It turns out, perhaps unsurprisingly, that vacuum cleaner salesmen exist everywhere. Even in Kazakhstan. On Friday, there was a Kirby vacuum cleaner salesman at our house for 5 hours. He arrived at noon, and left just after 5 pm. My host sister Donna had agreed to let him come because he promised to clean the area rug in the TV room for free. By the time I got home at 4pm, my host mom had put him to work steam-cleaning and vacuuming said rug. This specific Kirby vacuum is some kind of wonder vacuum that costs 630,000 Tenge (roughly $4,200). I'm not sure people here make that kind of money even in an entire year. Needless to say, my host mom did not buy the $4200 Kirby Wonder Vacuum. But she does have a very clean rug.
Hahaha that's awesome!! You should make sure Dad hears that story, he's all about Kirby vacuums :)
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