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Indian
Abroad
Double standards
By the Minkey Chief
Some Bloody
Indians are very different people when they travel abroad. Here
are some situations in which reactions at home are at odds with
the ones in distant lands.
Beggars
In India: "Eh poda thendi. Get lost!! Bloody beggars
are such a nuisance. They should all be shot."
Abroad: "Oh look, a homeless man. So sad no? Oh yes,
there's a lot of poverty in India too, but I think that's a good
thing because it gives you a sense of place. When you see an armless
woman holding a headless baby at a traffic light, it give you a
chance to do something for humanity. It's so humbling. Come let's
give that poor man some coins."
Licences
In India: "Look at that idiot driving like that. I tell
you, the RTO will give licences to any goat that pays money."
Abroad: "Eh I've failed my driving test here 60 times.
In India the system is so good men, I can just pay 200 rupees and
I'll get a licence."
Efficiency
In India: "To get one bank draft I have to talk to 20
people? Get with the times you good-for-nothing inefficient bastards."
Abroad: "Chee chee chee, look at this... machines to
do all the work in two minutes. There's no human interaction, that's
why these people are like this, so unstable."
Traffic lights
In India: "Go go go!! Who cares---red, green, blue---just
go! Cut him off, cut cut cut. Kill the bugger."
Abroad: "I know it's green. I'm stopping anyway in case
anybody else wants to go. You should be polite on the road."
Waiters
In India: "Tss tss! Ai! Come here you! Yes, you bloody
fellow---look at this, my sambhar is not hot. Take it back. TAKE
IT BACK NOW! I'LL KICK YOU, DONKEY."
Abroad: "Excuse me please ma'am? If you don't mind ma'am,
pardon me for saying so and being so bold, but my vegetarian pasta
has pieces of bloody meat in it. And a caterpillar. I'm so sorry
to disturb you miss, but you see, I am a stricccct vegetarian. Yes
madam. No no, don't change it ma'am. I just thought I'd tell you."
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