I won't miss when I leave.......

scub_a_holic

Is queue jumpers.

Nick-H

60% of all drivers. No, 70%.

Heck no: all Indian drivers, especially the bus drivers and the truck drivers. And the Motorbike riders. Oh, and the car drivers. Especially the ones that turn into their house when you are walking in the pavement. Oh, and the auto drivers that stop right in front of you when you are just trying to get accross the road. And the ones that mow you down driving in the wrong side of the road when you are trying to cross it. And the ones that park immediately across the gateway you're just coming out of, or stop their bike blocking the pavement you're walking along... ... ...

Heck: just all drivers!

....and the dust.

....but I'm not leaving, so... ... ...

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PRIYA

Gosh Nick that one came right from the hip!!!!

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indiamike

The morning throat clearers.

Those disgusting guys in the hotels who get up especially early to clear their throat and sinus of any phlegm that they have. They sound like geese being run over by a car. Yuck, Disgusting!!!

I won't miss people who chew with their mouths open and that 'smack smack' sound of the food and lips. Chew with your mouth closed people.

oh the list is endless...........

Nick-H

Agreed. And if they do it while driving ... ...

If there is one thing worse than arrogance it is vicarious arrogance! "I've got an important person [ie a rich person] sitting in the back of my car, so, however poor and humble I may be I'm going to run you over if you try and cross in front of this car" ... ... ...

The Indian attitude to money.

The Indian attitude to people who have money. No, I'm not rich and it wouldn't make me a better person than you even if I was.

The pseudo-religious attitude that says a temple will become tainted or unclean if I set foot in it. Because I'm a Christian. Which I must be just because I'm white. I'm not rich and I'm not Christian.

The attitude that says I should be called "Sir" just because I am white...

The compulsion of all Indian men young enough to have hair to comb it when encountering any reflective surface.

It used to annoy me when girlfriends used to check their makeup in thedriving mirror before pulling out into the traffic: here vanity is the preserve of the male!

Yes, the list goes on....

But I'm still staying... ... ...

iwanttogoback

the same, but in trains, when you can't escape...

scub_a_holic

ah yes, throat clearing and the spitting won't be missed either.

Leaving wasn't my first option, i've been offered a new contract in S. Africa and the office here have been dragging their feet on making a decision on extening.

But, I do get home for Paddy's day Guinness and an Irish breakfast ummmmmm

aholic_2907

when they have a cold, blowing their nose, taking all tht out with their bare fingers and tossing it like a flying saucer.

Malkers

oh that 'Sir' thing, its quite flattering but annoying, in my complex they don't just say good morning sir, they stand up if they're sat down and salute me and evn rush to shake my hand, I try to tell them they don't need to stand for me and should sit back down but they just stand there repeating themselves "Yes sir, good morning sir" and daren't sit down until I'm out of sight so sometimes out of devilment I'll pop my head back round the corner to see if they'll stand up again which of course they do Never seen them do this to the Indian folk here, embarassing I guess but it won't change!

Yeah, those damn rickshaws when you just want to cross the sodding road and they arrive exactly at the time you had your only chance to cross, arrggh, if I want a *&$%&* auto I'll yell for one!

And being in an auto alongside a bus, first you get that blast of black smoke in your lungs then the rotten bastard with his projectile spit from the window above you, and red spit at that

"What religion Sir?" No religion mate, nothing at all! "Ahh, Christian" Arrgghhh, which bit of 'no religion' don't you get? "Which country Sir?" Outer Mongolia! (long drawn out pause), "Ahh, nice country" !!

Your in a car pulling from a side road to cross a main road to the other side that is completely clear when Mr Arrogant just has to block your exit regardless of the fact it would not make 1 tiny difference to his journey if he'd let you out!!

Although we all hate these things, gotta love em too, this is what makes us all certified Indophiles ain't it? Or loonies, not sure which

I can't talk about queue jumpers cos that one really does wind me up so with you totally on that scub!

Malc

mridula

I won't miss anything because I am not going anywhere. And in many places, particularly work, as soon as I park my car, they come to open the door. I firmly told them once, "no don't do it. I will open the door myself." Thankfully they leave me in peace now.

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Malkers

Just thought of another funny incident a while back. We went to a nearby restaurant one night and it was packed but the manager who is also a good friend said if we hang on there will be a table leaving in a few minutes. Sure enough a table of four got up and left so us two were given that table. A family of four walked in just as a different table for two left so clearly 4 into 2 doesn't go so the waiter told them they would have to wait, Jen and I immediately picked up our drinks to do the obvious thing and move to the table for 2 so that the family of four could have their meal and the restaurant wouldn't lose out as it looked like the family were not prepared to wait!

The staff were horrified and insisted we sat back down, they wouldn't hear of such a thing! I grabbed my manager friend and said "look, this is business ,you need and it doesn't make a damn difference or inconvenience to us so take it" He finally accepted, the family sat down (of course without a word of bloody gratitude to anyone) and we carried on as if nothing had happened.

In 16 years in the hotel and catering trade, my friend told me he had never once witnessed such an act!

Odd but true!

Malc

Nick-H

.....Shouldn't Estate Agents be top of your list, Malkers?

Shiver me Timbers

Won't miss mosquitos.....

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Nick-H

Oh yes, . Forgot them. Top of the list.

Malkers

Ha! Well I guess they should really but then I could go on forever, Taxi drivers, every single market trader that exists, security guards in Fabmall that actually expect you to agree to hand over the video camera case your carrying when they have a sign clearly stating that no responsibility is taken for items handed over, security guards on shops that shout if you walk past them on your way out of a shop and insist on punching a hole in your receipt to show you've paid regardless of the fact that had you not paid you wouldn't actually have the receipt or the goods and in any case they never check your goods against the receipts, the 17 Cafe Coffee Day workers that take 15 minutes to serve me a cappucino when I am the only customer and cant change a rs100 first thing in the morning, the rent a baby woman who pounces at every traffic signal, the post office workers that asked me never to visit again after taking a bag full of parcels (yes this really did happen, Museum Road, Bangalore!), the people that stop you taking a camera into virtually anything yet take no notice of the 15000 2 megapixel camera phones that flash at Bryan Adams all night, trying to get a simple gas connection in my apartment

Shall I go on?

Ok then I won't, but hell I do love this place! Who knows why?