majority of my life and sometimes it just ruins your day. Sometimes I'd be gaming with my buddies and one of them would rage a bit (rare occurrence but it happens) or one of our opponents would rage... sometimes that rage is directed at me. In that moment, anxiety would kick in and I would feel overwhelmed by the fact that someone is being negative to me and I would slip into this mood where I can't enjoy anything anymore and I just need to be left alone. It doesn't happen often; usually, I can deal with the negativity. But there are those off days where it gets to me for whatever reason and just ruins the entire day.

8 years ago